Seamen's Bethel

There's some good news for a local history project that's been announced. The New Bedford Port Society and New Bedford Whaling Museum have entered into an agreement that leases the ground floor of the Port Society-owned Mariners' Home to the Museum for the display of Museum artifacts related to local maritime history...

The Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford will host the 16th Annual Inter-Faith New Year's Eve Service at Seamen's Bethel Thursday evening.

Commercial fishing in New Bedford, past and present, will be the focus of a new Downtown attraction coming in 2016. The New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center has been formed, and Laura Orleans of the Working Waterfront Festival has been named Executive Director...

Two historic New Bedford buildings, including one made famous in Herman Melville's ``Moby-Dick,'' are a step closer to being renovated.

The New Bedford Port Society and the Waterfront Historic Area League are working on a plan to restore and make accessible both the Seaman's Bethel and the Mariner's Home.  The $2 million project is expected to start in early 2015.  ...