Standard Times

A new venture is set to fill the void that has been created as the Standard-Times has practically ceased to be the newspaper of record for New Bedford.

Who really owns the $4 million lottery ticket? That is the question that is being asked all over New Bedford and in the local courthouse.

Ken Pittman says Elizabeth Warren lacks the intestinal fortitude to tell the truth, look people in the eye and make her case.

The public misunderstood the story of a local restaurant that is for sale.

A well known journalist on the Southcoast for more than 30 years has died at the age of 72. Carol Lee Costa-Crowell died Tuesday in Port Charlotte, Florida following a lengthy battle with cancer. Costa-Crowell started with the Standard Times in the paper's library during the 1960's, and worked her way up to reporter's position...

The Standard-Times can't have it both in coverage of women's march.

Chris McCarthy of WBSM's Sunday Brunch interviews Maureen Boyle, author of Shallow Graves: The Hunt for New Bedford Highway Serial Killer.

An early morning fire has crippled operations at a building that houses a charitable organization and a Standard Times facility. Acushnet Fire Chief Kevin Gallagher tells WBSM News a transformer in a small freestanding structure at 1 Titleist Drive off of Slocum Street caught fire, burning the small building to the ground and effectively cutting off power to the larger, warehouse-style building...

Let's be serious. How many Greater New Bedford or New Bedford area residents, give a flying hoot if the local chamber of commerce changes its name? Wow, I can hear a pin drop, or was that two pins! One Standard Times editorial writer thinks the time has come...

The New Bedford Standard Times did a wonderful story about Marlene Tavares' life in 2007. She re-capped the most notable chapters in her rather interesting journey which took her from New Bedford to the Far-East and she went into detail about her diverse and rewarding work at Onboard Inc...