Whaling City Golf Course

NEW BEDFORD- City Councilor Hugh Dunn met with residents of the neighborhood on Mount Pleasant Street to discuss the proposed partial redevelopment of the Whaling City Golf Course at the Holy Name of the Sacred Heart Church Hall on Wednesday night...

A proposal to convert a portion of the Whaling City Golf Course to an industrial or business park is being met with the same wall of resistance and resentment that most new ideas are greeted with in these parts. Angry golfers and nearby residents flooded "The Whale" last night to state their outrage over the plan that would see the course shortened to nine holes while yielding acreage fo

NEW BEDFORD- Tensions escalated and tempers flared at the Whaling City Golf Course Tuesday night, where the golf community and area residents were invited to the club house to discuss plans for the development of an industrial park set to be built on the very same land...

NEW BEDFORD — City councilors reacted to the recent announcement of developing part of the Whaling City Golf Course into a business park during Tuesday's meeting with calls of greater transparency.

NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Jon Mitchell announced plans to develop the Whaling City Golf Course into a new business park, while keeping a 9-hole course, during a press event Thursday at City Hall.

Yesterday I stated that converting a portion of The Whaling City Golf Course to a business Park was an idea worthy of consideration. I still believe that. However, several things have been brought to light since I made that proclamation that need to be taken into consideration...

My first memories of The Whaling City Golf Course date back more than 50 years.  As kids we would sled there in the winter.  There simply was no faster or longer hill to be found in the area.  As with most things in life, your childhood haunts disappear one by one...

The Whaling City Golf Course on Hathaway Road will soon be turned into a business park, WBSM News has learned. The city-owned golf course, operated by Johnson Golf Management of Harwich, has long been speculated as a site for development, including past discussions of a casino on the site...

There is again speculation about the city-owned Whaling City Golf Course being home to a resort casino. An attorney for the city has informed the State Gaming Commission that one of the sites being considered for casino development in New Bedford is owned by the city...

The Mass. Gaming Commission has again delayed action on a casino license for Southeastern Massachusetts. The Commission voted on Thursday to extend the deadline for accepting applications to February 1st, in the interest of increased competition...