🖌️ Brush up your portfolios, South Coast artists! 🖌️ It’s time again to apply to The New Bedford Light’s next Arts Illuminated live talk show and sale, on Friday, June […]
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Call for Art: The Light’s Arts Illuminated to host live, open show
NEW BEDFORD — Area artists: Looking for an opportunity to show, discuss and sell your art, all at once? Submit your work by April 10 for consideration for the next […]
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The lives of Cape Verdean whalers
Watch The Chat and hear from a panel of Cape Verdean whaler descendants and experts as they tell the stories of these great men and their families.
City of New Bedford opens Swap Shop at recycling center
NEW BEDFORD — The city of New Bedford is pleased to announce the opening of the Swap Shop, a new initiative at the New Bedford Recycling Center that allows residents […]
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Immigration arrests in New Bedford, Part 2: Activists speak out
Jack Spillane was joined by Adrian Ventura, executive director of Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores, and UMass Dartmouth anthropologist Lisa Maya Knauer. Watch the full video here.
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Immigration arrests in New Bedford, Part 1: A community in fear, but united
If you missed The Chat, watch it in its entirety here. Chat host Jack Spillane was joined by advocates who spoke passionately about what’s going on in the city and ways to help.
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Whaling Museum team excited to start expansion
Watch The Chat with Columnist Jack Spillane, New Bedford Whaling Museum CEO Amanda McMullen, building designer Stephanie Randazzo Dwyer and architect Austin Ward, plus the city’s director of tourism, Ashley Payne.
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The future for New Bedford scallopers: ‘Tough year ahead’
Federal regulations, the new Trump Administration, the economy, climate, and offshore wind all play a part in the livelihood of South Coast scallopers and the most lucrative port in the nation.
Public invited to comment on Community Preservation Act funding
NEW BEDFORD – Mayor Jon Mitchell and the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) invite all interested members of the public to review the FY25 Community Preservation Act (CPA) applications submitted for […]
City’s OHCD sets meetings for comment on consolidated plan
NEW BEDFORD — The city’s Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) is in the process of creating its FY2025-2029 Consolidated Plan. Two meetings are scheduled this month for public […]