The New Bedford Whaling Museum will officially unveil a work of public art honoring two historic SouthCoast women who were chosen by the community, during a virtual event on Thursday, August 13 from 5:30-6:00 p.m. Local artist Alyn Carlson created the artwork featuring educator Marial Harper (1934-2016) and community leader Jennie Horne (1920-1998). The artwork… [Read More]

Fishing Heritage Center Reopens We are re-open to the public! Our hours are Thursday- Sunday, 10:00am- 4:00pm. Visitation is limited to 10 guests at a time, social distancing protocols are followed, and masks are required of guests, volunteers, and staff. The Center is air conditioned and recently installed an air purifica­tion system as an added… [Read More]

Spruce up your landscape by joining the Arbor Day Foundation in August. Everyone who joins the Arbor Day Foundation with a $10 donation will receive 10 free Norway spruce trees or 10 white flowering dogwood trees through the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign. The trees will be shipped postpaid between October 15 and December 10, depending… [Read More]

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) has begun to pilot drop-off registration and title services at the Braintree Service Center, with additional locations to follow beginning Monday, 8/10. These Registration Drop Off Centers will be dedicated to performing a number of vehicle-based registration and title services for both commercial and individual customer transactions on… [Read More]

It is with great pleasure that we are announcing the reopening of the New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! galleries and shop in accordance with Phase 3 of Governor Baker’s Reopen­ing Massachusetts Plan. The Art Museum will open its doors to all visitors starting Saturday, August 15th with restrictions in place to maintain the health and safety… [Read More]

New Bedford Art Museum/ Artworks! is excited to provide the artMOBILE for its 25th summer! The artMOBILE vans will be rolling around New Bedford through August 21. Operating much like a bookmobile, the two purple vans, each with two experienced art educators, engage children with fun educational art activities at community sites across New Bedford…. [Read More]

New Bedford mayor Jon Mitchell will deliver his State of the Citiy address on Thurs., 8/6, at 1 p.m.  Each year, the Mayor delivers the State of the City address detailing past accomplishments, goals, planned policies and objectives for the largest city in the region for the coming year. Nearly 500 business, community, media, and… [Read More]

If you follow New Bedford Creative on Instagram  — and you shouldn’t deny yourself the visual pleasure of following @_nbcreative — you will notice something new during the last week of July, August and September. During those weeks, the account defined by #NBcreative will experience a takeover. It’s an entirely benign and welcome takeover by… [Read More]

Rhode Island’s own Sissieretta Jones is this week’s featured American trailblazer on #UNLADYLIKE2020 — the acclaimed series of 10-minute animated documentaries by PBS’s flagship biography series American Masters. The Sissieretta Jones short is narrated by Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-winner Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife; ER; Billions), and the words of Madame Jones are… [Read More]

From the Fairhaven Police Department Facebook Page Many changes have been made to the www.fairhavenpolice.org web site recently and there will be more to come. With that, many questions have arisen regarding reporting things to the police.  If there is an EMERGENCY or something needs immediate assistance please dial 9-1-1 or one of our business… [Read More]