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Experience a day full of music, food, and fun at Railroad Park Recording Co.'s RPRC Fest happening at 50 Madeira Avenue, New Bedford on Saturday, June 15 at 10 a.m. Featuring over 20 multi-genre ...
A guide to New Bedford summer fun topped the Standard Times' most read stories last week. Find out what else was on the list: New Bedford area events & festivals, South Coast Rail start delayed ...
Screenings will be held at Gallery X, Co-Creative, New Bedford Creative, and Ground Work New Bedford from April 19-21, with a late-night encore presentation at the Harbor Hotel from 11pm-1am. More ...
In 2004 a non-profit company, O.R.P.H. (Orpheum Rising Project Helpers) Inc, announced plans to bring back the theatre and revitalize New Bedford economy. [2] [4] [5] However, the group was unable to raise the necessary funds, and the theater was placed for sale in 2012. [5] The building was sold in 2017, then placed for sale again in 2019. [6]
The New Bedford Art Museum was founded in 1996. The institution struggled to secure funding in its early years. [6] In 2021, the museum began performing extensive renovations on each of its three floors. Gallery space was doubled, accessibility features were installed, and municipal office was removed to make more space. [7]
New Bedford's first newspaper, The Medley (also known as the New Bedford Marine Journal), was founded in 1792. [17] On June 12, 1792, the town set up its first post office. William Tobey was its first postmaster. The construction of a bridge (originally a toll bridge) between New Bedford and present-day Fairhaven in 1796 also spurred growth.
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The New Bedford Whaling Museum is a museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States that focuses on the history, science, art, and culture of the international whaling industry, and the colonial region of Old Dartmouth (now the city of New Bedford and towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and Westport) in the South Coast of Massachusetts.