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The Standard-Times (and Sunday Standard-Times), based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is the largest of three daily newspapers covering the South Coast of Massachusetts, [2] along with The Herald News of Fall River and Taunton Daily Gazette of Taunton, Massachusetts.
NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford Public Schools is a crucial step closer to having a new South End elementary school to replace two existing ones sometime in 2026. On Tuesday, City Council approved the ...
What happened to the Keystone building? Built in 1861, the Keystone building served as a furniture store from 1914 to 1981. It was demolished in 2004 after years of vacancy and disrepair.
New Bedford was once the city that lit the world, exporting vast quantities of whale oil for lamps in the early 1800s. ... (24 kilometers) off the Massachusetts coast. It’s expected to put out ...
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.
WLNE-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Providence, Rhode Island, area.The station is owned by Standard Media, and maintains studios in the Orms Building in downtown Providence; its transmitter is based in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
New Bedford had landed $443.2 million worth of seafood in 2022, again placing it at the top of NOAA Fisheries’ revenue list. That’s thanks in large part to all the scalloper landings in New ...
Hal was the creator of the long-running charity "Quarters for Christmas". It was Hal Peterson that was responsible for giving Gil Santos his first job in radio as Hal's "Color Man" during New Bedford High School basketball broadcasts. (deceased) Jack Peterson: news anchor, play-by-play announcer for local sports (1998–2014) (deceased) [5]