A winning lottery ticket was a popular story this week. Here's a recap of the most-read Standard Times stories.

The journey from vacant nursing home to 63-unit apartment building at 4586 Acushnet Ave. takes a big step forward.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum is welcoming more visitors than ever thanks to the rail, and is growing to meet the need. Here's what's coming.

The Buttonwood Park Zoo and Roger Williams Park Zoo will be making adjustments Tuesday due to the extreme heat.

Acting Police Chief Derek Belong gave the city’s newest police officers a daylong tour of New Bedford, from the beaches to ...

The Nathan and Polly Johnson house was an underground railroad site and the first home to Frederick Douglass as a freed man ...

The City of New Bedford said it was opening cooling centers in order to combat an extreme heat warning that will be in effect for multiple days. Public libraries will act as cooling centers during the ...

The New Bedford Community Preservation Committee wants to hear from the public to update next fiscal year's community ...

According to the Massachusetts State Lottery, Thomas Platt of Fairhaven is the winner of a $1 million prize in the ...

A celebration of music and the arts returns to the Whaling City as the 2025 New Bedford Summer Sound Series is back from another season. This morning on The Rhode Show we were joined by Kim ...

New Bedford Eats helps you narrow down the list of places to try by bringing you new menu items, food events, and specials ...

NEW BEDFORD — Many of the recommendations in an 18-month study to improve New Bedford Police performance are already being implemented, including increasing pay and adding body cameras.