By Steven Froias For the New Bedford Ocean Cluster Much has written about the looming offshore wind industry in Massachusetts over the past decade or so. The reality has just been over the horizon. It’s even felt stagnant at times. That’s all changing – rapidly. Much of that has to do with the administration in […]
By Steven Froias For the New Bedford Ocean Cluster It’s expected that the month of January, beginning with New Year’s Day, will usher in a fair degree of change. When you add in the fact that a new administration has begun its task in Washington, D.C., the transformation from 2020 to 2021 is quite profound […]
By Steven Froias For the New Bedford Ocean Cluster On January 6, 2021 the City of New Bedford formally launched NB Resilient and concurrently released its climate action plan. Obviously, events happening in the nation’s capital that day overshadowed most if not all other news. But, the importance of this effort needs to be rescued […]
New Bedford, Massachusetts– With the start of 2021, Mayor Jon Mitchell and the City of New Bedford have formally launched NB Resilient, the City’s strategic climate action plan aimed at climate adaptation and mitigation. The plan sets ambitious but achievable goals to help New Bedford achieve its vision – “a thriving, self-sustaining city that is culturally […]
“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote…” Ishmael, Moby-Dick NEW BEDFORD, MA – The best known literary event centered on Herman Melville’s iconic American novel Moby-Dick is moving online in 2021. The New Bedford Whaling Museum’s annual Moby-Dick Marathon attracts thousands of people of all ages from around the world, who share […]
