By STEVEN FROIAS When does an event become something more? Something unexpected and profound? When you find yourself totally reimagining an entire part of the City of New Bedford. And that’s about to happen from Saturday, Sept. 15 through Friday, Sept. 21. When the idea for the Love The Ave & North End Restaurant Week was […]

  The LOVE THE AVE & NORTH END RESTAURANT WEEK happens from Saturday, Sept. 15 through Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 – an opportunity to patronize the delicious small businesses north of Coggeshall Street that lend flavor to the city. No reservations are required. Simply pick your restaurant(s), pull up a chair, grab a fork and […]

Select images from the SUPERFLAT mural festival 2018 and 3rd EyE Open, Sat. Aug. 18, 2018 in New Bedford, MA. Click on any image to view full-size as a slideshow.

  Here’s a story right out of a Nicholas Sparks novel. New Bedford native Jeffrey Pelletier was a volunteer worker in Honduras years ago. Unfortunately, Jeff’s desire to help ran a bit of ahead of his proficiency speaking Spanish. Therefore, within an hour of starting work at the relief organization, a supervisor paired him with […]

  By STEVEN FROIAS I’m still waiting to get mugged. For the past few weeks, I’ve been walking up and down Acushnet Avenue signing up restaurants and eateries for the LOVE THE AVE & NORTH END RESTAURANT WEEK happening from Saturday, Sept. 15 through Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. The event is part of a larger […]