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NEW BEDFORD — The sign on the corner of Spring and Seventh streets declaring that Abolition Row Park was “Coming Soon” is finally living up to its name as work crews showed up this week and began construction.  “It’s exciting in many ways,” said Lee Blake of the New Bedford Historical Society. “In three months we’ll have a lovely little park there.”  “Abolition Row Park will be a tribute to New Bedford’s history as a major stop on the Underground Railroad, the first free home of Frederick Douglass, and a beacon of tolerance and safety for those seeking freedom,”...

Time Travel: Would it really change your story? With the first year of lockdowns in South Africa behind us, many are dealing with grief on some level. Whether it’s time with loved ones, financial losses, a lost job or the ultimate tragedy of losing someone to Covid-19… each one of us has faced loss. Hindsight has been useful in teaching us about what we should have held dear, but it can also be painful. Looking back, it may seem obvious – we should have seen these setbacks coming. One could spend hours analysing what one should have done before the pandemic struck, travelling back in ti...

NEW BEDFORD — The Waterfront Historic Area LeaguE, also known as WHALE, hosted a virtual "community conversation" on its Neighborhood Revitalization Program Wednesday night. Teri Bernert, executive director, said the meeting was a response, in part, to protests last summer against the auctioning of a property they are restoring.  "It kind of showed to us that our work does revitalize neighborhoods, but there's not a good understanding of the program and what it does," Bernert said. "We need to do better community outreach... maybe we haven’t been doing enough of that because we�...

NEW BEDFORD — As part of Black History Month, British Consul General in Boston, Dr. Peter Abbott, OBE, traveled to New Bedford's Nathan and Polly Johnson House to highlight American abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglass and his connections to the U.K. “We enjoy the opportunity to talk about (Frederick) Douglass, and talk about his impact in England and Ireland,” said New Bedford Historical Society President Lee Blake on Thursday. She welcomed Abbott and state Senator Mark C. Montigny into the historic house, while live on the British Consulate Boston’s official Twitter. “...

Standard-Times During the month of February, the 18th Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber - Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of PFC Herbert H. Blake, of New Bedford, who served in the European Theater during WWII. Blake was inducted into the United States Army on May 29, 1944 and served with the 4410th Quartermaster Service Company as a truck driver and shipping clerk until his discharge on August 25, 1945. “He left his wife and two small children to join many brave souls to fight to end the war,” stated his granddaughter, Lee Blake of the New Bedford Historical ...