Posts by Steven Froias
A bit of Santa Rosa de Copán on New Bedford’s Acushnet Avenue
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…
Read MoreWhy the North End needs a Restaurant Week
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 &…
Read MoreA Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World
A nice perk of being a writer and journalist is the opportunity to check things out before they are headlines. That happened last week when I got a preview of…
Read MoreNew Bedford’s real parking problem
Studies have been done. Streetscapes have been ripped up. And parking garages have gone up, come down, then gone up again. Over the years, New Bedford has worked mightily to…
Read MoreNew Bedford Now: Coastin’ expands its reach
Most of us probably aren’t accustomed to hearing good news from the daily newspaper industry. Since the advent of the Internet era through the ascent of social media era, it…
Read MoreWatching the World Cup in Europe – On The Ave
You would be excused if you thought you were in a corner of Europe sitting in the courtyard of Cotali Mar restaurant on Acushnet Avenue watching Portugal take on Iran…
Read MoreDeep Dive into Clasky Common Farmers Market
Last week, I wrote about the growing, informal urban agriculture network springing to life in New Bedford. This week, we’re looking at one piece of it – the terrific, weekly…
Read MoreNew Bedford Now: Connecting to Grow
Last Thursday, June 7, GROW Education held its annual Community Garden planting at Carlos Pacheco Elementary School. It was one of many the program has done in recent weeks all…
Read MoreOn the Menu in New Bedford Now
This week’s New Bedford Now briefing hits close to home – because I’m happy to share the news that myself and Sarah Athanas, working together as Twin Fish, and in…
Read MoreWhat a difference a year makes…
Last year at this time, I wrote a blog post entitled, “New Bedford gets its PRIDE back.” It was about the return of the city’s LGBTQ Pride Festival after taking…
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