Short sea shipping the wave of the future?

A "perfect storm of opportunity" could drive the East Coast to embrace short sea shipping and put ports such as New Bedford and Fall River back on the map as significant players in moving cargo up and down the Atlantic seaboard.

Climate change and transportation issues, including the push to cut emissions and rising fuel prices, could combine with the re-emergence of cities as sought-after places to live, spinning up the "perfect storm of opportunity," according to Douglas I. Foy, former state secretary of Commonwealth Development. [read more]
 

  New schools’ chief a 'perfect fit'

NEW BEDFORD — A new beginning of "historic proportions" starts this evening as Portia S. Bonner is formally introduced to the city as its new superintendent of schools.

After nine months of searching and a last-minute switch to a breakfast meeting to beat the Lowell schools to the punch, Dr. Bonner was chosen Monday in a 7-0 vote, with no dissent but with heaps of praise from each of the committee members in turn.

That late-morning vote — timed to [read more]
 

  New Bedford Business Park continues 'on a roll'

NEW BEDFORD — The Greater New Bedford Industrial Foundation — which created and operates the New Bedford Business Park — reported Wednesday that 2007 was another year of success in drawing and expanding businesses at the park.

Executive Director Thomas G. Davis cited a string of companies that moved to the park or are growing there, resulting in 1,000 new jobs.

The park is on a roll, he said, having  [read more]

  Seafood market up and running in city's South End

NEW BEDFORD — If Peter Martone has what it takes to strike gold selling fish off a truck in New Bedford — which he acknowledges as the "mecca of seafood" — his new South End fish market and seafood restaurant also might grow into the winner he envisions.

Not concerned with the stiff competition, Mr. Martone said he and his wife, Jacqueline, are planning to conquer this "Wall Street of fish" with top-notch seafood for sale, exceptional service and unusual offerings. You simply won't find "the cool stuff" in other stores, he said. [read more]

  Developers spark talk of growth with Energy Park

NEW BEDFORD — A small industrial park in North Dartmouth that has sat largely under-developed for almost 20 years is about to come into its own as Energy Park — a place where companies that generate energy from alternative sources or use large amounts of energy can locate.

That is the prediction of the developers of the hugely successful New Bedford Business Park who are taking over responsibility for marketing Energy Park, located off Old Fall River Road, west of Faunce Corner Road. The park is located about 2 miles north of Interstate 195 [read more]