The Standard-Times

The Standard-Times

The Standard-Times, including its Sunday edition, is located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It is the primary daily newspaper serving the South Coast region of Massachusetts, competing with The Herald News from Fall River.

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  • 1 day ago | southcoasttoday.com | Margie Cullen

    According to the hurricane database, there have been 15 hurricane landfalls in New England since 1851. On average, the return period between hurricanes is 11.5 years, much shorter than the current 34 year "drought."According to Colorado State University’s outlook, published in April, there’s a 40% chance that at least one storm could impact Massachusetts this season and a 18% chance that it’s a hurricane.

  • 2 days ago | southcoasttoday.com | Beth McDermott

    NEW BEDFORD — Little People’s College has opened a new location in New Bedford, marking its first expansion in 17 years, according to a community announcement. Located at 107 Welby Road, the new campus is designed to accommodate over 200 school-age children, providing before and after school care during the academic year, as well as full-day care during school vacations and summer.

  • 3 days ago | southcoasttoday.com | Seth Chitwood

    Special ed students from SMEC got hands-on work experience at GrandMa's Donuts & Coffee. The students learned skills such as taking orders, handling money, preparing pastries and coffee, and interacting with customers. NEW BEDFORD — Special education students from the Southeastern Massachusetts Educational Collaborative gained hands-on work experience at GrandMa’s Donuts & Coffee on Acushnet Avenue on Tuesday morning.

  • 3 days ago | southcoasttoday.com | Laurie Los Lee

    The winner of last week’s Baseball Player of the Week poll was Old Colony’s Cam Vallee. He had 65% of the vote to receive the honor. Vallee went 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs in a loss to Diman. Previous winners were Apponequet’s Ethyn Travis, Fairhaven’s Nick Lajoie, Aidan Smith and Lucas DaCosta, Old Colony’s Vallee and Wareham’s Tyler Cannon. The winner of the Preseason Baseball Player of the Year poll was Wareham’s John Varden. Each week during the regular season, we will highlight the top performances.

  • 3 days ago | southcoasttoday.com | Margie Cullen

    64%, including a majority of Democrats, Republicans and Independents, think it’s a bad time to buy a home. More than half (55%) also expect the U.S. economy to experience bad times in the next year, and 68% think tariffs will hurt the U.S. economy. The Bay State Poll surveyed 907 Massachusetts residents online between May 22 and May 26. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.3%. Should you choose now to buy a home, have a child or look for a new job?