New Bedford's Brooklawn Park was once a private estate with apple orchards and cow pastures. The estate known as Brook Lawn became a city park in the late 1800s.
New Bedford's Brooklawn, Buttonwood, and Victory Parks drew huge crowds to their ice skating rinks. Why isn't there still skating at these parks today?
A dog was apparently left abandoned at Brooklawn Park in New Bedford Sunday afternoon.
The dog, a Boxer believed to be about two years old, was found tied to a pole at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
He is now in the custody of animal control...