You may not be aware that the New Bedford Mariners' Home was once the private residence of William Rotch, Jr. and his family, and it wasn't on Johnny Cake Hill.
Irene Duprey Gutierrez, a long-time educator on the SouthCoast, will bring Hetty Green to life with performances this summer at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park.
This blue whale skeleton at the New Bedford Whaling Museum has been seeping oil for over 20 years and is expected to continue doing so for at least another 40.