New Bedford Hosted the First Portuguese-American Catholic Parish
New Bedford's St. John the Baptist Church, dedicated in 1875, was destroyed by fire in 1908. The present church was built in 1913 by architect Matthew Sullivan.
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The Veteran’s Transition House Gets a New Temporary Home [Military Monday]
This past June, the Veteran's Transition House made a big but quiet move from their Willis Street location to a new, temporary address on County Street in New Bedford.