Dale Lynch, the assistant harbor master on Cuttyhunk, said the whale was found alive on the south side of the island, ...

NEW BEDFORD — The much-anticipated opening of Candela Cucina, located in the Candleworks building at 72 North Water St., is ...

The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the rare creature that took his leg. Ultimately, his pursuit leads to Bad ...

One doesn’t have to watch too many movies set in the Victorian/Edwardian period to think that most streets circa 1880-1900 were much like this one, dark and scary in a ...

As a young man he worked for a Boston company that specialized in the refining and sale of whale oil, which was used in lamps and lighting. Around 1850 or 1851 he moved to New York and began working ...

Some of us remember the first Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, 1970. We pulled old bedsprings and tires out of local rivers and urged a ban on phosphates that fueled weed growth in streams and ...

He said, “If you drive an electric, going back to a gas engine car is like going back to whale oil lamps.” You know, not everybody. There are examples of people who just realize after six ...

Pamela] Yet the risk didn't deter the mariners. Whale oil was profitable and essential for lamps and for fueling machinery of the Industrial Revolution. - This is nice. It says, "Bound Around Cape ...