Whaling City Festival President Mike Sylvia made it official this morning on
Michael and Maddie: New Bedford s Whaling City Festival will make its return to Buttonwood Park this summer, July 8-11.
Sylvia told us this morning that he made his pitch to New Bedford s Parks Department last night and it was an unanimous yes from the board.
How will this year s Whaling City Festival stack up against previous years? Will there be many changes from the Whaling City Festivals that we know and love? Not many, Sylvia said. The only difference will be that we are too close to the festival to be able to book any bands. Other than that, you ll have all of the same food, the same vendors and the same shows that people have grown to love at the Whaling City Festival.
The Lakeville Haunted House has had its head on the chopping block for a couple of years now. Volunteers and board members let the curtain fall on the decades old haunted house back in 2019. Since then, the abandoned haunted house has been a concern to town officials who look at the building and its immediate area as a fire and safety hazard.
The structure, slated for demolition, was on the agenda at last night s Town Meeting in Lakeville. Town residents needed to approve a line item that would allocate $50,000 for the razing of the structure.
The institution of the Lakeville Haunted House is not dead. It is still very much alive. –