 1 manb_C9A5580 Max, 30, is forced to find a new place to sleep after being forced out of the area where he and his girlfriend had set up a tent at the Ben Rose Field in the south end of New Bedford. Max has been living on the streets of New Bedford for over a year and is once again looking for a place to call home. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 2 manb_N8A1258 Members of the Buzzards Bay Rowing Club make their way into a dense fog as they go for their morning row in New Bedford harbor. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 3 manb_C9A5422 Emanuel Taylor Jr. doesn't let the heat keep him from working on his basketball skills at the Clasky Common Park court in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 4 manb_N8A2222 Shadows dance across the brickwork as Jose Carvalho, top, and Dinis Machado, masons with K. DaPonte Construction Company, fill in the joints of the newly paved brick sidewalk they just finished in front of the Unitarian Church in Fairhaven, with sand as the final process before its complete. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 5 manb__MG8514 A New Bedford police officer monitors traffic between the men working signs, as workmen repair the street and sidewalks on Fish Island in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 6 manb_C9A0554 Apponequet High School prepares for the football season. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 7 1007477316 manbBoatSunk The owner of the bay scalloper Elizabeth Jessica is at a loss for words after finding his boat had sunk overnight at its dock on Pope's Island in New Bedford. With no insurance, he is unsure how he will salvage the vessel. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 8 1010073504 manbGraceChurchSteeple Bill Gilmore, a carpenter with Caddis Construction, tries to align the walls of the steeple they are constructing on the ground, to be hoisted to the top of the Grace Episcopal Church, in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 9 manb_N8A2265 Daniel Lemieux of Lemieux $ Associates Pipe Organ Company from upstate New York, tunes the pipe organ of St. Anthony of Padua church in the north end of New Bedford. The pipe organ was constructed in 1912. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 10 manb_N8A1831 Assistant harbormaster, Clint Allen, left, looks on as Susan Handy wishes husband Edward Handy bon voyage, as he prepares to sail their boat from Mattapoisett, where they store it for the winter, to their home on Marthas Vineyard. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 11 manb_C9A0630 Normandin Middle School eighth grader Adamarys Sierra, 13, is surrounded by cans she is sorting as she and her classmates prepare food baskets to give to the needy for Thanksgiving, with cans they collected throught the school year and turkeys donated by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 12 manb_N8A4662 Fern Boudria of Fern Boudria & Sons Painting prepares the window sills of the First Congregational Church in Fairhaven for a fresh coat of paint. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 13 1008324749 manbSpanishShip Crewmembers of the Spanish El Galeon tall ship dock the ship at State Pier in New Bedford, where it will be open for visitors until Monday. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 14 manb_C9A4633 Second graders from the Hathaway School in New Bedford enjoy after lunch recess on top of a map of the United States on school grounds. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 15 manbPlungeFaithful2016 Jamie O'Driscoll and his newphew Connor Hebert, 7, and his twin sister Khloe Hebert, 7, cast themselves into the cold waters off of Gooseberry Island in Westport, MA for the annual Plunge of the Faithful in memory of Jamie's sister Shannon O'Driscoll, 24, who was killed November 2006 when she was struck by an SUV in Plainville, MA while holding a sign supporting state daycare centers. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 16 manb_DSF1632 A woman walks across Pleasant Street as heavy snow falls across the region. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 17 manb_C9A0970 Diane Fortin-Curtin and Christine Davis enjoy a chat on a bench at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven as seen through the windshielf of their convertible car. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 18 manb_C9A1035 Friends light candles in memory of Mateo Morales at the intersection of Middle Street and Chancery Street in New Bedford, where three men were stabbed. One of the victims, 15-year old Mateo Morales, later died from his injuries. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 19 manb_C9A1612 Rhonda Leblanc prepares poinsettiea holiday arrangements for customers at Nessralla Farm in Wareham, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 20 manb_C9A2101 Workers remove the weeds from a cranberry bog in Wareham as preparations begin for the growing season. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 21 manb_C9A2326 Bob French works on repairing a stone wall at the Mass Audubon's Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary on Horseneck Road in Westport, one stone at a time. Mr. French has been rebuilding the stone walls of Westport since 1986. He says " New England has over 75,000 miles of stone walls, a feat not much different than building the pyramids of Egypt." PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
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 23 manb_C9A2950 Fernando Conde, Joe Costa and Horace Medeiros repair the cobblestones on N. Water Street in downtown New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 24 manb_C9A3365 Anna Santos takes advantage of the high winds to blow some bubbles at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven with a contraption she bought for her nephew. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 25 manb_C9A3465 Mace Sullivan struggles to reach the joystick as he plays a round of Galaga at the newly opened Purchase Street Records in downtown New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 26 manb_C9A3866 A tree is proclaimed as 'free' in Mattapoisett, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 27 manb_C9A4254 George Lawrence is seen hanging a Lantana from the rafters of the greenhouse at Lawrence Greenhouses in New Bedford, as seen through the windows of the greenhouse which are painted with a white latex chalk to protect the flowers from direct sunlight. The Lawerence Greenhouses have been in the family for over sixty years and this year marks the fortieth year Mr. Lawrence has owned the Greenhouses which grow all of the flowers they sell. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 28 manb_C9A4293 Jeff Chaves, gets into the spirit of things, as he and fellow postal carriers at the downtown New Bedford, MA post office, sort and prepare their route delivery carts on December 21, 2016, the busiest day of the year for deliveries. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 29 manb_C9A4927 Peter Costa, owner of Triad Boatworks, monitors from the lift truck as George Barringer, gets a hand from Jason Costa of Triad Boatworks, riggin his sailboat the Enterprise, before putting it in the water in Mattapoisett. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 30 1011101854 mannb108 Irene Miller is in disbelief as Lucia Mota presents her with a birthday cake she made for her to celebrate her turning 108 at the Active Day Adult Day Care Center in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 31 manb_C9A5134 A man makes his way up the spiraling staircase to the third floor of City Hall in downtown New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 32 manb_C9A5370 New Bedford firefighters Kevin Carvalho and Mark Pacheco wash Engine 6 truck in front of the Station 6 station on Purchase Street in the south end of the New Bedford as they clean their gear in preparation for the new year. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 33 manb_C9A5405 Steven Saraiva of Marine Propeller Services grinds a small propeller he rapaired into shape before putting it on the balancing stand at the Fairhaven shop. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 34 manb_C9A5511 Santiago Pasos is reflected on the mirror as he washes the horses in the merry-go-round ride at the New Bedford Police Union Family Fun Festival held at Buttonwood Park In New Bedford opening Friday to Sunday. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 35 manb_C9A5709 A truck rolled over onto Route 195 West from the Route 140 off ramp in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 36 manb_C9A6539 Lt. Kyle Canastra and fellow New Bedford firefighters conduct simulated search and rescue missions inside a smoke filled training maze trailer they have access to for the next two weeks. They expect all of the cities firefighters to take part in the drill. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 37 manb_C9A7746 A passenger heading to Nantucked aboard the high speed ferry makes his way up the ramp to the State Pier terminal in New Bedford past a mural painted on the side wall. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
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 39 manb_C9A8453 Anne Mozzone goes for a morning bike ride up Green Street toward Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 40 manb_C9A8610 St. James St. John eighth grader, Jameson Lima, 13, counts off the Hail Mary's on the beads of his rosary, as he and other seventh and eighth graders from New Bedford Catholic Schools participate in the annual Rosary Rally held at Bishop Stang High School in Dartmouth. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 41 manb_C9A9116 The iconic whale tail sculpture in front of the Whaling Musem looms high above as a worker reparing the roof of the J.J. Best Banc Co. building in downtown New Bedford, can be seen in the background. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 42 manb_C9A9614 People watch the super moon rise from the pier at Fort Taber Park in the south end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 43 manb_DSF2331 Frankie Pacheco prepares to set out the tables and chairs in the Harbor View Gallery at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, MA, in preparation for the Global Learing Charter School annual gala this weekend. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 44 manb_DSF4853 The iconic Whaleman statue in front of the New Bedford downtown library is multiplied by the rain drops on a car's window. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 45 manb_DSF4892 Michael Dyer walks up North Water Street in downtown New Bedford past a snowman scene painted on the windows of Tia Maria's European Cafe, an entry in the Deck the Windows competition. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 46 manb__MG0201-2 Icicles form at the bottom of the Spring Street sign in Dartmouth, MA as traffic makes its way by on a frigid morning. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 47 manb__MG0549 Andrew Sousa of the Westport Highway Department, clears off the rocks, sand and mud that washed up onto East Beach Road because of the high wind and surf that swept across the region. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 48 1007867763 manbPeachOrchard Ernest Ventura of Ashley Peach Orchard in Acushnet, tills the land while he is unsure what the future brings after his entire peach crop was killed due to the unusually cold spring season. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 49 manb__MG1232 Jesus Martinez, below, gives his friend James Hatchett, top, a hand in recovering items from his apartment which was involved in a fire on Bullard Street in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 50 manb__MG1395 A rigger finds himself high up rigging a sailboat at Fairhaven Shipyard in Fairhaven. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 51 manb__MG1712 The sun rises behind a workman using a grinder to remove the paint from an outrigger of a fishing boat being re-painted in New Bedford harbor. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 52 manb__MG2088 An Attendee of the opening of the underwater photography collection by celebrated Portuguese photographer Nuno Sa being shown at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, takes a closer look at a photograph of an eel. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 53 1006969505 manbBishopMass A marble holy water font is seen in the background as Bishop Edgar da Cunha Celebrates Catholic School Week with a Mass for New Bedford Catholic schools grades 3-6 students, at St. Mary Church in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 54 1007049466 manbtetreault Ray Tetreault, an avid hockey fan/player, lost his right arm and part of his left hand after being jolted by 15,000 volts of electricity when he and a co-worker were working at Woods Hole in Cape Cod in 1999. His friend was killed and Mr. Tetreault has had 26 surgeries since the accident. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 55 manb__MG8467 A fisherman leaps from one boat to another as the fishing boat Kathy Jakie prepares to tie off in New Bedford harbor. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 56 manb__MG9562 Cleaning crews use a brush an power washer to clean the wind turbine at the UMass Dartmouth campus. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 57 manb__MG9891 Centerline Communications workers work outside and inside the steeple of Saint Mary's church in Padanaram. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 58 manb_N8A0014 Tibetan Monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery create a mandala sand paiting in the UMass Dartmouth Library as part of a week-long celebration of the Mystical Arts of Tibet. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 59 manb_N8A0069 Romeiros from the New England Romeiros walk on Routh 6 on their way from St. Julies in Dartmouth to St. Georges in Westport. The religious pilgrimage which began Sunday morning in Assonet, will see the men walk over 150 miles over the course of a week making stops at many catholic churches along the way, and sleeping at homes of people who welcome them to stay the night. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 60 manb_N8A0436 A motorcyclist enjoys the great weather to take his vintage Triumph motorcycle for a ride on Route 6 in Fairhaven. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 61 manb_N8A1535 Brenda Motta, chief administrative officer of the Schwartz Center School, and a smiling Paris Casmiro's, 16, enjoy a moment together before Paris becomes the first rider of the newly unveiled Buttonwood Park Zoo wheelchair accessible caboose for the Black Bear Express at the New Bedford zoo. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 62 manb_N8A1664 Timothy Souza is overcome with emotion upon learing that his cousin Joseph Lopes, 41, and his cousins son Collin Lopes, 9, died of carbon monoxide poisoning at their home on Buttonwood Lane in Acushnet, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 63 manb_N8A1715 Family and friends look on as firefighters enter the home where Joseph Lopes, 41, and his son Collin Lopes, 9, died of carbon monoxide poisoning on Buttonwood Lane in Acushnet, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 64 manbAlmaDelMar Fifth grader, Raleigh Sylvia works on her literacy assignment at the Alma Del Mar charter school in New Bedford, which is celebrating its 5th anniversary. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 65 manb_N8A2947 A man leaves tracks on the fresh snow that fell overnight on Buttownwood Park in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 66 manb_N8A3950 A couple enjoy a moment together on the steps of the New Bedford downtown library. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 67 manb_N8A4496 An osprey grabs a fish from the water in Westport PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 68 manb_N8A4901 UMass Dartmouth students cast long shadows across the library entrance floor as they walk to class early in the morning. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 69 manb_N8A5301 Frank Fostin, custodian of Fairhaven Town Hall, places a blue light which will shine through the iconic translucent clock tower at night, in remembrance of April being National Autism Awareness month. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 70 manb_N8A5447BW A homeless man stands at the intersection of Route 6 and Purchase Street in downtown New Bedford on a snowy morning. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 71 manb_N8A5497 The sun rises behind phragmites, as a woman and a young girl walk atop the hurricane barrier at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 72 1006920460 manbfireAbbottSt A New Bedford firefighter rescues a dog from a fire at 13 Abbott Street in the south end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 73 1006920460 manbfireAbbottSt With her four month old baby, Verbena Costa, safe in the entrance behind her, a neighbor offers a hand of support to Amber Bischoff as she weeps after her apartment caught fire at 13 Abbott Street in the south end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 74 1007763910 manbDraytonMonument Carl Simmons and Mark Fuller, of the New Bedford preservation society, visit the Drayton Monument at the grave of forgotten abolitionist Capt. Daniel Drayton at the Rural Cemetery on Dartmouth Street in New Bedford. The group is trying to raise funds to restore the monument. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 75 manb_N8A5842 Chris Richard, director of the Fairhaven Office of Tourism, transforms himself into 'Greybeard' the pirate during a Pirates and Privateers presentation that he hosts every Friday at 10 am at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 76 1007819338 manbOralScreening performs an oral cancer screening inside the Southcoast Health van in front of a fish processing plant in the south end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 77 manb_N8A6929 A woman walks by a pond in Mattapoisett, as the high temperatures melt the snowfall that had accumulated since last weeks snow storm. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 78 manb_N8A6939 Don Calstrom rows his boat to the dock for the last time this season, as he prepares to remove it from the water, in Mattapoisett harbor on a perfectly still morning. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 79 manb_N8A7057 New Bedford's Marcus Barros, senior, runs the 100m hurdles. Dartmouth High School takes on New Bedford High School track in Dartmouth. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 80 manb_N8A7119 Runners wait for the gun to start the one mile race. Dartmouth High School takes on New Bedford High School track in Dartmouth. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 81 manb_N8A7209 New Bedford high coaches help Ovidio Matos, senior, get up after he and Dartmouth's Greg Martin, junior, both collapse after sprinting to the line in their 2 mile run. Oivido just won at the line. Dartmouth High School takes on New Bedford High School track in Dartmouth. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 82 1007935253 manbFishing Lumper, Chris Silva, prepares to send up a basket of cod as he and the crew of the fishing boat United States unload their catch at Bergie's Seafood in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 83 1007935253 manbFishing Paulo Mano, above and Chris Silva, below deck, winch a basket of cod up as the crew of the fishing boat United States unload their catch at Bergie's Seafood in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 84 manb_N8A7800 A woman performs some cartwheels after doing some early morning yoga atop the hurricane barrier in the south end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 85 1007935253 manbFishing Andy Vangel unloads a basket of cod onto the cleaning vat as he and the crew of the fishing boat United States unload their catch at Bergie's Seafood in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 86 manb_N8A8023 A mason can be seen walking past a gap in the protective tarps covering the Grace Episcopal Church on County Street, which is undergoing major repairs to its steeple and brickwork. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 87 manb_N8A8089 UMAss Dartmouth track athlete Ben Rounseville works on his hurdles under a stormy sky at the university's track in Dartmouth, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 88 manb_N8A8188 Crewmembers of the Pride of Baltimore II are seen high above the deck of the 1812-era topsail schooner reproduction with its iconic sloping masts designed for speed. The ship docked at State Pier in New Bedford due to the high winds sweeping across the region, as it makes its way southward towards its home in Maryland. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 89 manb_N8A8251 A man takes his walk for a walk up Acushnet Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 90 manb_N8A9334 A man's clothing matches the tulips growing in front of Cinderellas Kitchen restaurant on Ashley Boulevard in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 91 manb_N8A9394 The sun rises above the iconic skyline of Fairhaven. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 92 manb_N8A9695 The sun rises behind New Bedford police officer, Scott Tremblay, as he inspects the top of the hurricane barrier walk before crews continue the second phase of the project in the south end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 93 manbHaydenMcFaddenGrade2Read Second graders Wilson Hernandes and Jaydalyn Mora work on their reading skills in class at the Hayden McFadden School in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 94 manb_1007028856 ma_nb_snowStorm9 A woman walks down Centre Street in New Bedford, MA as a snow storm sweeps across the area. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 95 1007844509 manbGrim Reaper Old Rochester Regional High School senior Shane DeSousa, 18, is dressed like the grim reaper, welcoming students into the school auditorium for a presentation highlighting the fact that someone is killed or seriously injured every 15 minutes in an alcohol related crash in the United States. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 96 1008020024 manbMasDonuts A customer enjoys his breakfast and his morning medication at Ma's Donuts on Acushnet Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 97 1008020024 manbMasDonuts Zachary Aguiar, 6, takes a closer look at the chocolate frosted donuts at Ma's Donuts on Acushnet Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 98 1008062186 manbStevePemberton Students are mesmerized as they listen to Steve Pemberton, a biracial foster child from New Bedford, who survived a horrendous upbringing to go on to become a Fortune 500 executive with Walgreens, share his story with boys at the Nativity Prep School in New Bedford on May 5, 2016. |
 99 1008133249 manbSeamensBethel City officials were on hand for the official groundbreaking of the Seamen's Bethel connector to the Mariners Home next door on Johnycake Hill in downtown New Bedford as seen throught window of the Whaling Museum across the street on May 6, 2016. |
 100 1008257237 manbBradford The staff of the Whaling Museum install the Sealers Crushed by Icebergs painting by William Bradford which will be shown in an exhibit at the Whaling Museum in downtown New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 101 1008278030 manbChiefCordeiro New New Bedford Police Chief Joseph C. Cordeiro and his sister Terry Larson enjoy a quiet emotional moment together "wishing our parents were here to see this moment" before Mr. Cordeiro was sworn in at the Whaling Museum. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 102 1008360163 manbGeorgeHeath Family looks on as Rosemary Heath releases a dove in memory of her husband George Heath at the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School stadium. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 103 1008555913 manbFireValentineSt at 44 Valentine Street in the south end of New Bedford. No one was hurt. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 104 1009253003 manbDouglassMural Artist Lydia Stein, refurbishes the Frederick Douglass mural next to Probate Court on Sixth Street in New Bedford commissioned by the UMass Dartmouth Labor Center. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 105 1009397793 manbHayMacFistDay Students arrive for the first day of school at the Hayden McFadden Elementary School in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 106 00023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay A protective 4th grader Kiera Valentin, 9, assures her little sister Alyssa Rodriguez, 5 kindergarten, that everything will be alright on their first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 107 1009569935 manbHaydenMcFadden Bianca Lebrun works on her array's and skip counting using a white board in Julie Bosworth's 3rd grade class at the Hayden McFadden Elementary School in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 108 1009686878 manbYouthSummit Students from across the Southcoast work in teams to create over ten thousand hunger relief food bags, as part of the at the annual Civic Youth Summit held at UMass Dartmouth. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 109 manb A forcado from the Forcados Amadores de Cascais, is run over by the charging bull after an uncessesful 'pega' (grab) at a bullfight in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. The forcados are constituted of a group of 8 men with one leader. The leader will stand in the middle of the arena and call the bull in the hope that the animal will charge him. Once the bull charges, the lead forcado will attempt to grab the animal by the horns and not fall off until the rest of his team control the animal. If he is unsuccessful, he will get up and try again, as many times as needed, or until he can no longer do it. Unlike in Spain where the bull is killed in the arena, the Portuguese bullfight revolves around two acts. The first being control of the bull by a rider on a horse, and the second the Forcados take over. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 110 1010157998 manbBoyBullRider Derick Costa Jr., 10, ties the spurs and tightens the chaps before his first ride at the final event in the New England Rodeo championship in Norton, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 111 1010478202 manbVeteransAssembly A veteran salutes the flag as a slideshow begins on a projector during the Roosevelt Middle School Veterans Day Assembly in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 112 1011043986 manbCarbonMonoxide Acushnet fire chief, Kevin Gallagher, gives Collin Lopes' mother a hug on behalf of the towns citizens, as the Acushnet Fire Department and the town's schools announce the start of the 'Collin Challenge' at the Acushnet Elementary School. The "Collin Challenge", a drive to put a carbon monoxide alarm in every students home, is named after Collin Lopes, who along with his father, Joseph Lopes, died from carbon monoxide poisoning last week at their home in Acushnet. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 113 manb_C9A0244 Juan Mateo and fellow Bob's Tire workers sit on the job during a rally at the tire recycle company in the north end of New Bedford looking for a new contract. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 114 manb_N8A7195 Organist, Thomas Clough Sargent, plays the organ high above as a funerary mass files down below at the St. Anthony's of Padua church in New Bedford, MA on February 17, 2016. |
 115 manb_C9A4064-2 The sun shines through Sydney Lipsett's, 17, hands as she and fellow Global Learning Charter Public School 11th graders perform yoga at Riverside Park on June 16, 2016 as they wind down their school year. |
 116 1008434963 manbDartmouthGraduation A student who has not received her diploma yet looks on as a classmate receives her diploma at the 2016 Dartmouth High School Graduation on June 5, 2016. |
 117 manb Yoga instructor Juliet Loranger conducts a special session of yoga on New Year's day at the Whaling Musem in New Bedford. The program enttitled Renew & Celebrate: A New Year's Yoga & Meditation Class puts people on the right path for the New Year. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 118 1008526138 manbopioidBabies Amanda Fielding spends time with her newborn Braylin Debonise, 9 days old, and her twenty month old, Briella Debonise, at St. Lukes Hospital in New Bedford, MA on June 7, 2016. Amanda a recovering heroin addict, has seen both of her daughters born with an addiction to methadone. Braylin is given a combination of morphine and Phenobarbital with her formula daily, while Briella has already been weaned off her addiction. |
 119 In the Shadows of Figueira In the Shadows of Figueira: A couple try to photograph the setting sun. Known as the Queen of the Beaches, Figueira da Foz, Portugal is reknown for its sunny weather. |
 120 manb_20160618resize Cyclists navigate the course of the Ninigret State Park racing circuit in Charlestown, RI during a race on June 18, 2016. |
 121 manb_C9A2697 Hank DePina works on his serve using a basket filled with over three hundred tennis balls at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven, MA on September 7, 2016. |
 122 1008518161 manbSpecialOlympics2016 Jacob Mills and Austin Botelho embrace after completing the hurdles event at Special Olympics School Day Games held at the New Bedford High School track on June 8, 2016. The games features athletes from New Bedford High School and the city's three middle schools. |
 123 manb_C9A0059 Pauly Reed, Supervisor and Michael Gnazzo, president of Cenaxo install the freshly repaired iron cross atop of the new steeple of the Grace Episcopal Chuch on County Street in New Bedford, MA on November 16, 2016. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 124 manb_C9A0471 Iron workers install the decking for the second floor of the future Hannigan School on Emery Street in the south end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |
 125 manb_C9A0546 A truck rolled over onto 195W from the 140 South off ramp in New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG |