Dick" marathon weekend by unveiling the winner of its Herman Melville statue design contest: an eight-foot bronze statue titled "Melville and Jonah's Journey." ...

NEW BEDFORD — Herman Melville’s life-size statue will adorn the grounds of New Bedford’s historic Seamen’s Bethel where the author stopped before going out to sea, and which was the ...

NEW BEDFORD (WBSM) — The design and sculptor for New Bedford’s planned Herman Melville statue were both unveiled to the public on Friday at the Seamen’s Bethel, where the statue, when completed, will ...

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell wants his city to do more to promote its connection to one of the great American novels. Mitchell unveiled the design for an eight-foot bronze statue of Moby Dick ...

(WJAR) — The city of New Bedford unveiled on Friday the design of a new Herman Melville statue. The winning design was picked from 40 artists across the country. Sculptor Stefanie Rocknak had ...

New Bedford has unveiled the winning design for a statue of “Moby-Dick” author Herman Melville, to be installed outside the Seamen’s Bethel. A committee selected the design by sculptor ...

Although author Herman Melville never called New Bedford home, he wrote glowingly of the port city in his most famous work “Moby-Dick,” describing it as “perhaps the dearest place to live in ...

(WLNE) — Friday morning in New Bedford, Mayor Jon Mitchell will help honor one of the city’s most famous residents. Mayor Mitchell will unveil the winning design of a statue of Moby Dick ...