CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR THURSDAY, MAY 09, 2013 ********** OPENING OF SESSION BY: CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRUCE DUARTE, JR. ********** PRAYER LED BY: REVEREND DAVID LIMA, PASTOR, NEW SEASONS WORSHIP CENTER ********** PLEDGE ...

The New Bedford Board of Election Commissioners has announced that Wednesday, April 10, 2013 is the deadline to register to vote in the Special State Primary for United States Senator in Congress which will be held on Tu...

In August of 2012, I wrote and published “It Pays to Be a Public Servant.” I recommend reading that article to gain a perspective of how much pay raises have gone up in New Bedford in just a single year. For ...

Have a problem with a law? Tax? Want to voice your opinion outside of Facebook, but don’t know who to e-mail or call? This article lists your local, state and federal government representatives, and how to best get...

In the 2009 New Bedford elections, several candidates ran unopposed.  Out of the six ward City Council elections, three of the candidates had no opposition (Wards 1, 2 and 5*). Things improved in the 2011 New Bedford ele...

Need a stop sign on your street? Think a city ordnance is outdated and needs updating?

The 2012 elections were depressing. Not because of the winners and losers, but because democracy in America seems to be dying a slow death. A few stats to chew on. While we’ve had some 20 million new voting age men...

Tomorrow, November 6th, 2012, New Bedford residents will vote for their next President (Barrack Obama or Mitt Romney), U.S. Senator (Scott Brown or Elizabeth Warren) and will decide the outcome of three state ballot ques...