The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), the preeminent association of government finance professionals in the United States and Canada, recently announced that the City’s fiscal year 2020 Annual Comprehensive Report has earned the association’s Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. An impartial panel judged the report to meet …

The Baker-Polito Administration today announced $5 million in grant funding awarded to 306 Massachusetts fire departments from the FY22 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program – New Bedford will receive $49,994.60. This program enables fire departments to purchase a variety of equipment that will make firefighters’ jobs safer. This is the …

Nearly 2 weeks ago we shared the story about the donation of a tanker by the Rochester Fire Department to the fire department in Cayce, Kentucky. The sole fire station for the town and their 4 pieces of apparatus were destroyed by the storms. __________________________________________________________ “Our former and reliable Tanker …

“Yesterday afternoon at 1428 hrs, the NBFD received a call from an alarm monitoring service reporting an automatic fire alarm activation at 166 Chancery Street. This residential occupancy contains seven living units and is located in Temple Landing. Upon arrival, crews were met by a resident who informed them there …

Rachael S. Rollins announced that Joshua S. Levy has been appointed to serve as First Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Levy was formally sworn-in today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV. “Mr. Levy has distinguished himself as someone with outstanding character, judgment …

The City of New Bedford’s Office of Housing & Community Development is holding two virtual public meetings this week to discuss the best use of federal funding to improve the quality of life for New Bedford residents. The public meetings will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11 and …

“On January 9, 2022, around 1 a.m., officers observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed heading northbound on Bolton Street. When officers attempted to run a traffic stop, the operator of the vehicle, identified as Robert Guerrero Jr., 32, of 62 Sherman Street, failed to stop and …

A 38-year-old Providence, RI man was convicted last month of stealing large flat screen televisions from Walmarts in Seekonk and North Attleboro, threatening a store manager with a knife and driving recklessly on Route 195, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas m. Quinn III announced. Luis Adorno pleaded guilty in Fall …

On Tuesday, January 11, at 7:19 a.m., the Wareham Fire Department responded to the Wareham Water Pollution Control Facility for a construction worker that had fallen. Captain Micky Bird and the crew of Engine 1 were further advised that the worker was injured, and located more than 20 feet below …

At 8:30am on Sunday, Springfield police responded to a report of a man with a knife who had threatened a victim. Upon arrival, police found 23-year old Orlando Taylor brandishing a knife and becoming confrontational with the two officers on scene. The officers repeatedly ordered Taylor to drop his weapon. …