The following statement was released by the New Bedford Mayor’s office: “Last week, one New Bedford firefighter tested positive for COVID-19. After that firefighter’s interaction with colleagues and potential exposure, 22 firefighters were required to self-quarantine pending the results of their COVID-19 tests. All 22 firefighters who self-quarantined have now …

Chris Lisinski State House News Service The number of patients currently hospitalized for COVID-19 crept up over the weekend as state officials reported more than 900 new confirmed cases of the highly infectious virus and 41 more deaths. Active hospitalizations rose to 364 in the Department of Public Health’s Sunday …

The main reason New Bedford police officers don’t wear body cameras while performing their duties is due to the lack of money, not the political will. This could easily be solved by your New Bedford legislators, so why haven’t they acted? In 2012, 15-year old Malcolm Gracia was shot to …

A former Holyoke kindergarten teacher and priest was sentenced this week in federal court in Worcester for possession of child pornography. According to the Worcester Telegram, the diocese found “devastating credible evidence” that he sexually abused a teenager “after he was ordained as a priest in 2007.” Gregory Lisby, 40, …

In many ways, Coronavirus has eroded our constitutional rights to include your right to own a firearm. Currently, 222 people are on the gun license waitlist in New Bedford, and the next available appointment on December 22. In Swansea, a town with 1/6 the population of New Bedford, there are …

“On Thursday, September 17, 2020 at approximately 11:00 p.m., members of the Dartmouth Police Department were dispatched to a residence on Hixville Road, after receiving a call from the resident reporting that someone had allegedly broken into their home. According to information provided by the homeowner, they were awoken by …

A brief pursuit on the Massachusetts Turnpike yesterday afternoon resulted in the arrest of a driver and the rescue of two kittens from her burning car by Massachushetts State Police Troopers. At 4:07 p.m. Massachusetts State Troopers on patrol on the Turnpike eastbound in Framingham attempted to stop a gray …

Early this morning, at approximately 12:50 a.m., troopers from the State Police – Newbury Barracks responded to reports of a crash on I-95 Northbound, prior to Exit 53A in Boxford. Upon arrival, troopers discovered a 2009 Toyota Avalon had gone off the right side of the travel lanes, striking a …

The following was posted by Hendrick Hernandez on his Facebook page and sent to us: “Yesterday on the corner of Eugenia St. and Acushnet Ave. 2 Narcotic detectives hopped out of there car without identifying themselves and tackled me to the ground. I thought I was being jumped. They yelled …

New Bedford Guide and Fall River Reporter will be launching a Bristol County Cold Case show in October. The show will be a weekly series focusing on unsolved murders in Bristol County. “The Bristol County District Attorney’s office currently has 92 unsolved murders from 1975 to 2017,” said executive producer …