Buttonwood Park Zoo is asking for the public’s help to name the baby red panda born in June. The first of this endangered species to be born at the Zoo, the male cub will join his parents in their spacious habitat sometime this fall. The cub, and his parents Jacob …

NBPD enhances reach to those in need of addiction services; Recovery coaches onboard at department making connections across the city. Twenty-seven people have died from overdoses in New Bedford so far this year. That’s 27 too many for the New Bedford Police Dept. which has recently expanded efforts to connect …

New Bedford Police are actively investigating the shooting of two men in New Bedford overnight. The two men were shot at approximately 11:50pm, at the Temple Landing apartment complex in the area of Elm St. and Ash St. Both were treated at St. Luke’s Hospital and their injuries appear to …

Colin A. Young State House News Service It’s official: the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal will be the primary staging and deployment base for the construction of both offshore wind developments that are expected to someday generate renewable power for Massachusetts. The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs announced …

Ward 3 City Councilor Hugh Dunn confirmed on his Facebook page that he has tested positive for COVID-19. “I am one of nearly six million Americans who has tested positive for COVID-19. I am lucky to be able to say that I am currently recovering comfortably at home and hope …

New Bedford City Councilor Debora Coelho was the only councilor absent for Monday evening’s special City Council 2021 final budget/budget cut session – the eight consecutive city council meeting she has missed. Some of the cuts failed 5-5 and Councilor Coelho would have been the deciding vote. Councilors Coelho and …

Two Hingham men are being charged with stealing and defacing a blue line flag from a home and posting a video of it on social media. One of the men is also being charged with tearing off a blue line flag sticker off a parked car and also posting that …

“CONGRATULATIONS: We wanted to share news of some big promotions in our K9 unit! Congrats to Sgt. William Dillingham and Lt. Kenneth Almeida, who will now join Capt. Paul Douglas as the command staff in charge of the best K9 team in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Sgt. Dillingham and Lt. …

New Bedford Guide did confirm that the police did receive police a complaint and are investigating this incident. “Please help to identify this disturbing man. On August 20th at 3:02 am a man showed up at my door completely naked while masturbating. It seemed as if he was trying to …

“A serious motor vehicle crash last evening required the assistance of several mutual aid ambulances. Fairhaven, Acushnet, Mattapoisett, and New Bedford all responded to the 2 car motor vehicle crash on Howland Rd near Sycamore St around 9:00pm. With the assistance of our mutual aid partners, 10 patients were transported …