Announcements

Several events are planned in New Bedford throughout the upcoming Memorial Day weekend to honor the courageous men and women who lost their lives serving the United States. Events are returning to traditional in-person formats for the first time since 2019. Memorial services and wreath-layings were broadcast online in 2020 …

Next-generation STEM leaders celebrated during SouthCoast Community Foundation award reception. The SouthCoast Community Foundation hosted its 21st Annual Jacobs Family New Bedford High Schools Scholarships reception virtually on Friday, May 13th, where five New Bedford students received awards totaling $175,000. Zachary Bois, Raven DeGrace, Samuel Thomas Jupin, Sabrina Rosa Costa, …

Supporting sixty-four local students in pursuit of higher education. Today, 64 local students will gather at the Buttonwood Park Zoo for the SouthCoast Community Foundation scholarship reception to receive their awards totaling more than $514,000. This year’s recipients were chosen from a pool of more than 1100 high school seniors …

“Last summer, Trooper Carlo Mastromattei, who is assigned to our Revere Barracks, rescued a pit bull who had been chained up and abandoned on Short Beach in the city’s Beachmont neighborhood after good people called to report that act of cruelty. The dog was left tied up in a part …

“Please join the members of the Acushnet Fire & EMS Department in congratulating our newest Call Firefighter, Cydney Girard, upon her graduation from the Call/Volunteer Firefighter Recruit Training Program. Firefighter Girard successfully completed 240 hours of training on nights and weekends. Her training was centered at the Massachusetts fire Academy …

“Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson is asking the area’s legislative delegation to pass urgent legislation on Beacon Hill to fix a legal loophole that currently prevents jails and regional lock-ups from housing protective custody individuals. Back in April, the Massachusetts Appeals Court issued a decision in the Baptista vs. …

Able Associates is hosting a hiring event at Morgan Advanced Ceramics this Wednesday from 2pm to 5pm. Visitors should be ready to interview on-site for immediate hire! Please bring a resume (they can provide resume writing help and Portuguese, Crioulo, and Spanish-speaking staff. Group tours of the site will be …

“Congratulations to District 1’s newest Firefighter, no longer a recruit. Firefighter Alexander Magalhaes has completed the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Class097 Bridgewater. Now the work begins Alex. Further congratulations to his classmates, the 35 graduates represent the 16 fire departments of Acushnet, Berkley, Chatham, Dartmouth Fire District 1, Fairhaven, Halifax, Lakeville, …

“Congratulations to Fairhaven’s newest call firefighter! FF/EMT Shaun Alger graduated from Massachusetts Fire Academy last night at a ceremony on Bridgewater State University Campus. Congratulations, stay safe and welcome! Fairhaven Call Firefighters -A Few Serving Many-” -Fairhaven Call Firefighters Association. Fairhaven Call Firefighters Association photo. Fairhaven Call Firefighters Association photo.