Coronavirus

The City of New Bedford’s Office of Housing and Community Development will hold a community forum to discuss the best use of federal funding to improve the quality of life for New Bedford residents specifically related to preventing, preparing for and responding to the coronavirus (COVID-19). The public meeting will …

When a Massachusetts State Trooper yesterday captured a suspect who fled from a stolen car in Plymouth, the suspect refused to give his name, resisted arrest, spit on the Trooper, and said he was COVID-19 positive. The suspect continued to spit in the cruiser during transport to the State Police-Norwell …

This Friday, June 12, the Dartmouth Mall will slowly begin to re-open while taking precautions to ensure the well-being of shoppers. “We thoroughly cleaned the entire facility during our downtime and have removed common area seating. Based on government restrictions, the food area will remain closed. In order to enforce …

Chris Van Buskirk State House News Service Looking to grab a drink at your favorite watering hole? Unless it provides seated food service, you’ll have to wait until Phase 4 after administration officials delayed the reopening timeline for bars. Bars were originally slated to open in Phase 3 of Gov. …

Matt Murphy State House News Service Even as the state works to ramp up its testing capacity with a goal of being able to test as many as 45,000 people a day by the end of July, the actual number of tests for COVID-19 being conducted daily in Massachusetts has …

Today, Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito joined New Balance chairman Jim Davis for a tour of New Balance’s Lawrence factory, a facility that has helped the company produce more than 1 million masks in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The tour highlighted the company’s face …

New Bedford health officials reported no additional COVID-19 related deaths since Saturday, leaving the total at 81 in the city. Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported 22 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in New Bedford on Monday, bringing the total positive cases in the city to 1.992, up from 1,970 on Saturday. …

Chris Van Buskirk State House News Service As an extensive vote-by-mail bill moves to the Senate, one voting rights advocacy organization and the association representing town clerks hope the upper chamber will address several outstanding issues including delivery requirements for mail-in ballots. The mail-in voting legislation (H 4768) comes as …

New Bedford health officials reported one additional COVID-19 related deaths since Friday, nine in the past four days, bringing the total to 81 in the city. Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported 17 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in New Bedford on Saturday, bringing the total positive cases in the city to …

Mayor Jon Mitchell announced Saturday that the City of New Bedford will follow and implement the second phase of Governor Charlie Baker’s reopening plan, which allows for additional sector reopening on Monday, June 8. The plan includes sector-specific guidance for businesses and operations permitted to reopen with guidelines during the …