Coronavirus

Mirasol’s Cafe has long been one of the most popular destinations in the area with hundreds of people flocking to the eatery daily for its Latin themed menu, “sexy” sandwiches, freshly-baked muffins and cookies, and of course, the famous “super-charged, super sexxy CHiPPi.” If you are like me, you can’t …

New Bedford health officials reported one additional COVID-19 related deaths since Monday bringing the total to 72. Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported 9 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in New Bedford on Tuesday, bringing the total positive cases in the city to 1,883, up from 1,874 on Monday. Mayor Jon Mitchell …

New Bedford health officials reported three additional COVID-19 related deaths since Saturday bringing the total to 71. 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 1,874, up from 1,852 on Saturday. Mayor Jon Mitchell …

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) urging the BOP to immediately conduct universal COVID-19 diagnostic testing of all incarcerated individuals and correctional staff-including those at privately-managed facilities-and to publicly release comprehensive data on the number of …

Ashley Cowles is a graduating senior at New Bedford High School and wrote this op-ed on distance learning from a student perspective. To reinforce her own fears about education during COVID-19, she gathered student perspectives on distance learning. Given the inconsistencies in education students are experiencing through distance learning, she …

Mayor Jon Mitchell announced that the City of New Bedford will establish a restaurant reopening advisory group, co-chaired by City Planner Tabitha Harkin and local businessman and restaurateur Stephen Silverstein, owner of The Black Whale and founder of Not Your Average Joe’s. “When restaurants reopen in New Bedford, we want …

Chris Lisinski State House News Service A Beacon Hill committee has endorsed two bills that would clear the way for rent control to return to Massachusetts more than two and a half decades after voters narrowly banned the practice statewide. The Joint Committee on Housing favorably recommended the legislation on …

Colin A. Young State House News Service After securing the go-ahead from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and running tests on the system, the Department of Transitional Assistance announced Friday that Massachusetts residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits can now buy groceries online through Amazon and Walmart …

Matt Murphy State House News Service Every registered voter in Massachusetts would receive an application by mid-July to request a ballot to vote by mail in the 2020 elections under a plan released Friday by House and Senate Democrats intended to create more options for voters to safely participate in …