A team of students at Betsey B. Winslow Elementary School has earned praise for its community service activities, including a recent effort to organize donations for the homeless in New Bedford. “We have a strong team of staff, students and parents at our school,” said Kristen Nightingale, a special education …
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At 2am on Friday, New Bedford police officers were investigating reports of a person driving drunk. According to a witness on the scene, the driver hit a light post on Cottage Street fled on foot. Police arrested her a short time later. A 25-year old Tiffany Rose Demoura of Manchester, …
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Marion Police Chief John Garcia reports that after receiving multiple reports of a suspicious person walking in a playground at the Sippican Elementary School Friday morning, the person was determined by police to be a 12-year-old boy carrying a toy gun. At approximately 11:05 a.m. Friday, Marion Police received a …
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A Massachusetts State Trooper was involved in a shooting incident earlier this morning on Colonel Bell Drive in Brockton. Preliminary information suggests that just prior to 9 a.m., during a confrontation with a male suspect, the Trooper discharged his weapon. The male suffered a lower body gunshot injury that is …
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PAY: $47,339-$59,178 Assists the Director of Tourism & Marketing to drive the coordination, planning, and execution of the tourism strategy. Manages the City’s marketing efforts and serve as liaison to local partner organization. Assist the Tourism Director in any needs including: budgeting, payroll, invoice processing, reconciliations and other administrative duties. …
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Meet John Barboza, 58-year-old Hypnotist with Life Enriching Hypnosis. When John was a child, he was always interested in magic, watching magicians on TV and even learning magic tricks from books he would get from the library. As he got older, the interest in magic was always there but he …
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New Bedford Police Union President Hank Turgeon published the results of a survey conducted with New Bedford Police Union members that paint a picture of low morale and lack of confidence in City leadership that includes Mayor Jon Mitchell and New Bedford Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro. For example, 216 of …
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The following is a letter that was sent to New Bedford Police Union members from the New Bedford Police Union President Hank Turgeon: Brothers & Sisters, Recently the City hired a private company, to conduct an “independent study” of our department and in that extensive study lasting over a year …
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At 12:45 pm on Wednesday, a person called New Bedford police and reported that a man exposed himself at the intersection of Elm and County streets in front of the McDonalds. Police officers responded and located a man near McDonald’s on County St. and placed him under arrest. 28-year old …
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The City of New Bedford’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) has selected a total of 17 projects for funding out of the 24 proposals submitted under their second annual selection process. Projects in all six wards of New Bedford were selected for FY 2019 funding, in three categories that Community Preservation …
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