Education

Southcoast Health’s free online Osteoporosis and Bone Health Seminar is your opportunity to learn about osteoporosis testing, treatments, and the steps you can take now for better bone health. Join them on Wednesday, December 15th at 4:30pm, and learn more and have your questions answered with Southcoast Health’s Joan Wildenhain, …

By Brooklin Henriksen, NBHS Class of 2022 The first weekend in December, New Bedford High School Drama Club proudly presents Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth to in-person audiences in the NBHS Bronspiegel Auditorium. The Skin of Our Teeth chronicles a suburban family facing disaster in the fictional town …

The New Bedford police department is announcing a new program which is intended to make their response to intellectually disabled or emotionally disturbed people safer for everyone involved. Chief Paul Oliveira credits the “Use of force” commission which was formed to review policies within the department in the fall of …

Due to current weather conditions causing widespread power outages and downed power lines, all New Bedford Public Schools and administrative offices will be closed on Wednesday, October 27, 2021: · NO in-person classes · NO distance learning/remote sessions occurring · NO virtual meetings · NO after-school activities Superintendent Thomas Anderson …

“On Thursday, September 30, 2021 Trooper Matthew Holden from the Troop D Community Action Team, Troop D Community Liaison Trooper Jessie Barbosa and Troop H Community Liaison Trooper Aaron Richardson, met at Old Rochester Regional High School in Mattapoisett to spend the afternoon with the Life Skills classroom. Trooper Barbosa …

A UMass Law student has received a scholarship from the “Hispanic Police Officers of New Bedford” organization. Judith Patricia Cruz Caballero, JD candidate, 22, a native of Bolivia, was named the second recipient to have ever received the 5-year scholarship which is presented to Hispanic UMass Law students who are …

Katie Lannan State House News Service School districts reported more than 1,200 student cases of COVID-19 and 190 cases among staff members this week, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said in its first case report of the new school year. The department said the 1,230 student cases represent …

New Bedford Public Schools is implementing in-school symptomatic testing for COVID-19 on a voluntary basis for students and staff. In a letter sent September 15 to NBPS parents and guardians, Wanda Nunes, NBPS Supervisor of School Nurses, detailed the testing option, which requires completion of a parental consent form. Describing …

Denise Gurley, a 4th Grade teacher at Gilmore Elementary School in Brockton posted about a recent experience at a Dollar Tree in a local community group. After seeing her post we reached out and asked her if it was OK to share it with our readers. This is what she …

PACE Head Start and Early Head Start provides family-centered child development programming for over 264 income-eligible families with children from birth to age 5 living in the Greater New Bedford area. The program is at no cost to families who qualify. Part and full-day center-based services are available Monday through …