New Bedford High School’s main gymnasium was packed with business and community leaders for Mayor Jon Mitchell’s annual State of the City Address on March 28. The huge assembly rose in unison as the school’s JROTC Color Guard entered for a traditional Presentation of Colors ceremony to officially start the …
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A 23-Year-Old New Bedford repeat drug dealer was sentenced to serve two to three-and-a-half years in state prison last week after being convicted of once again dealing narcotics in the city, District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Jovani Abreu-Garcia pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court to indictments charging …
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The Community Preservation Committee has submitted its Community Preservation Act FY19 Project Funding recommendations totaling $1,547,875.00 for seventeen projects. Here’s a details look at each project:
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It protected your boat all winter, now it’s time to protect the environment. White and blue boat wrap are accepted through this drop-off program at the Dartmouth Transfer Station. Zippers and straps must be removed and discarded. Spray painted wrap cannot be accepted. “Shrink wrap is a valuable recyclable plastic …
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This is an update of a previous article about an active police investigation connected with a two-car accident killed an elderly woman and put her passenger in critical condition. There were two passengers in the vehicle that went through a stop sign causing the accident. One was arrested and one …
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Meet Ron Dauplaise, 31-year-old Welder, Custom Fabricator and creator of the ShredyRack. Like most teens, Ron was unsure of what he wanted to do after high school until he started working at his father’s welding shop. After a few years of work with his father at Precision Welding, he knew …
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On Sunday, March 24, Wareham Department of Natural Resources Officers were dispatched to 3030 Cranberry Highway, Lakeside Trailer Park, for a report of animal cruelty where a man threw a dog into a dumpster located on the property. Officers responded to the scene and observed a man removing a small …
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Nearly 40 New Bedford firefighters responded to a house fire at 11 Spruce Street in New Bedford at around 11am. The fire was concentrated on the second floor. One of the residents was injured and sent to St. Luke’s Hosptial with minor injuries. All other residents were not home or …
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Colonel Kerry A. Gilpin, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that a “Sobriety Checkpoint” will be implemented by the Massachusetts State Police on a Public Way in Bristol County from Friday, April 5, 2019 into Saturday, April 6, 2019. The purpose is to further educate the motoring public and …
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“New Bedford is on a roll. As recently as 2012, the city was still reeling from the Great Recession, with unemployment rate over 13%, a crime rate well above average among America’s cities, precarious finances, absentee landlords running neighborhoods, a port stumbling as a result of the crash of the …
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