Your Theatre, Inc. (YTI) is an award-winning, nonprofit, volunteer-based, community theater group in New Bedford, MA in its 72nd year of continuous operation. YTI’s mission is to serve the community by offering dramatic productions which embody the highest ideals of the theatre arts. YTI is currently partnered with the Waterfront …
Read More »Massachusetts High School Teacher Charged with Child Pornography Offenses
A Narraganset School District high school math teacher was arrested and charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with receipt and possession of child pornography. Warren Anderson, 26, of Lowell and Harvard, was charged with one count each of receipt and possession of child pornography. Anderson appeared before Magistrate Judge …
Read More »New Bedford man who viciously attacked fiancée sentenced to 4-6 years
A 28-year-old New Bedford man who viciously attacked his fiancée earlier this year was sentenced to serve four to six years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Haikeem Stephenson pleaded guilty this week in Fall River Superior Court to a multi-count indictment, charging him …
Read More »PODCAST: Interview with Steven Martins
Have you wondered where former New Bedford City Councilor Steven Martins has been? Chris Resendes sits down with Steven and discusses what he misses about being a Councilor and what he feels makes the ideal public servant.
Read More »Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Fentanyl Conspiracy
The alleged leader of a Boston-based heroin and fentanyl trafficking organization pleaded guilty Tuesday, August 21 in federal court in Boston. Jose Antonio Lugo-Guerrero, a/k/a Fernando Rivera-Rodriguez, 40, who formerly resided in Mattapan, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than …
Read More »Mexican national arrested for trafficking four kilograms of heroin in Massachusetts
A Mexican national was arrested yesterday in connection with drug trafficking activities that resulted in the seizure of approximately four kilograms of suspected heroin. Miguel Angel Torres Morales, 39, was charged today by criminal complaint with possession with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. According to …
Read More »West Nile Virus detected in latest mosquito sample near Oak Grove Cemetery; targeted ground spraying for mosquitoes planned
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) has notified the New Bedford Health Department of the finding of West Nile Virus in a primarily bird-biting mosquito sample obtained in the area of Oak Grove Cemetery, located at 185 Parker Street in New Bedford. The mosquito is of the curiex pipiens/restuan …
Read More »MassDOT Registry Accepting Applications for 2018 Low Number Plate Lottery
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is issuing a reminder that the applications for the 2018 Low Number Plate Lottery are now being accepted online at mass.gov/platelottery or by mail. Applicants must apply by August 27 and, if selected for a low number plate, will be notified after the …
Read More »Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts SPARK program
Last week, we had a chance to check out Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts, Inc.’s SPARK program – a free, year-long program for middle school girls focusing on leadership and entrepreneurial thinking, highlighted by a week-long residential summer experience.
Read More »New Bedford mom seeks public’s help in finding special teacher that positively impacted her autistic son’s life
“I’m trying to find a woman named Elisa that my son worked with at the Christopher Donovan Center in Wareham up until 2 years ago. My son has autism. It’s a disorder that generally is considered to affect his ability to form bonds, but he has continuously asked for Elisa …
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