29 individuals have been charged with federal and state drug, firearms, and counterfeiting offenses as part of federal investigations in Brockton and Boston. The cases were brought as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhood Initiative (PSN), which aims to bring together all levels of law enforcement to …
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A 35-year-old New Bedford man with a seven page criminal rap sheet was convicted this week in Fall River Superior Court of slashing a man across the face in front of his young child in broad daylight and was sentenced to serve five to seven years in state prison, District …
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Here’s the artist panel discussion this past weekend that introduced us to some of the artists involved in the mural development set up by Superflat – in collaboration with the Co-Creative Center to create murals for Wings court in downtown New Bedford. Artists from around the world include Janette Beckman, …
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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.
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During the Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts, Inc.’s SPARK program – a free, year-long program for middle school girls focusing on leadership and entrepreneurial thinking – the young ladies participated in a human knot exercise. More about the SPARK program and their day at Mass Maritime Academy here: https://www.facebook.com/NewBedfordGuide/videos/235751883790394/
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Odie’s Place Animal Rescue OdiePalooza will return to Buttonwood Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts and has been expanded to a weekend event. The event will be held on August 25 and 26 of 2018 and it will be the third annual OdiePalooza event organized by Odie’s Place Animal Rescue. The …
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A former lieutenant with the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) was indicted today in federal court in Boston in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police. Former Lieutenant David Wilson, 57, of Charlton, was indicted on one count of embezzlement from an agency receiving federal …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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