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The snow parking ban will lift at midnight tonight; residents are advised to avoid travel as crews continue to clear the roads Thursday evening into Friday morning. New Bedford’s City offices will be open tomorrow, Friday, January 5, 2018. City employees should take care and take their time in getting …

The Department of Public Infrastructure has made sand available to city residents at many locations throughout the city. Residents are advised to bring their own small container to collect the sand at any of the following locations: Norfolk St & Acushnet Ave Toby St & Acushnet Ave Manila St & …

From the Yarmouth Police: “The very end of the Town of Yarmouth Boardwalk located at Bass Hole at Gray’s Beach in Yarmouthport is currently being destroyed due to high winds and ice flows. Let’s hope it is only the end of the boardwalk that is damaged. We have closed the …

New Bedford Public Schools will be CLOSED tomorrow, Friday, January 5, 2018. The Paul Rodrigues Administration Building will be OPEN as well as the administrative offices of New Bedford High School and the Middle Schools. Other schools closed so far: Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech Alma del Mar Charter St. John …

Yikes! After a “weather bomb” were seguing right into some darn frigid temperatures and even some that will be in the negatives without the wind chill factor. Our balmiest day will be Sunday with a sweltering high of 17 degrees. Our low point will be on Saturday when we’ll hit …

A joint effort by Lowell firefighters and police officers, culminating in a daring rescue by a State Police Air Wing helicopter crew, saved the life of a man who was located in the Merrimack River Wednesday night. Shortly after 7 PM the Lowell Fire Department and Lowell Police Department responded …

From the New Bedford Police Department: “The New Bedford Police Department is urging you to stay off the roads. The driving is dangerous as the snow mounts up. Please let the plows do their job. Stay safe; driving can wait.” The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning for …

BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WHAT…Blizzard conditions expected. Very cold wind chills possible. Travel will be very dangerous to impossible. Expect damage to trees and power lines …

Due to the expected weather forecast coupled with low temperatures for the evening, the overflow will be opened again tonight. All inquiries can be forwarded to the Sister Rose House on 71 Division Street and 1-800-homeless.

Residents are reminded that there is NO trash/recycling collection today, Thursday, January 14, 2018, due to today’s storm. There is NO commercial trash collection today. The remaining trash collection this week by ABC Disposal will take place on a two-day delay, as follows: If your trash is normally collected on …