A member of the Latin Kings street gang was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing drugs in New Bedford. Virgilio Adorno, a/k/a “Trigga,” a/k/a “Goyo,” 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to two years in prison and three years of supervised release. …
Read More »Chris Resendes Show with former New Bedford mayor Scott Lang
Chris Resendes Show – Special Election Edition with attorney and former New Bedford mayor Scott Lang. The Chris Resendes show is hosted live on New Bedford Guide’s Facebook page every Thursday at 7pm.
Read More »New Bedford woman charged with animal cruelty after 19 dead animals found in home
Amanda Vicente, 39, of 79 Query St., New Bedford, was arrested by New Bedford Police Thursday on one charge of child abuse and 17 counts of animal cruelty after police found 19 dead animals and 17 living animals at her home. Police and animal control responded to the address after …
Read More »Police arrest 14 people to include Fall River man with 20 convictions
New Bedford Police made 14 arrests Wednesday, including the apprehension of a suspect with a long criminal history that includes pending warrants for home invasion and assault to kill. The arrests were made in collaboration with Massachusetts State Police and federal agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau …
Read More »New Bedford police collect 356 pounds of prescription drugs at takeback
New Bedford Police collected 356 pounds of prescription drugs Saturday, Oct. 28 at the 14th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, the second highest amount in the region. Residents dropped off unwanted and expired prescription medications during the event, which was sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration and held at …
Read More »HELP WANTED: Blount Fine Foods is hiring for multiple positions
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Read More »Faces Of New Bedford #127: Joe Neves
Meet Joe Neves, 54-year-old Associate Director of Dennison Memorial Community Center. Joe grew up in Austin, Texas due to his father’s, a New Bedford native, Air Force commitments in Texas. During his time at the University of Texas Austin, he traveled to Massachusetts to work as a beach worker at …
Read More »New Bedford Man arrested for stealing items from fishing vessel
Investigation by members of the New Bedford Police Department port security unit led to the arrest of Donald Jordan, 43, of 35 Bay St., New Bedford, on charges of larceny from a boat and breaking and entering into a boat in the nighttime after he stole items from a fishing …
Read More »OPINION: To Whom It May Concern, (Which this should be concerning to any compassionate person)
This letter is urgent and I am asking for the help of any official to help shut down and stop the building of a slaughterhouse in a nearby town! This is directed to the Town of Westport Massachusetts and the slaughterhouse being built so close to home. The Town of …
Read More »“Welcome to my city…”
Welcome to my city, where girls are are called names before pretty. Where we can write raps, and give dap but not show up to support even a kids concert just to clap. Where guys go out at night to betray her, and my friends taught me it’s Mikey’s city …
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