New Bedford Public Schools Closed for Tuesday, March 14

Due to the coming snow storm, New Bedford Public Schools and GNB Voc-Tech are CLOSED for Tuesday, March 14.

Fairhaven Public Schools, Fall River Public Schools, Freetown-Lakeville Public Schools, Bishop Stang, and St James-St John School are also CLOSED.




Town of Dartmouth Parking Ban & Solid Waste and Recycling Collection Delay

In effect from 6:00am on Tuesday March 14th, 2017 through 6:00am on Wednesday, March 15th, 2017, NO PARKING on fire hydrant side. If there is no hydrant, park on the side of the EVEN numbered houses.

Due to the impending snow storm, all solid waste and recycling collection for the week will be delayed by ONE DAY starting Tuesday, March 14, 2017.




Dartmouth Police Investigate Motor Vehicle vs. Pedestrian Crash

On Monday, March 13, 2017 at approximately 7:24 a.m., Dartmouth Police responded to the area of 212 Old Westport Road at Cross Road to investigate a motor vehicle vs. pedestrian crash.

Upon arrival, it was determined that a 46 year old female pedestrian, identified as Melissa PARKER of Dartmouth, had been struck by a 2005 Mercedes operated by a 18 year old Dartmouth man, identified as Valentino AIELLO.

As a result of the crash, PARKER was transported by ambulance to Rhode Island Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.




One-Day Delay of Residential Trash Collection for New Bedford

Due to the snow storm and parking ban, there will be no residential trash collection for New Bedford on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 and ABC Disposal will be operating on a one-day delay schedule for the remainder of this week. Residents whose normal collection day is Tuesday will put their trash curbside on Wednesday.

Residents whose normal collection day is Wednesday will put their trash curbside on Thursday. Residents whose normal collection day is Thursday will put their trash curbside on Friday. Residents whose normal collection day is Friday will put their trash curbside on Saturday. The normal collection schedule will resume on Monday, March 20, 2017.

New Bedford Snow Emergency Parking Ban Effective Midnight Monday




Massachusetts to see up to 24 inches of snow on Tuesday

Here is the latest forecast information for the upcoming major winter storm which gets underway tomorrow. The worst of the storm for all of the area will be from Tuesday morning into midday, and through the afternoon across the interior, when snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour are likely.

The storm system track is further west than previously forecasted, bringing the potential for increased snowfall amounts to central and western MA, and lesser amounts to southeastern MA, the Cape and Islands, where there is a higher likelihood of changeover to rain and sleet. Snow will begin in MA between 6-7 am. Extremely heavy snowfall rates will occur across the Commonwealth, with snow falling at a rate of 2-4+ inches per hour beginning one to two hours after the storm’s onset. The coastline will experience high winds in the afternoon tapering off in the evening, with the outer Cape and Nantucket experiencing sustained winds of 40-45 mph and gusts up of 60-70+ mph, Cape Ann experiencing 45-50 mph sustained winds and 60-65 mph gusts. Other areas of MA will experience 25-30 mph sustained winds with gusts of 30-50 mph. Minor to moderate coastal flooding is expected with this storm during the early Tuesday afternoon and 1 am Wednesday high tides. The most vulnerable areas for coastal flooding would be east and northeast facing coastlines for the Tuesday afternoon high tide, and north and northeast facing coastlines for the early Wednesday morning high tide.

Changes from the previous forecast:
• Westward shift of track, increasing snowfall totals in central and western MA, and lowering them for southern MA, Cape and Islands
• Blizzard Watches have been discontinued for southeast MA, but have been expanded into Worcester county
• High Wind Warning for south coastal MA, as well as Plymouth county
• Coastal Flood Warning for the coastline of eastern MA, including Nantucket, for the Tuesday afternoon high tide

The storm is expected to produce:
• Very heavy snowfall rates of 2-4+ inches per hour
• Isolated thunderstorms
• Damaging wind gusts (50-70+ mph)
• Minor to moderate Coastal Flooding

Potential Impacts:
• Hazardous travel due to visibility near zero at times
• Power outages, especially in southeastern MA
• Blowing and drifting snow is a concern, up to 3 foot drifts possible
• A few flooded shore roads, possible pockets or more significant flooding




United Way to fund three projects to benefit the South End of New Bedford

United Way of Greater New Bedford is pleased to announce the first round of grants funded through the South End Engaged Initiative, focused on improving the quality of life for residents of the South End of New Bedford.

Three teams will receive a total of $17,152 in funding for projects through South End Engaged. Two of the projects will benefit families at the Alfred J. Gomes Elementary School and Renaissance Community School for the Arts. The third project aims to improve the safety of the neighborhood through out-of-school programming for youth.

NorthStar Learning Centers, New Bedford Public Schools, and the YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts are collaborating on a project that will help teachers better understand the diverse communities they serve. Professional development training will be provided to teachers on the topics of cultural competency, trauma sensitivity, dealing with conflict, and mindfulness. The team is also exploring instituting ongoing practices at the schools such as book clubs and reworking staff meetings to reinforce messages from the trainings.

In a second project, New Bedford Public Schools will receive 31 parent headsets that can be used for translation, along with other translation equipment. Other community organizations that host meetings in and around the South End will also be able to utilize the equipment for their meetings with non-English-speaking families. New Bedford Public Schools is also exploring how to utilize high school students to conduct the translations at the schools while earning a credit for their services.

Finally, New Bedford’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Beaches will receive a grant award to implement a project designed jointly with South End residents – a “Basketball Essentials” clinic. The basketball clinics, which will include leadership and social skills components, will be held in Monte’s Park beginning in May and continuing through June of this year for youth ages 6-18. The department seeks to hire to community members for the project and will work with the South End Engaged Resident Organizing work group and other community partners to identify candidates.

South End Engaged is a collaborative effort that evolved from United Way’s vision to lead real, tangible social change.

“Over the years I have learned that in order to see change, you must be the change,” stated South End Resident Nicole Luz, who has been actively involved with South End Engaged. “There have been some really great ideas that have come out of the initiative so far… it’s good to know that residents have a voice to help make us thrive and feel safer in our community.”

South End Engaged is comprised of over 40 partners that include non-profit organizations, government entities, businesses, and residents. The full group meets quarterly and smaller work groups meet monthly to discuss ways to make change in the areas of Health and Safety, Family and School Engagement, Resident Organizing, and Economic Revitalization. For more information on United Way of Greater New Bedford’s South End Engaged, visit https://unitedwayofgnb.org/our-programs-and-initiatives/south-end-engaged/.




New Bedford Snow Emergency Parking Ban Effective Midnight Monday

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow and strong winds for the New Bedford area from 5 AM until 3PM on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. According to the National Weather Service, snow is expected to overspread the region early on Tuesday morning and will quickly become heavy with snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour possible. At this time, the forecast for the New Bedford area calls for 9 to 13 inches of snow accumulation.

New Bedford City Offices-Closed Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 14, 2017
City offices will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, March 14, 2017 including City Hall, the public libraries, senior centers and the Buttonwood Park Zoo. New Bedford Regional Airport will remain in operation for as long as it remains safe. Passengers should contact their air carriers directly to confirm their flight status because widespread cancellations are expected. Only City employees designated as essential should report to work.

One-Day Delay of Residential Trash Collection
There will be no residential trash collection on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 and ABC Disposal will be operating on a one-day delay schedule for the remainder of this week. Residents whose normal collection day is Tuesday will put their trash curbside on Wednesday. Residents whose normal collection day is Wednesday will put their trash curbside on Thursday. Residents whose normal collection day is Thursday will put their trash curbside on Friday. Residents whose normal collection day is Friday will put their trash curbside on Saturday. The normal collection schedule will resume on Monday, March 20, 2017.

Citywide Snow Emergency Parking Ban Effective 12 Midnight, Monday, March 13, 2017
In preparation for the approaching snowstorm, the City of New Bedford has announced a citywide snow emergency parking ban to take effect at 12 Midnight tonight Monday, March 13, 2017. The parking ban will be strictly enforced and will remain in effect for 48-hours thereafter, unless lifted or further extended by City officials. The parking ban is designed to allow City workers to efficiently remove snow from New Bedford roadways to permit public safety vehicles and residents to travel safely.

While the snow emergency parking ban is in effect, parking is permitted on the north side of all streets going east and west, and is permitted on the east side of all streets going north and south. The permitted side of the street is typically the side opposite of the fire hydrants.

Please note that on streets which are normally posted for parking on one side of the street only, residents are to obey the signs as usual.

Vehicles should never be parked within ten (10) feet of a fire hydrant or twenty (20) feet from a corner as required by law, regardless of whether a snow ban is in effect, or not.

Double-sided Parking Ban Areas
To increase public safety during storm events, areas designated for a double-sided parking ban have been expanded to now include sections of five new streets (listed below), in addition to the Downtown and Acushnet Avenue Business Districts where a double-sided ban had been in place in years past. These changes began last winter.

The new street sections were selected because they are major routes for ambulances, school buses, and SRTA buses, and have a history of large vehicles being unable to successfully navigate due to the narrowness of the street.

During a snow emergency parking ban, no parking is therefore permitted on either side of the street in the following areas:

  • Downtown Business District: Downtown New Bedford between Walnut Street northerly to the
  • Octopus and County Street easterly to JFK Boulevard
  • Acushnet Avenue Business District: Acushnet Avenue, Coggeshall Street to Tarkiln Hill Road
  • Ashley Boulevard (from Nash Road to Coggeshall Street)
  • County Street (from Union Street to Sawyer Street)
  • Kempton Street (from Rockdale Avenue to Pleasant Street)
  • Mill Street (from Rockdale Avenue to Pleasant Street)
  • Cottage Street (Union Street to Durfee Street)

Violations of the snow emergency parking ban will be subject to ticketing at $50 per ticket and towing at full cost to the owner of the vehicle towed. The vehicle owner is also responsible for the full cost of storage for any towed vehicle.

The City of New Bedford has designated the following areas as preferred parking areas for those residents in need of off-street parking while the emergency snow parking ban is in effect:

  • Victory Park – Brock Avenue
  • Hazelwood Park – Brock Avenue
  • Cove Street Parking Lot – Cove Street and Morton Court
  • Orchard Street at Camara Soccer Field
  • Buttonwood Park Parking Area – Hawthorn Street Side and Lake Street Side
  • Former St. Mary’s Home – Entrance on Mill Street
  • Coggeshall Street Parking Lot – Coggeshall Street and Acushnet Avenue
  • Sawyer Street Parking Lot – Between Sawyer Street and Beetle Street
  • Brooklawn Park Parking Area – Brooklawn Street (South Side)
  • Riverside Park Lot – Coffin Avenue
  • Coffin Avenue Lot- Across from Taber Mills Apartments
  • Former AVX site on Belleville Avenue at Hadley Street
  • Former Philips Avenue School – 249 Phillips Avenue
  • Elm Street Garage
  • Zeiterion Garage – 688 Purchase Street
  • New Bedford High School – 230 Hathaway Boulevard
  • Keith Middle School – 225 Hathaway Boulevard
  • Normandin Middle School – 81 Felton Street
  • Roosevelt Middle School – 119 Frederick Street
  • Charles S Ashley Elementary School – 122 Rochambeau Street
  • Elizabeth Carter Brooks Elementary School – 212 Nemasket Street
  • Elwyn G Campbell Elementary School – 145 Essex Street
  • Sgt. Wm. H. Carney Academy Elementary School – 247 Elm Street
  • Lot at intersection of Elm and Cottage (Southeast Corner)
  • James B Congdon Elementary School – 50 Hemlock Street
  • John B DeValles Elementary School – 120 Katherine Street
  • Alfred J. Gomes Elementary School – 286 South Second Street
  • Ellen R. Hathaway Elementary School – 256 Court Street
  • Hayden/McFadden Elementary School – 361 Cedar Grove Street
  • Horatio A. Kempton Elementary School – 135 Shawmut Avenue
  • Abraham Lincoln Elementary School – 445 Ashley Boulevard
  • Carlos Pacheco Elementary School – 261 Mt. Pleasant Street
  • John Avery Parker Elementary School – 705 County Street
  • Casmir Pulaski Elementary School – 1097 Braley Road
  • Thomas R Rodman Elementary School – 497 Mill Street
  • William H Taylor Elementary School – 620 Brock Avenue
  • SEA LAB/John Hannigan Elementary School – 91 Portland Street
  • Jireh Swift Elementary School – 2203 Acushnet Avenue
  • Betsey B. Winslow Elementary School – 561 Allen Street

Sand Available to City Residents at Various Locations

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
· Tobey St & Acushnet Ave
· Manila St & Acushnet Ave
· Fire Station #5 –Acushnet Ave
· Phillips Rd & Pine Hill Dr
· Welby Rd, North Side, Between Two Buildings
· Essex St & Phillips Rd (Campbell School)
· Saint Theresa’s Church – Acushnet Ave
· Balls Corner, Mill Rd & Belleville Ave
· Saint Mary’s School/Church –Illinois St
· Tarkiln Hill Rd & Acushnet Ave
· Police Station #3 – Ashley Blvd
· Wilks Library –Acushnet Ave & Princeton St
· Ashley Blvd & Princeton St
· Belleville Rd & Hope St
· Mount Pleasant St & Nash Rd (on Nash Road Side)
· Fire Station #8 –Davis St & Acushnet Ave
· Deane St & Ashley Blvd
· Bullard St & Acushnet Ave
· Shawmut Ave & Hathaway Rd
· Acushnet Ave & Sawyer St
· Sawyer St & Mount Pleasant St
· Beetle St & North Front St
· Beetle St & N. Front St
· Coggeshall St & Ashley Blvd
· Coggeshall St & Purchase St
· 10 Kilburn St
· Purchase St & Logan St
· Rockdale Ave & Granite Ave
· Linden St & County St, South Side of Linden St
· Fire Station #7 –Durfee St & Cottage St
· Durfee St & Shawmut Ave
· Rockdale Ave & Durfee St
· Purchase St & Wamsutta Ave
· Sacred Heart Nursing Home, Studley St & Summer St, On West Side
· Merrimac St & County St
· 1554 Purchase St, Fire Repair
· Pleasant St & Pope St
· Parker St & County St, East Side of County St
· Parker St & Rockdale Ave
· Pleasant St & Pearl St
· Purchase St & Campbell St
· Cottage St & Campbell St
· Sycamore St & State St
· County St & Sycamore St
· 1204 Pleasant St, Rear Lot of Fire Prevention
· Maxfield St & Pleasant St
· E.M.S. Chancery St, Inside Parking Area
· Summer St & Hillman St
· Ash St & Hillman St
· Fire Station #2 –Pleasant St
· County St & North St
· H.D.C. Pope’s Island Marina
· Third District Court, North Side of Kempton St
· Liberty St & Kempton St
· Pleasant St & Middle St
· South Sixth St & Middle St
· County St & Middle St
· Elm St Garage
· Buttonwood Library
· Pier 3 –Visitors Center
· South Water St & Hamilton St
· William St & Acushnet Ave
· City Hall, Pleasant St Side
· Centre St & Front St
· Market St & Sixth St
· Second St & Union St
· Union St & Acushnet Ave
· Purchase St & Union St
· Eighth St and Union St
· County St & Union St
· N.W.C. Spring St & Pleasant St
· Zeiterion Garage, Acushnet Ave Entrance
· School St & Purchase St
· School St & Sixth St
· School St & County St
· Walnut St & Acushnet Ave
· Maple St & Atlantic St, on Maple St
· Maple St & Reed St
· Madison St & County St
· Bedford St & Sixth St, Fire Museum
· Page St & Bedford St
· Wing St & Acushnet Ave
· Wing St & County St
· Fair St & County St
· Fire Station #6, Purchase St
· Thompson St & Crapo St
· County St & Rivet St
· Bonney St & Rivet St
· Bolton St & Rivet St
· Delano St & South First St
· Jouvette St & Bonney St
· 190 Cove St
· Howland Green Library Parking Lot
· Rockdale Ave & Dartmouth St
· Fire Station #11, Brock Ave & Mott St
· Willard St & West Rodney French Blvd
· Clegg Field, Brock Ave
· Brock Ave & Portland St
· Wastewater Treatment Plant
· South Rodney French Blvd, Cable Access Building




Winter Storm Warning for New Bedford Area; Snow Emergency Parking Ban Effective Midnight Monday

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow and strong winds for the New Bedford area from 5 AM until 3PM on Tuesday, March 14, 2017.  According to the National Weather Service, snow is expected to overspread the region early on Tuesday morning and will quickly become heavy with snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour possible.   At this time, the forecast for the New Bedford area calls for 9 to 13 inches of snow accumulation.

 

One-Day Delay of Residential Trash Collection

There will be no residential trash collection on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 and ABC Disposal will be operating on a one-day delay schedule for the remainder of this week.  Residents whose normal collection day is Tuesday will put their trash curbside on Wednesday.  Residents whose normal collection day is Wednesday will put their trash curbside on Thursday. Residents whose normal collection day is Thursday will put their trash curbside on Friday. Residents whose normal collection day is Friday will put their trash curbside on Saturday. The normal collection schedule will resume on Monday, March 20, 2017.

 

Citywide Snow Emergency Parking Ban Effective 12 Midnight, Monday, March 13, 2017

In preparation for the approaching snowstorm, the City of New Bedford has announced a citywide snow emergency parking ban to take effect at 12 Midnight tonight Monday, March 13, 2017. The parking ban will be strictly enforced and will remain in effect for 48-hours thereafter, unless lifted or further extended by City officials. The parking ban is designed to allow City workers to efficiently remove snow from New Bedford roadways to permit public safety vehicles and residents to travel safely.

While the snow emergency parking ban is in effect, parking is permitted on the north side of all streets going east and west, and is permitted on the east side of all streets going north and south. The permitted side of the street is typically the side opposite of the fire hydrants.

Please note that on streets which are normally posted for parking on one side of the street only, residents are to obey the signs as usual.

Vehicles should never be parked within ten (10) feet of a fire hydrant or twenty (20) feet from a corner as required by law, regardless of whether a snow ban is in effect, or not.

 

Double-sided Parking Ban Areas

To increase public safety during storm events, areas designated for a double-sided parking ban have been expanded to now include sections of five new streets (listed below), in addition to the Downtown and Acushnet Avenue Business Districts where a double-sided ban had been in place in years past.  These changes began last winter.

The new street sections were selected because they are major routes for ambulances, school buses, and SRTA buses, and have a history of large vehicles being unable to successfully navigate due to the narrowness of the street.

During a snow emergency parking ban, no parking is therefore permitted on either side of the street in the following areas:

  • Downtown Business District: Downtown New Bedford between Walnut Street northerly to the Octopus and County Street easterly to JFK Boulevard
  • Acushnet Avenue Business District: Acushnet Avenue, Coggeshall Street to Tarkiln Hill Road
  • Ashley Boulevard (from Nash Road to Coggeshall Street)
  • County Street (from Union Street to Sawyer Street)
  • Kempton Street (from Rockdale Avenue to Pleasant Street)
  • Mill Street (from Rockdale Avenue to Pleasant Street)
  • Cottage Street (Union Street to Durfee Street)

Map of Double-Sided Parking Ban Streets

Violations of the snow emergency parking ban will be subject to ticketing at $50 per ticket and towing at full cost to the owner of the vehicle towed. The vehicle owner is also responsible for the full cost of storage for any towed vehicle.

The City of New Bedford has designated the following areas as preferred parking areas for those residents in need of off-street parking while the emergency snow parking ban is in effect:

  • Victory Park – Brock Avenue
  • Hazelwood Park – Brock Avenue
  • Cove Street Parking Lot – Cove Street and Morton Court
  • Orchard Street at Camara Soccer Field
  • Buttonwood Park Parking Area – Hawthorn Street Side and Lake Street Side
  • Former St. Mary’s Home – Entrance on Mill Street
  • Coggeshall Street Parking Lot – Coggeshall Street and Acushnet Avenue
  • Sawyer Street Parking Lot – Between Sawyer Street and Beetle Street
  • Brooklawn Park Parking Area – Brooklawn Street (South Side)
  • Riverside Park Lot – Coffin Avenue
  • Coffin Avenue Lot- Across from Taber Mills Apartments
  • Former AVX site on Belleville Avenue at Hadley Street
  • Former Philips Avenue School – 249 Phillips Avenue
  • Elm Street Garage
  • Zeiterion Garage – 688 Purchase Street
  • New Bedford High School – 230 Hathaway Boulevard
  • Keith Middle School – 225 Hathaway Boulevard
  • Normandin Middle School – 81 Felton Street
  • Roosevelt Middle School – 119 Frederick Street
  • Charles S Ashley Elementary School – 122 Rochambeau Street
  • Elizabeth Carter Brooks Elementary School – 212 Nemasket Street
  • Elwyn G Campbell Elementary School – 145 Essex Street
  • Sgt. Wm. H. Carney Academy Elementary School – 247 Elm Street
  • Lot at intersection of Elm and Cottage (Southeast Corner)
  • James B Congdon Elementary School – 50 Hemlock Street
  • John B DeValles Elementary School – 120 Katherine Street
  • Alfred J. Gomes Elementary School – 286 South Second Street
  • Ellen R. Hathaway Elementary School – 256 Court Street
  • Hayden/McFadden Elementary School – 361 Cedar Grove Street
  • Horatio A. Kempton Elementary School – 135 Shawmut Avenue
  • Abraham Lincoln Elementary School – 445 Ashley Boulevard
  • Carlos Pacheco Elementary School – 261 Mt. Pleasant Street
  • John Avery Parker Elementary School – 705 County Street
  • Casmir Pulaski Elementary School – 1097 Braley Road
  • Thomas R Rodman Elementary School – 497 Mill Street
  • William H Taylor Elementary School – 620 Brock Avenue
  • SEA LAB/John Hannigan Elementary School – 91 Portland Street
  • Jireh Swift Elementary School – 2203 Acushnet Avenue
  • Betsey B. Winslow Elementary School – 561 Allen Street
Sand Available to City Residents at Various Locations

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

·        Tobey St & Acushnet Ave

·        Manila St & Acushnet Ave

·        Fire Station #5 –Acushnet Ave

·        Phillips Rd & Pine Hill Dr

·        Welby Rd, North Side, Between Two Buildings

·        Essex St & Phillips Rd (Campbell School)

·        Saint Theresa’s Church – Acushnet Ave

·        Balls Corner, Mill Rd & Belleville Ave

·        Saint Mary’s School/Church –Illinois St

·        Tarkiln Hill Rd & Acushnet Ave

·        Police Station #3 – Ashley Blvd

·        Wilks Library –Acushnet Ave & Princeton St

·        Ashley Blvd & Princeton St

·        Belleville Rd & Hope St

·        Mount Pleasant St & Nash Rd (on Nash Road Side)

·       Fire Station #8 –Davis St & Acushnet Ave

·       Deane St & Ashley Blvd

·       Bullard St & Acushnet Ave

·       Shawmut Ave & Hathaway Rd

·       Acushnet Ave & Sawyer St

·       Sawyer St & Mount Pleasant St

·       Beetle St & North Front St

·       Beetle St & N. Front St

·       Coggeshall St & Ashley Blvd

·       Coggeshall St & Purchase St

·       10 Kilburn St

·       Purchase St & Logan St

·       Rockdale Ave & Granite Ave

·       Linden St & County St, South Side of Linden St

·       Fire Station #7 –Durfee St & Cottage St

·       Durfee St & Shawmut Ave

·       Rockdale Ave & Durfee St

·       Purchase St & Wamsutta Ave

·       Sacred Heart Nursing Home, Studley St & Summer St, On West Side

·       Merrimac St & County St

·       1554 Purchase St, Fire Repair

·       Pleasant St & Pope St

·       Parker St & County St, East Side of County St

·       Parker St & Rockdale Ave

·       Pleasant St & Pearl St

·       Purchase St & Campbell St

·       Cottage St & Campbell St

·       Sycamore St & State St

·       County St & Sycamore St

·       1204 Pleasant St, Rear Lot of Fire Prevention

·       Maxfield St & Pleasant St

·       E.M.S. Chancery St, Inside Parking Area

·       Summer St & Hillman St

·       Ash St & Hillman St

·       Fire Station #2 –Pleasant St

·       County St & North St

·       H.D.C. Pope’s Island Marina

·       Third District Court, North Side of Kempton St

·       Liberty St & Kempton St

·       Pleasant St & Middle St

·       South Sixth St & Middle St

·       County St & Middle St

·       Elm St Garage

·       Buttonwood Library

·       Pier 3 –Visitors Center

·       South Water St & Hamilton St

·       William St & Acushnet Ave

·       City Hall, Pleasant St Side

·       Centre St & Front St

·       Market St & Sixth St

·       Second St & Union St

·       Union St & Acushnet Ave

·       Purchase St & Union St

·       Eighth St and Union St

·       County St & Union St

·       N.W.C. Spring St & Pleasant St

·       Zeiterion Garage, Acushnet Ave Entrance

·       School St & Purchase St

·       School St & Sixth St

·       School St & County St

·       Walnut St & Acushnet Ave

·       Maple St & Atlantic St, on Maple St

·       Maple St & Reed St

·       Madison St & County St

·       Bedford St & Sixth St, Fire Museum

·       Page St & Bedford St

·       Wing St & Acushnet Ave

·       Wing St & County St

·       Fair St & County St

·       Fire Station #6, Purchase St

·       Thompson St & Crapo St

·       County St & Rivet St

·       Bonney St & Rivet St

·       Bolton St & Rivet St

·       Delano St & South First St

·       Jouvette St & Bonney St

·       190 Cove St

·       Howland Green Library Parking Lot

·       Rockdale Ave & Dartmouth St

·       Fire Station #11, Brock Ave & Mott St

·       Willard St & West Rodney French Blvd

·       Clegg Field, Brock Ave

·       Brock Ave & Portland St

·       Wastewater Treatment Plant

·       South Rodney French Blvd, Cable Access Building

 




Up to 18 inches of snow predicted for eastern MA and RI on Tuesday

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 1 PM EDT TUESDAY.
BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Heavy snow, which is in effect from 5 AM to 1 PM EDT Tuesday.

* LOCATIONS…Eastern Massachusetts as well as central and southern Rhode Island.

* HAZARD TYPES…Heavy snow and the potential for blizzard conditions.

* ACCUMULATIONS…Snow accumulation of 12 to 18 inches with a low risk for isolated amounts up to 2 feet across northeast MA.

* TIMING…Snow overspreads most of the region between 4 and 8 am Tuesday morning. The snow will quickly become heavy with 2 to 4 inch per hour snowfall rates possible at times through Tuesday
afternoon. The heavy snow will taper off to snow showers Tuesday night.

* IMPACTS…Heavy snow, poor visibility and strong winds will make for extremely hazardous travel. Strong winds will bring the potential for blizzard conditions and near white-out conditions
at times. Considerable blowing and drifting snow is also expected and many roads may become impassable. The strong winds will also bring the risk for scattered tree damage and power
outages…especially near the coast.

* WINDS…North 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* VISIBILITIES…One quarter mile or less at times.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Blizzard Watch means there is a potential for considerable falling and/or blowing snow with sustained winds or frequent gusts over 35 mph, with visibilities below one quarter mile, for
at least 3 hours. Whiteout conditions will be possible, making travel very dangerous. Be prepared to alter any travel plans.

A Winter Storm Warning is issued when an average snowfall of 6 inches or more is expected within a 12 hour period, or for 8 inches or more in a 24 hour period. Travel will be slow at best on well treated surfaces, and quite difficult on untreated surfaces. Only travel in an emergency. If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency.




Police searching for man who robbed Metro Pizza in New Bedford

New Bedford Police are investigating an armed robbery which occurred at Metro Pizza located at 32 Dartmouth Street at 9pm on Saturday, March 11, 2017.

The Victim/clerk states a white male wearing a black mask, black knit cap, blue jeans and blue hoodie with grey sleeves, demanded money while brandishing a knife. The male was able to flee with a small amount of cash.

Police are asking anyone with information to please call us on our tip line at 508-992-7463 or at tip@newbedfordpd.com