There will be no residential trash collection on Thursday, February 9, 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 Thursday will put their trash curbside on Friday. Residents whose normal collection day is Friday …
Read More »New Bedford Snow Emergency Parking Ban Effective 6AM Thursday
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Southeastern Massachusetts including Bristol County and New Bedford effective 6AM Thursday morning until midnight. According to the National Weather Service, snow is expected to overspread the region early on Thursday morning and last through much of the day before …
Read More »New Bedford Councilor Gomes pushing for surveillance/traffic control cameras
Official written motion from New Bedford City Councilor Brian Gomes pushing for surveillance/traffic control cameras through the city: 6. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting, once more,that any new construction and/or reconstruction of traffic lights installed at main intersections throughout the City be equipped with surveillance and traffic control cameras, this is …
Read More »Massachusetts, RI and CT brace for 8-12 inches of snow for Thursday
Here are the updated snowfall totals predicted for Thursday. URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE – National Weather Service Taunton MA 251 PM EST Tue Feb 7 2017 Western Norfolk MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent …
Read More »Magician Kevin Spencer will Perform and Work with Autistic Students and Their Teachers
The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center will host Kevin Spencer, an arts advocate and magician with extensive classroom and professional development experience, as an artist-in-residence beginning Monday, February 27. Under the Zeiterion’s ArtsBridge program, Spencer will lead two professional development workshops, a magic camp, workshops in area schools, as well as …
Read More »Winter Storm Watch Issued for Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE – National Weather Service Taunton MA 251 PM EST Tue Feb 7 2017 Western Norfolk MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI-Including the cities of …
Read More »Two men rob woman of purse on Collette Street in New Bedford
Police are investigating after a 40-year-old woman had her purse snatched Monday on Collette Street. The woman told police she was walking in the area when a male approached her from behind and grabbed the strap of her purse, breaking it. He and another man then fled west on Collette …
Read More »New Bedford police arrest two on Nelson Street for cocaine distribution
An ongoing investigation by the New Bedford Police Department narcotics unit into a cocaine distribution service out of 49 Nelson St. Apt. 3 north led to the arrest of a man and woman Monday on drug charges. Police executed a search warrant at 7:34 p.m. at the residence and made …
Read More »State representatives file bills to combat opiate crisis and motor vehicle related Offenses
Working in concert with State Representatives Christopher Markey and Antonio Cabral, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced the filing of three new pieces of legislation aimed at fighting the ongoing opiate abuse crisis, cracking down on reckless driving and creating a new criminal statute for leaving the …
Read More »A Night of Folklore to Share, Enhance and Preserve Our Portuguese Culture through Our Youth
In the early part of the spring semester in 2013, then advisor of the Bristol Community College Portuguese Club and Co-Director of LusoCentro, José Costa, and then President of the Portuguese Club, Brian Martins, discussed the opportunity to help promote the Portuguese culture, heritage, customs, courtesies and traditions through a …
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