Coalition for Social Justice at the Ash Street Jail protesting Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson’s plan to charge inmates $5 per day and to have inmates build Trump’s wall.
Read More »Live with conductor Yaniv Dinur – An American in Russia
Live with conductor Yaniv Dinur to discuss The New Bedford Symphony Orchestra’s An American in Russia this Saturday at 7:30pm. Details/tickets: https://zeiterion.org/nbso-january-2017/
Read More »New Bedford adds two more officers to the police force
Congratulations to Jeremy Dellecese and Samuel Algarin-Mojica, who will be sworn in Monday as the newest members of the New Bedford Police Department family. They graduated today from the police academy. From left are Deputy Chief Paul Oliveira, Lt. Ricard Rezendes, Jeremy Dellecese, Samuel Algarin-Mojica, Chief Joseph Cordeiro and Rev. …
Read More »New Bedford police arrest five women in one hour in prostitution sting
New Bedford police arrested four women within one hour and charged them with sexual conduct for a fee on Thursday, January 19th, 2017. Details ont he arrests: 36-year old New Bedford woman at 147 Tallman Street at 10:17pm 28-year old New Bedford woman at 419 North Front Street at 9:53pm 32-year …
Read More »12 Things to do this Weekend (Jan. 20 – Jan. 22)
A very, unusually warm for this time of year weekend is in store for us. We won’t hit freezing temperatures even overnight or in the mornings. We’ll hover somewhere around 50 degrees for the entire weekend. While there will be periods of cloudiness, no precipitation of any kind is expected. …
Read More »Fire fighters respond to fire on Covell Street in New Bedford
Yesterday at 5:45 PM, the New Bedford Fire Department reported to a structure fire at Covell Street. Engine 8 was first on the scene and with the help of the Ladder 4 crew, firefighters carried an elderly man in a wheelchair – who was trapped inside – from the first …
Read More »New Bedford man with 80 arraignments, 19 convictions gets $500 bail for latest burglary charges
Ronnie Oliver, 45, last address unknown, New Bedford, was arraigned Jan. 18 in front of Judge James McGovern for breaking into Buzi Salon, the Garden and the Hungry Whale Pub. The Bristol County District Attorney’s office requested $50,000 bail based on the new charges, three pending charges in Fall River …
Read More »Panthers Barber Shop & Salon combines experience, know-how and passion to become one of the city’s best
Getting our hair (or beard for you men) cut, trimmed or styled is taken very seriously in this day and age. How many of us have had a stylist not do what we asked and been stuck with something horrendous for the next few weeks, even months? Heck, having a …
Read More »Mayor Jon Mitchell to Hold January Neighborhood Office Hours at Wilks Library Branch
Mayor Mitchell will hold neighborhood office hours for the month of January next Thursday, January 26, 2017 5:30PM-7:30PM at the Wilks Library Branch, 1911 Acushnet Avenue (at the southeast corner of Brooklawn Park) in New Bedford. Last fall, Mayor Mitchell announced he would set aside time each month to hold …
Read More »Faces Of New Bedford #86 – Meet Brandon Roderick
Meet Brandon Roderick, 27-year-old Chef and owner of the The Baker. Most of Brandon’s life, he knew he wanted to grow up and become a doctor. In high school, he worked in restaurants, with his first job being at Divino’s in downtown New Bedford. His dream of becoming a doctor …
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