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The Highway Safety Division of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS), the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), State and local police today launched the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over (DSOGPO) education and enforcement mobilization to get impaired drivers off the road. The campaign, funded by …

The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was one of the first federally recognized African American regiments that fought in the Civil War with an enlistment station for Company C adjacent to the U.S. Custom House in downtown New Bedford. More than 60 men from New Bedford enlisted in Company C …

A formerly vacant and distressed single-family home in New Bedford’s north end neighborhood was sold to a first time home buyer today through a lottery process. The once dilapidated property has been completely revitalized by the non-profit agency, PACE Community Housing Corporation, through the City’s “Neighborhoods First” initiative. The primary …

The New Bedford Health Department—working closely with the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health—is again this year conducting an annual monitoring program to track the potential threat from EEE and WNV carrying mosquitoes. Under the program, mosquito traps are put in place to collect …

Healthcare workers, social justice leaders ask Mayors Jasiel Correia and Jon Mitchell to convene meetings on planned Southcoast, Care New England merger South Coast healthcare workers have joined labor leaders and civil rights and social justice advocates in requesting that the mayors of Fall River and New Bedford review the …

Mayor Jon Mitchell and other leaders announced that the City of New Bedford is moving toward strict new regulations that prohibit the possession, sale, manufacture or distribution of any synthetic drug within city limits. Synthetic drugs are also commonly referred to as “Spice”, “K2”, “bath salts” and “potpourri” among other …

The Board of Directors of the Southeastern Massachusetts Veterans Housing Program, Inc. – better known locally as the Veterans Transition House (VTH) – annually selects a veteran from the area who has made an outstanding contribution to veterans, veterans’ issues and the community as a whole. The Board of Directors …

PACE Community Housing Corporation, in collaboration with the City of New Bedford’s Department of Planning, Housing and Community Development, has recently completed the restoration of a single-family home at 36 Jireh Street as part of an ongoing effort by the City of New Bedford to promote new homeownership opportunities while …

On Tuesday, August 9, at 3:00 P.M. in New Bedford City Hall, Mayor Jon Mitchell, City Councilors, New Bedford Health Director Dr. Brenda Weis, New Bedford Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro and Board of Health member and emergency room physician, Dr. Craig Longo, will come together at a press conference to …

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III and New Bedford Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro announced today that a criminal complaint officially charging 45-year-old Walter DaSilva with the July 3rd murder of his 19-year-old daughter, Sabrina DaSilva, in New Bedford, has been filed. The criminal complaint, which was filed this …