Have an innovative community project that could enrich your town, school, neighborhood or all of Greater New Bedford? If you are working as a volunteer with a local all-volunteer group then consider applying for a United Way of Greater New Bedford Community Building Mini-Grant. Grants of up to $2,500 can …
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Yesterday afternoon around 12:30pm New Bedford police, fire and EMS responded to a vehicle that flipped onto its side on Route 18 in New Bedford. A man was extracted by New Bedford fire fighters and was seen walking around before being taken by ambulance to the hospital. Video by Carlos …
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Here is some dramatic footage of our amazing New Bedford Fire Department fire fighters battling a house fire and saving three dogs on a third floor apartment at 13 Abbott Street in New Bedford. One man suffered burns and was sent to the hospital. The fire fighters and animal control …
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Det. Scott Brown is looking to identify this male from an unlawful bank transaction where the victim’s account was compromised. Anyone with information is asked to contact him at 508-991-6300 ext. 79508 or leave an anonymous tip at 508-961-4584.
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Standard & Poor’s Rating Service (S&P) has reaffirmed New Bedford’s AA- bond rating and the City has maintained the highest bond rating it has achieved in at least the last four decades. The AA- rating was first awarded to New Bedford in January 2014 and the reaffirmation of the rating …
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Did you know New Bedford was the first free home of Frederick Douglass? This coming AHA! Night, Thursday, February 11th, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park will be hosting 15 minute viewings of The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass in New Bedford. In this short film, park rangers Lauren …
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Yesterday morning at approximately 9:30am a 22 yr. old New Bedford man was robbed of his cell phone in the 800 block of Purchase St. He was not harmed. The suspect approached him and asked to use his phone. After using it, the suspect asked the victim if he had …
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Martin McDonald was formally arraigned this afternoon in Attleboro District Court. Mr. McDonald, 35, of Weymouth, is charged with murdering his estranged wife in Norton last night. The defendant was ordered held without bail after today’s arraignment and will be transported to Bridgewater State Hospital for a criminal responsibility competency …
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Yesterday afternoon at approximately 3:30 p.m., Trooper Jason Trout of the Troop D Community Action Team (D-CAT), was on patrol on Route 24 in the town of West Bridgewater. Trooper Trout observed a Chrysler Sebring commit a motor vehicle violation. Trooper Trout stopped the vehicle as it exited Route 24 …
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The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, Norton Police and Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to this office are actively investigating a homicide, which occurred this evening in Norton. At 7:25 p.m., Norton Police received a 911 call from an individual in an apartment at 2 Holmes Street regarding a woman …
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