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Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Association Meeting date changes for the next two months due to holidays. Next meeting: October 22, 6:30 pm. We will have special guests from the city’s Community Development office looking for your input on their five year plan; Ed Bates. We will also answer more of your …

Fairhaven Police responded to a purse snatching that occurred at EJ’s Brooklynne Deli, located at 111 Huttleston Avenue. The robbery was committed on October 13th at approximately 8pm. Police were told that a female patron was robbed of her purse by an unknown assailant as she was exiting the restaurant. …

Last night at approximately 6:30pm members of the narcotics unit executed a search warrant at a North Front Street apartment. This was the result of an investigation conducted by Det. Daniel Amaral. Three adults were taken into custody and will be arraigned this morning on various drug charges. Seized was 9 …

Last night during the late evening hours members of the Organized Crime and Intelligence Bureau conducted a reverse prostitution sting in the north end of New Bedford. Detectives focused in the area between Ashley Boulevard to Acushnet Ave. and between Tallman St. to Bullard St. Detectives used an undercover female …

This morning at approximately 4am a ShotSpotter activation registered 4 shots being fired in the area of the Boa Vista towers located at 134 South Second St. Upon arrival officers observed 4 shell casings in the area and a window at the towers had been struck by the gunfire. It appears …

Last night at approximately 11pm there was an attempted armed robbery in the area of County St. and Penniman St. The 25 year old male victim was cut on the bicep and later received treatment at St. Luke’s hospital. The victim was walking home when he was confronted by a …

On Friday evening at approximately 10pm an attempted armed robbery took place at Cumberland Farms located at 775 Brock Ave. The 60 yr. old male clerk was not harmed. The clerk was confronted by two males who entered the business demanding money. One was carrying what appeared to be a …

On Friday evening at approximately 8:30pm members of the Organized Crime Intelligence Bureau executed a search warrant at a Mitchell Street apartment on the first floor. The investigation was conducted by Detectives Julio Martinez and Jonathan Lagoa. Detectives seized $3,175 in cash, 86 grams of cocaine, 80 Oxycodone tablets, as well …

On Wednesday, October 8, 2014, students at elementary schools throughout New Bedford including the Ellen R. Hathaway, Horatio Kempton, John A. Parker, Renaissance Community School for the Arts, Betsy B. Winslow Elementary Schools and Roosevelt Middle School among others, will celebrate  annual “International Walk/Bike to School Day (I-Walk).” The celebration …

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held today at the Crapo Hill Landfill in Dartmouth, Massachusetts to mark the entry into commercial operation of the CRMC Bioenergy Facility, an anaerobic digestion project developed by Massachusetts-based CommonWealth Resource Management Corporation (“CRMC”) in cooperation with the Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District …