Here are New Bedford Guide’s top stories this week from our website or Facebook page. Click on the bold title to read the original story. New Bedford High School Teen Charged with Assault on Teacher – The top story of the week was 18-year old New Bedford High School student Kemar Roselus …
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Kemar Omar Roselus has been expelled from New Bedford High School following a due process hearing on Friday. A video taken on March 24th showed Kemar confronting and then throwing a chair at New Bedford High School teacher Joanne Muara because she confiscated his phone for charging it during class. In a video …
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District Attorney Sam Sutter announced today that Brandon Callender, 24, of New Bedford was convicted of second degree murder in connection to the April, 2008 stabbing death of 30-year-old Joshua Fitzgerald in Fairhaven. Mr. Callender was also convicted by a jury of his peers of assault and battery with a …
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Yesterday the City of New Bedford advanced its continuing effort on casino gaming with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s decision to extend the Southeastern region deadline for accepting applications for a casino gaming license. This week the City also requested that the Gaming Commission change the Southeastern region criteria for determining …
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On Wednesday morning (3/26/14) at approximately 11:20am downtown officers were sent to the Rite Aid pharmacy at 824 Purchase St. regarding a robbery. A store employee observed a male in the store that she had suspected of shoplifting in the past. She observed him take a Rite Aid bag out …
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New Bedford High School teacher Joanne Maura is speaking out about the March 24, 2014, chair throwing incident. Joanne states she is quitting her job as a teacher at the end of the year. Here is here interview with ABC6. ABC6 – Providence, RI and New Bedford, MA News, Weather …
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BCC Campus Police will engage in Active Shooter Training Friday, April 4th from noon – 6 p.m. in C-Building, 2nd floor only, on the BCC Fall River Campus. 1. There will be gunfire sounds. They will shoot water-filled pellets. NO live ammunition. 2. It is confined to the 2nd floor …
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According to the New Bedford Police Department, Kemar Omar Roselus, 18 years of age of New Bedford, has been charged with assault by means of dangerous weapon on a person over 60, and disturbing the school, and malicious destruction of personal property. He will be summons into court at a …
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The Working Waterfront Festival is pleased to announce the winner of our 2014 Design Contest – Jason C. Eckhardt of New Bedford. Mr. Eckhardt has been a professional illustrator for over thirty years. His editorial cartoons have appeared in the New Bedford Standard-Times and have won the Best Cartoon award …
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Bishop Stang High School, a diocesan, co-educational, college preparatory school located on the Southcoast, announced it had three teams that competed and one that took fifth (out of 47) teams in the Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts’ inaugural Titan Challenge. The competition was held in partnership with UMass-Dartmouth, Bristol County …
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