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“Two defendants owned Chinatown restaurant; over $250,000 in drug proceeds hidden with frozen meat products seized during investigation. Eight individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for their alleged roles in elaborate money laundering and money transmitting conspiracies that laundered tens of millions of dollars’ worth …

“New Bedford police officers have taken 3 illegal guns off the streets in the last 2 days. On Wednesday, July 27, detectives conducted a traffic stop on Cedar Street, leading to the arrest of NATHAN ALMEIDA, 44, of 625 County Street. A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure …

A 38-year-old New Bedford Fentanyl trafficker was sentenced to serve four years in state prison earlier this week, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn announced. Brian Weber pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court on Monday to indictments charging him with Trafficking in Excess of 18 Grams of Fentanyl and …

The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of August 1, 2022 – August 5, 2022, and they are as follows: Eversource will be working on the street milling from gas main relays on: • Main Relay on Phillips Rd. from Holly Tree Lane to Route …

Governor Charlie Baker today signed the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) budget, a $52.7 billion spending plan that supports the Commonwealth’s communities, families, businesses, and workers. The budget fully funds the continued implementation of the Student Opportunity Act, while expanding proven programs and making record investments in early education and childcare, …

“A massive mill fire in Russell yesterday started when the building’s owner was using an oxygen-acetylene torch near the exterior of the structure, sparking a blaze that spread to a second building across the street, said Russell Fire Chief Edward J. Renauld, Jr., Russell-Montgomery Police Chief Kevin Hennessey, and State …

“New Bedford Community Police Ofc. Bryant Capello took the group of Youth United, sponsored by New Bedford Parks, Recreation & Beaches, on a tour of our Public Safety Complex today. The group was fascinated by his cruiser ??” -New Bedford Police Department. All photos by New Bedford Police Department:

Seasonal effort will help conserve municipal resources. The City of New Bedford’s Department of Public Infrastructure is implementing voluntary restrictions on daytime water use to help conserve municipal resources during drought conditions throughout the Northeast. Water levels in the City’s reservoir and watershed have dipped amid the extended drought this …

“A New Bedford man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to possessing fentanyl intended for distribution. Marquise Thompson, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs scheduled sentencing for Nov. 2, …

The Massachusetts Environmental Police (MEP) and the Department of Fish and Games’ (DFG) Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) are advising all mariners operating vessels or personal watercrafts, such as kayaks and paddle boards, to use extreme caution near Plymouth, Massachusetts, where an aggregation of three juvenile humpback whales have been …