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Friday evenings are about to get a lot more festive in downtown New Bedford. The City’s massive, dance-fueled, biggest-ever Summer Sound Series begins June 17 and offers a free concert every week, alternating between Purchase Street and lower Union Street, with block party events featuring a variety of musical genres …

Free, walk-up COVID-19 clinics in New Bedford offer all CDC-approved vaccine doses and boosters, for adults and youth. Bringing your vaccination card when getting a booster shot is helpful, but not required. Clinics provided by Seven Hills Behavioral Health, unless otherwise marked. Visit vaxnb.com for updated schedules of local COVID-19 …

Project Beacon’s appointment-based COVID-19 testing at New Bedford Regional Airport—part of the state’s Stop the Spread program—is offering testing on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Appointments for free COVID-19 tests can be made at beacontesting.com. Airport officials ask that people reach the site via the airport’s side entrance on Downey Street. …

New Bedford police detectives have seized cocaine, fentanyl, guns and ammunition from a recently released offender. On June 9th, detectives assigned to the “Organized Crime Intelligence Bureau” executed a search warrant at 79 Linden St., apt. #3, as well as a 2014 Mercedes belonging to the suspect. The targets of …

Michael P. Norton State House News Service Starting next summer, immigrants without legal status in Massachusetts will have access to state-issued driver’s licenses thanks to a policy muscled through by lawmakers this week over Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto. The Massachusetts Senate voted 32-8 Thursday afternoon to complete the override of …

LifeStream and Bridgewater State University (BSU) recently launched The Assistive Technology Academy, an Assistive Technology (AT) Training Certificate program for direct support professionals in southeastern Massachusetts. The program format is a combination of online and in-person/classroom options. It includes classroom/lab activities at the BSU campus and in-context learning activities. The …

The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of June 13, 2022 – June 17, 2022, and they are as follows Eversource will be working on the gas main relays: • Main Relay on Phillips Rd. from Holly Tree Lane to Route 140 • Main Relay …

“A fire alarm activation came in for 310 Kenneth Welch just after 10:00 am today. Engine 2, Ambulance 3, and Car 2 were in the industrial park at the time doing fire inspections. Engine 1 (call back personnel), Tower 1 (call back personnel), and Car 1 responded from the Station. …

“If you’re driving on the Mass Pike over the next couple of weeks, you might notice a colorful sight on the westbound side. As our Pink Cruiser continues to make its way around the Commonwealth, it’s currently parked at our State Police-Weston Barracks. The cruiser is a symbol of support …

Meet Manny Hernandez, the 29-year-old executive chef, and part-owner of Barrels & Boards in Raynham, MA. Manny was born in Puerto Rico and grew up as a child there until the age of eleven. His mother unfortunately had come down with a health condition and her best outlook had her …