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This week is a big week for first-responder training in the Corrections Officer Academy. Craig Assad and the Training Division – Lt. Robert Matos, Sgt. Moses Isidoro and CO Amanda Custodio – worked on CPR and other life-saving training this week. Great job everyone! Want to be part of a …

“I have known this was an issue but thought it would be figured out in a reasonable amount of time. I was wrong! So so wrong! My husband is a disabled combat veteran (Vietnam) with advanced MS due to agent orange exposure. He has been home-bound for over a year …

Massachusetts State Police Troopers in Troop H, which covers Boston and its metropolitan area, took two more illegally possessed guns off the streets overnight, both of which were found after Troopers pulled over vehicles for having window tint darker than what is legally allowed. One of the firearms was a …

Bristol Community College is proud to be designated as a military friendly school in the 2021-2022 Military Friendly® School’s list, included in the upcoming May 2021 issue of G.I Jobs Magazine. The 2021-2022 Military Friendly® School’s list, by Viqtory, a media entity for military personnel transitioning into civilian life, honors …

A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) pleaded guilty yesterday to racketeering and drug charges. Roberto Vargas, a/k/a “King Royalty,” 27, pleaded guilty before U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs …

New Bedford, Massachusetts– The citywide snow emergency parking ban, which began this afternoon, February 18, will be lifted as of 9:00 p.m. today, Thursday, February 18, 2021.

In October, the City of New Bedford and the New Bedford Port Authority, under the assistance of SRPEDD, received a $16 million Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant award funded under the Supplemental Disaster Program matched with $4 million in local funds, for a total project cost of $20 million. This …

The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of February 22, 2021 – February 26, 2021 and they are as follows: Eversource: • Union St from N. Orchard St and County St • Union St from Seventh to So. Sixth St • Lucas St and Brock …

Bask, Inc. (Bask) a vertically integrated, veteran and women-led cannabis operator will open for adult-use retail sales on Saturday, February 20, 2021 in Fairhaven, MA. Bask will be providing adults, 21 years and older, with safe access to cannabis products and cannabis education services. Bask’s adult-use menu will go live …

“Yesterday morning, the Council on Aging Directors, Health Agents and Fire Chiefs from Acushnet and Fairhaven toured the city of New Bedford’s Covid Vaccine clinic on Hillman Street. This tour followed several Zoom meetings where officials from both communities came together to plan for the local distribution of vaccines by …