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The Port of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the center of the East Coast commercial fishing industry, is offering mixed reaction to the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management’s (BOEM) announcement Wednesday that the agency will conduct a wind energy lease auction for six areas totaling 480,000 acres of the New York …

After it snows, you may be wondering whether or not to put out food for wildlife. Feeding wildlife can do more harm than good and disrupts how wild animals naturally adapt to winter conditions. Here are 6 reasons why feeding wildlife is a bad idea, and what you should do …

“This morning at 1055 hrs, the New Bedford Fire Department received 911 calls reporting a fishing vessel fire at the southeast end of Leonard’s Wharf. Upon arrival, Command reported smoke extending from the F/V Prowess which was moored to two other fishing vessels. Crews advanced one handline and extinguished the …

“Shortly before 9 p.m. on December 22, Troopers assigned to the State Police Air Wing scrambled in Air 3 to assist in the search for a missing hunter in a forest in Petersham. The helicopter’s flight crew was able to locate the missing individual by the light on his cell …

A Dominican national residing in Boston was indicted by a federal grand jury today on three drug-trafficking charges involving fentanyl. Luis Sonier Bautista Moreta, 25, was indicted on two counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and one count of possession with …

Court orders turnover of funds held in defendant’s inmate trust fund account. The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that U.S. Senior District Court Judge George A. O’Toole authorized turnover of the full amount of funds held in an inmate trust fund account to the victims of Christopher Saemisch. In …

“Calling all cAHs…Calling all cAHs DPD is looking for some help identifying this guy for his involvement in a recent disturbance at Macy’s, where several hundred dollars of damage was done. The best part about this picture is that it looks like he is actually saying “”Yeah! I just busted …

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court sided with the New Bedford Police Department by voting 4-3 in a 2018 fourth amendment violation case where the police frisked the of a vehicle they pulled over for a traffic violation. On Feb. 26, 2018, around 7 p.m, New Bedford Police officers observed a …

The Baker-Polito Administration today announced that Governor Charlie Baker is commuting the first-degree murder sentences of Thomas Koonce and William Allen to second degree murder, making each immediately eligible for parole. The Parole Board, serving in its function as the Advisory Board of Pardons, recently recommended commutation for both Mr. …

The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), the preeminent association of government finance professionals in the United States and Canada, recently announced that the City’s fiscal year 2020 Annual Comprehensive Report has earned the association’s Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. An impartial panel judged the report to meet …