Southcoast Health was honored by NRC Health as a recipient of its 2021 NRC Health Excellence Awards, recognizing top-performing hospitals and health systems in overall patient satisfaction ratings. “As a community health system, providing an exceptional patient experience has always been one of our top priorities. I am incredibly proud …
Read More »New Bedford Police Department honors Sgt. Jason Hill
“Congratulations to Sgt. Jason Hill who was honored on Friday for his 16 years of public service! Hill started at the New Bedford Police Department on Aug. 15, 2004 and retired on July 3, 2021. Have a happy and healthy retirement, Sergeant!”-New Bedford Police Department.
Read More »New Bedford woman seeks public’s help in identifying hit and run driver
“I need help in finding the driver that took off when he/she ran the stop sign and hit my husband Kiko! They apparently cut off another car at the stop sign and then hit Kiko! The driver of the SUV took off and just left him there to die! This …
Read More »New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell’s State of the City Address 2021
The following is a transcript of New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell’s Oct 21, 2021, State of the City speech: “City Council President Lopes, members of the Council, and residents and friends of New Bedford, let me begin by offering my thanks to Rick Kidder and the Chamber of Commerce for …
Read More »State Health Officials Announce Ninth Human Case of West Nile Virus in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) Friday announced the ninth human case of West Nile virus (WNV) in the state this year. The individual is a male in his 60s who was exposed to WNV in Middlesex County. Twenty-seven communities in Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, and Suffolk counties are at …
Read More »Boston Police Department escorts the U.S.S. Constitution for 21 gun salute
“Boston Police Department Harbor Unit Escorted the USS Constitution for 21 Gun Salute in Tribute to 246th Birthday. At about 11:15 AM on Friday October 22, 2021, officers assigned to the Boston Police Harbor Unit were honored to assist members of the U.S. Navy as they celebrated the 246th birthday …
Read More »Rochester Fire Department responds to fire alarm, water flow activation at waste facility
“Thursday morning at approximately 2:59am the RFD received a call from a fire alarm company reporting a fire alarm and water flow activation at the Zero Waste Facility located on Cranberry Highway. First arriving crews found a smoke condition on the tipping floor of the 103,000 foot commercial building. The …
Read More »FBI offers $20,000 reward for info leading to arrest of man indicted in New Bedford for murder
*Armed and Dangerous** The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Boston Division, the Norton Police Department, and the Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office are asking for the public’s assistance in locating longtime fugitive Andrew P. Dabbs, who is wanted for allegedly murdering his girlfriend on …
Read More »New Bedford woman, Fairhaven school department employee convicted of stealing more than $100,000
A 55-year-old New Bedford woman, who while serving as the Fairhaven Public School Department’s Business Office Manager stole at least $100,000, was convicted in New Bedford District Court this week of Larceny over $250 by a Single Scheme, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Christine E. Mitchell …
Read More »Upcoming New Bedford vaccination clinics; now offering booster shots
COVID-19 vaccination clinics are planned for the next several days in New Bedford. No appointment is needed at these walk-up clinics. Available vaccines can change according to supplies. Clinics now are offering CDC-approved booster shots for eligible recipients, in addition to first- and second-dose vaccines. Details on boosters are below. …
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