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On Thursday, October 22, 2020, New Bedford resident, Manuel Antonio Figueiredo celebrated his 100th birthday with a small group of socially distanced relatives and Verdean Gardens neighbors. He has called Cruz Companies’ Verdean Gardens home for the last decade. Cruz Companies hosted the socially distanced celebration in honor of Mr. …

Colin A. Young State House News Service Almost one quarter of the cities or towns in Massachusetts are now designated by the state as being at the highest-risk for COVID-19 transmission. In its weekly update on municipality-specific coronavirus activity, the Department of Public Health said 22 new towns — Ashland, …

Mayor Jon Mitchell, Senator Mark Montigny, Representative Christopher Markey, other members of the New Bedford legislative delegation, and City Councillors joined together today to announce a plan for an Advanced Manufacturing Campus (AMC) on 100 acres of the 275-acre Whaling City Golf Course on Hathaway Road. The AMC has been …

State House News Service The Department of Public Health reported more new COVID-19 cases Thursday than it has in months — 986 new cases of the highly-contagious virus that has been spreading largely uncontrolled for months. DPH also reported the recent COVID-19 deaths of 30 people. Since the virus was …

The Massachusetts Environmental Police would like to welcome aboard our newest Environmental Police Officers! Officers successfully completed a rigorous 6-month training program, which culminated with today’s graduation at the Brockton Rox Stadium. Once on the job, Officers will participate in extensive specialized training to equip them for their roles as …

Congratulations to the New Bedford Police Department graduates from MA Police Training Academy: Ofc. Alexander Cabido, Ofc. Krista Jean Ford, and Ofc. Joseph Duarte. Chief Joseph Cordeiro and Lt. Scott Carola congratulated the new officers. Watch their swearing-in ceremony Friday at 2 p.m. on FB Live! #NBPD #Communitypolicing

The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of October 26, 2020 –October 30, 2020 and they are as follows: Eversource: Eversource will replace the gas mains and service at the following locations: • Hathaway Rd. from Highland St. to Nauset St. – (Main Relay) • …

NAME: Jalajhia Finklea AGE: 18 SEX: Female HEIGHT: 5’3″ WEIGHT: Approx. 110lbs RACE: Native American “This is my lil baby missing over 24hrs on her 18th bday. She’s constantly changing her hairstyles!!! It’s her little brother’s bday too. She would’ve called him. He’s 9 and been calling her. Not like …

Massachusetts State Police and the Westborough Police Department educated students of Westborough High School about safe driving. Covid precautions were taken, distance, masks and pamphlets were sanitized before handing them out. Students were not required to stop for the pamphlets but many did. The GREAT news was that ALL students …

K9 Officer Ryan Isherwood knows exactly how dangerous explosives can be. While in Afghanistan in 2011 while on deployment as a U.S. Marine, his vehicle was blown to bits by a homemade bomb. “I’m very thankful I lived through that,” Officer Isherwood. “It was something I’ll never forget.” Fast forward …