The initiative, seeking to connect consumers with Black-owned businesses, launched with a website that features over 75 Black-owned businesses at www.buyblacknb.com. BuyBlackNB is a new initiative dedicated to highlighting, discovering, and promoting Black-owned businesses in New Bedford and surrounding towns. “In supporting local Black-owned businesses, we are working to close …
Read More »New Bedford Latin Kings leader pleads guilty to racketeering and drug charges
The former second in command of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) pleaded guilty yesterday to racketeering and drug conspiracy charges. Jorge Rodriguez, a/k/a “King G,” 32, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity, more commonly referred to as …
Read More »King Richard’s Faire Announces the Cancellation of its 2020 Season
The popular attraction for families has announced on its Facebook page that the 2020 season has been officially canceled due to Covid-19. The statement is as follows: “Even royalty cannot beat the coronavirus. While King Richard’s Faire is a land of make-believe and fantasy, we simply cannot escape the reality …
Read More »Convicted New Bedford drug dealer arrested for fentanyl trafficking
On June 27, New Bedford police detectives report seizing 184 grams of fentanyl, 23 grams of cocaine, 198 Suboxone strips, drug trafficking paraphernalia, and $9,938 at 85 Fern Street in New Bedford. 42-year old Ari Rason of 85 Fern Street was arrested and charged with trafficking in cocaine and fentanyl. According …
Read More »Wareham Police seize cash, heroin, and arrest three on a number of narcotics charges
On Monday, June 29, shortly after 2:00 p.m. Wareham Police Detectives observed what appeared to be an illegal drug transaction at the Cranberry Plaza. The detectives stopped the vehicle involved on Maple Springs Road, seizing suspected heroin and placing the driver in custody. Ashley E. Lips (32), of 244 Raymond …
Read More »UMass Dartmouth announces closure of Public Policy Center
UMass Dartmouth announced today that the Public Policy Center (PPC) at UMass Dartmouth will close effective July 1, 2020. The announcement comes as the University prepares for the financial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on Fiscal Year 2021, which begins on July 1, 2020. “The COVID-19 pandemic, besides causing untold …
Read More »Prince Henry Society announces 2020 scholarship recipients; $51,000 awarded to college-bound students in greater New Bedford
Celebrating its 40th consecutive year of awarding scholarships to Greater New Bedford’s college bound students, and passing the $1 million mark in scholarships awarded, the New Bedford Chapter of the Prince Henry Society of Massachusetts awarded $51,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors this year. In 1980, Milton Ferreira and the …
Read More »OPINION: New Bedford resident against moving grilling area at Hazelwood Park
The following is in response to the New Bedford City Council reviewing a petition to move the grills and tables at Hazelwood Park due to the air pollution. “How about you use your platform to help keep Hazelwood Park for the people who live and have been paying New Bedford …
Read More »LIGHT 2020, See the Light in Downtown New Bedford
Last summer Design Art Technology Massachusetts (DATMA) gave us Silver Current, a spectacular tribute to wind and its role in New Bedford’s past and future. This summer their theme is Light, as in “The City that Lit the World,” and their first two installations are on view now. PHOTO KINETIC …
Read More »Massachusetts State Police stop leads to 3 arrests, 2 illegally-possessed guns
At 1:56 a.m. today Trooper Daniel Santa from the Massachusetts State Police-Tunnels Barracks conducted a motor vehicle stop for a defective headlight on Massachusetts Avenue at Newmarket Square, near the South Bay Shopping Center, and discovered that the vehicle operator did not have a license. As the Trooper prepared to …
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