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The Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section (MSP VFAS) today added three men to is Most Wanted list: MARIANO PEREYRA JR., 62, wanted for child rape in Wellesley; JUDE DEMEIS, 49, waned for child pornography in Northampton, and INGMAR ROBLES POJOY, 26, wanted in connection with a fatal shooting …

Superflat NB announced today that it will be program managing the installation of the “JazzWall New Bedford” mural starting this week which was designed by local artist, Kat Knutsen and sponsored by Fiber Optic Center, Inc., Whaling City Sound, and the New Bedford Historical Society. The mural, which is funded …

Today, Governor Charlie Baker extended the pause on evictions and foreclosures for 60 days, until October 17, 2020, through the authority granted to the governor by Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020, An Act providing for a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 Emergency, which was signed …

The following was posted by the New Bedford Police Department today: “New Bedford Police Department Chief Joseph Cordeiro welcomes newly-sworn Officers Sommer Cardoso, Manuel Sequeira, William Soloman, Eric Boulay, and Jordan Barbosa. Please join the NBPD and the City of New Bedford in congratulating them and wishing safety and success …

Ryan Silvia, 37, of Fall River died at Rhode Island Hospital Sunday evening as a result of injuries sustained when he was struck by a motor vehicle last Thursday night on State Road in Dartmouth. Police continue to actively investigating a motor vehicle crash that took Mr. Silvia’s life. Dartmouth …

Chris Lisinski State House News Service One of Massachusetts’s neighbors to the south will subject visitors from nearly two dozen states to fines up to $1,000 if they do not self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that travelers from 22 states with high rates …

Last week, both the House and Senate agreed on a revised to-go cocktail bill and sent it to Governor Baker’s desk for approval, which he signed on Monday. With Governor Baker’s signature, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts joins 30 other states allowing cocktails to-go. The new law created to help restaurants …

“Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, who died last week, touched countless lives throughout his own lifetime. He was leader of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, heroically taking part in such watershed events as the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, and the march from Selma to Montgomery in …

Written by Steven Froias, contributing writer. If you follow New Bedford Creative on Instagram — and you shouldn’t deny yourself the visual pleasure of following @_nbcreative — you will notice something new during the last week of July, August and September. During those weeks, the account defined by #NBcreative will …

Chris Lisinski State House News Service The University of Massachusetts system, the third-largest employer in the state, will cut about 6 percent of its full-time equivalent workforce and furlough thousands as part of its efforts to close a $264 million budget gap ripped open by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly three …