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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

At 5:33 a.m. today Troopers from the State Police-Newbury Barracks responded to a roll-over crash on Route 495 northbound near Exit 51B in Haverhill. Responding Troopers found a 2005 Ford Freestar van that had rolled over into an embankment, causing fatal injuries to the driver and non-fatal injuries to four …

New Superflat NB Mural Installation June and July Wicked Cool Places Grant Recipient “Postcards to New Bedford” will be an homage to the city Superflat NB is excited to announce its Postcards to New Bedford mural will be installed during June and part of July in downtown New Bedford, on …