A Dominican national formerly residing in Lawrence pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to Social Security and benefit fraud. Ismael Robles Tejeda, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of false representation of a Social Security number and one count of false statements in matters relating to health care. …
Read More »New Bedford’s Bamboo Garden, once very popular Chinese Restaurant, to re-open Nov. 5
To the delight of many, one of New Bedford’s most popular Chinese Restaurants, Bamboo Garden is set to re-open on November 5th. The Purchase Street eatery had been a downtown fixture since owner Wei Ng opened its doors in 1971 until it closed in 2018 because of a family illness. …
Read More »HELP WANTED: City of New Bedford is seeking to fill a Sewage Disposal Systems Maintenance Foreman position
PAY: $19.23hr – $27.18hr Assists in the supervision of maintenance staff under the direction of the Superintendent of Wastewater. Assists in planning and scheduling maintenance and preventive maintenance work of the pumping stations and wastewater system to make maximum effective use of employees, equipment and material within an approved budget …
Read More »Massachusetts State Troopers arrest two men for trafficking heroin
Just after midnight on October 29, Trooper Dana Crovo, assigned to State Police-Framingham, was on a motor vehicle stop on Route 128 in Milton. As he was walking back to his cruiser he had to step out of the way in order not to be struck by a vehicle passing …
Read More »New Bedford home invader sentenced to 7-10 years state prison
A 28-year-old New Bedford man convicted after a four-day trial last week in Fall River Superior Court of forcing his way into a home, holding a gun to the victim’s head and firing two shots at the victim as he fled to safety was sentenced to serve up to a …
Read More »New Bedford Armed Assault Defendant to Serve Up To A Decade In Prison
A 28-year-old New Bedford man convicted after a four-day trial last week in Fall River Superior Court of forcing his way into a home, holding a gun to the victim’s head and firing two shots at the victim as he fled to safety was sentenced to serve up to a …
Read More »New Bedford Schools to be recipient’s of the Massachusetts’s first-ever Cybersecurity Awareness Grant Program Awards
42,000 employees from 94 municipalities and public school districts will receive cybersecurity awareness training to better detect and avoid cyber threats. Today, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito and Secretary of Technology Services and Security Curt Wood joined legislative, municipal and public school officials to announce $250,000 in grants awarded to 94 …
Read More »OPINION: It’s time to ban smoking or at least fine people who smoke at entrances
America made significant progress against the nasty, destructive, unhealthy habit of smoking cigarettes when states started banning smoking in restaurants, workplaces, and other public spaces. What seems like common sense today wasn’t so in years past – there was a time when smoking was not only considered “cool,” a great …
Read More »Paul interviews folks stuck at the New Bedford/Fairhaven bridge
What are your thoughts on the New Bedford/Fairhaven bridge? Paul interview people in their cars waiting for the bridge to open back up to vehicle traffic.
Read More »Paul followed by Marty the Stop & Shop Robot
Is there anything creepier than being followed by the Stop & Shop robot? Paul Santos checks in.
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