Former 2015 New Bedford mayoral candidate and current Ward 2 City Councilor Maria Giesta will run unopposed in her first run for re-election. She was the only one to submit or even pull nomination papers. She defeated Edwin Antonio Cartagena in the 2015 municipal election.
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CITY OF NEW BEDFORD AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM MONITOR PAY: $12 – $14.50/hr Assists the Department of Parks, Recreation & Beaches in maintaining and supervising various programs for children. Serves as a mentor and academic support supervisor for a group of children. Provides daily academic support to group of children. Supervises …
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Community Nurse Home Care will offer training to individuals interested in becoming Hospice Volunteers. The training will take place on Saturday, September 21 and Saturday, September 28 at Community Nurse Home Care, 41 State Road in Dartmouth. No medical background is necessary. The training is designed to supply Hospice Volunteers …
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Sea Lab held its fifty-first Commencement Exercises this morning at its Marine Science Education Center, located at 71 Portland Street in New Bedford’s far south end. More than 600 guests attended the day’s events, which included graduation, open house, a student science project exhibition and tours of the center’s laboratories …
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Meet Stephany Silveira, 28-year-old Hairstylist and Co-Owner of Roots + Daises Beauty Parlor. Stephany started doing hair in high school, as s student at Great New Bedford Voc-Tech. After high school, she got her license and began working in Boston. Although business was great, the long commute and time away …
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Twelve candidates dropped off their nomination papers for at-Large City Council by today’s 5 pm deadline forcing a preliminary election on October 1st. Incumbents Ian Abreu and Naomi Carney, and non-incumbents Russell Dearing and Leo Choquette Jr. dropped off nomination papers with at least 50 signatures and filed officially for …
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Six residents submitted nomination papers to run for Mayor of New Bedford by today’s 5 pm deadline. For the first time, the winner will serve four years instead of two. Four-term incumbent Jon Mitchell, Michael Medeiros, Richard Tyson Moultrie, and Jose Perez turned in signatures and filed officially. Current at-Large …
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Today, minutes before the 5 pm deadline, former Ward 2 city councilor Steven Martins submitted nomination papers for at-Large City Council. He still has to officially file by the 30 August deadline. Martins picked up papers around 4 pm and returned the minimum 50 signatures at 4:45 pm. There was …
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Due to the threat of exposure to the mosquito-borne illness, Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), and in response to the City of New Bedford’s closure at dusk of parks and other open public spaces as of August 16, 2019, New Bedford Public Schools is curtailing its outdoor evening activities. The Massachusetts …
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The City of New Bedford’s parks and other open public spaces will close at dusk beginning today, Friday, August 16, in response to the risk of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). Multiple positive tests of mosquitoes with EEE in New Bedford and surrounding municipalities have led the state’s Department of Public …
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