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New Bedford High School officially added Hospitality and Tourism to its Career Vocational Technical Education program, continuing its expansion of vocational education in the district. The program is connected to the National Academy Foundation (NAF), and the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism is the 5th NAF program at the high …

Mayor Jon Mitchell joined Southcoast Health President & CEO Keith Hovan on a tour of the future site of a new, $14 million intensive care unit under construction at St. Luke’s Hospital. The leaders are shown here looking over design plans. Southcoast Health is investing $14 million in a new …

Yesterday, shortly after midnight, Trooper Blakeley Pottinger and his field training officer Trooper Michael Leslie, assigned to State Police-Shelburne Falls, were on patrol in Bernardston. While traveling on Route 91 northbound they observed a gray Mitsubishi Outlander operating erratically over the lane markings. They subsequently caught up to the SUV …

The following motion is scheduled for the New Bedford City council session on Thursday, Jul 18. WRITTEN MOTION: Councillors Giesta, Abreu, Lopes, and Rebeiro, requesting in the interest of public safety that the Department of Public Infrastructure, install signs at all Pocket Parks throughout the City with the following information: …

The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued an Excessive Heat Watch, which is in effect from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * HEAT INDEX VALUES…Up to 107 due to temperatures in the mid to upper 90s, and dewpoints in the low to mid 70s. * TIMING…From 11 AM Saturday …

Eileen M. Danahey, President & CEO of St. Anne’s Credit Union and First Vice Chair of the Bristol County Chamber’s Board of Directors, was recently presented the Chairman’s Award at their Annual Meeting. This award recognized her consistent embodiment of the Chamber’s mission and goals – including her involvement in …

NOTE: There will be targeted ground spraying for mosquitoes in New Bedford early Thursday morning. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced today that eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Massachusetts for the first time this year. The presence of EEE was confirmed by …

The New Bedford Health Department, working closely with the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, is again this year conducting an annual monitoring program to track the potential threat from EEE and WNV carrying mosquitoes. Under the program, mosquito traps are put in place …

On Tuesday, July 16, at approximately 1:45 p.m., Dartmouth Police Narcotics Detectives conducted a motor vehicle stop at the Dartmouth Motor Inn. During the corresponding investigation, detectives located approximately 9 grams of suspected crack cocaine inside of the vehicle. As a result of their investigation, 24-year-old Joshua Washburn of New …

“Another hot day, another hot dog x 2, left in the car. On Tuesday WDNR officers responded to a parking lot located in Wareham Crossing for a report of two dogs left in the back of a truck with a cap and no ventilation. Upon arrival, the two officers observed …