Podcast

On a recent LGBTQ Voice episode, we talked with straight kids that have LGBTQ Parents. Catch The LGBTQ Voice on New Bedford Guide’s Facebook page every Tuesday at 7 pm.

Why isn’t panhandling considered loitering? New Bedford Mayor Mitchell, who used to be a former federal prosecutor, shares his thoughts. 

Street sweeping started this month in New Bedford and will continue through the summer. We asked Mayor Mitchell to talk about the program. 

New Bedford’s Mayor Mitchell provided an update on the superintendent of public schools Pia Durkin and her replacement Thomas Anderson. 

New Bedford’s Mayor Jon Mitchell discusses the construction and long-term improvement on Union Street, and potholes that frustrate New Bedford drivers. 

Why have panhandlers increased in numbers in New Bedford over the last three years? Mayor Mitchell provides two reasons; court rulings and opioids.  

Mayor Mitchell shares his thoughts on the New Bedford Highway Killings cold case hitting 30 years.

Mayor Mitchell provides an update on the New Bedford marijuana moratorium that recently passed the New Bedford City Council effectively prohibiting recreational sales in the city. 

Here’s some amazing spoken word by Craig DeMelo The Whiskey Poet regarding addiction and the use of Narcan. It was performed during the opioid community discussion at the Zeiterion Theatre a few years ago.

Mayor Mitchell discusses the case of a 23-year old New Bedford man with 40 adult arraignments being arrested for selling Fentanyl three days after being released on $350 bail for an assault with a dangerous weapon charge.