Politics

New Bedford City Councilor Brian Gomes is renewing the call for ALDI supermarkets to move into to the former Shaw’s site located on King’s Highway in New Bedford. This request comes nearly two years after five New Bedford City Councilors invited Aldi to New Bedford to no avail. Aldi announced …

New Bedford Ward 6 City Councilor Joe Lopes is pushing to ban plastic bags in large grocery stores in New Bedford. The following written motion will be in front of the City Council on Thursday, Feb. 14: WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Lopes requesting that the Committee on Ordinances begin the process …

New Bedford Ward 5 City Councillor Scott Lima is presenting a resolution calling for the United States to “PULL BACK FROM THE BRINK” and Prevent Nuclear War. Here is his resolution that will be presented to the full city council on Thursday, February 14:

ABC Disposal filed six counterclaims against the City last summer, and the City sought to dismiss four of them without further fact-finding. The Bristol County Superior Court has found in favor of the City of New Bedford on three counterclaims against ABC Disposal on which the City sought the Court’s …

Is it time to bring rent control back to New Bedford? A member of the New Bedford Facebook group thinks so: “I think it’s time rent control makes a comeback. The house my sister lives in was just sold. The new landlord wants to go up $140 a month on …

The City of New Bedford has been awarded $1,758,917 in homeless assistance funding by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of a competitive grant process under the HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Program. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded approximately $2 billion …

If a bill sponsored by 51 Massachusetts state legislators becomes law, aborting babies past 24 weeks and up to birth will be much easier, girls under 18 wouldn’t need permission from parents or a judge, Massachusetts taxes would fund more abortions, doctors would have less red tape to perform abortions …

Mayor Mitchell will hold neighborhood office hours for the month of January on Tuesday, January 29 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Me & Ed’s Restaurant, 30 Brock Avenue. Mayor Mitchell announced he would set aside time each month to hold office hours in city neighborhoods so that residents …

Six Democrat lawmakers are pushing to allow 16 and 17-year citizens in Massachusetts to vote in elections. Harriette L. Chandler (First Worcester) is presenting a bill co-sponsored by Andres Vargas (3rd Essex), Dylan Fernandes (Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket), Julian Cyr (Cape and Islands), Jason Lewis (Fifth Middlesex) and Rebecca Rausch …

The City of New Bedford collected approximately $10,000 in problem property fines in 2018. Per a letter sent to New Bedford City Council President Linda Morad, the money is available for fiscal year 2019 and will be used in a revolving fund for police to deal with problem properties. New …