Politics

A Southwick man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Springfield, Mass., for sending four packages, two of which contained white powder, to federal agencies. Kevin A. Johnson, 47, was charged by criminal complaint with two counts of conveying false information and hoaxes and two counts of mailing …

Guess what New Bedford property owners? Your property taxes are going up next year. Residential property taxes in New Bedford will go up on average $220 and commercial property owners will see an average increase of $26 for the year. Here are 5 reasons why property taxes in New Bedford …

As the South Coast Today reported yesterday, residential property taxes in New Bedford will go up $220 on average. Commerical properties will see an average increase of $26. Yesterday evening, the New Bedford City Council unanimously approved a residential tax rate of $16.47 and a commercial tax rate of $34.84 …

What do you think of this effort to deter panhandlers? From a fan on our Facebook page: “So happy they finally put these in at the Market Basket lights! Now they need to do the other side.” – Jennifer Lincoln‎. Three New Bedford City Councilors disagreed when the “spiked” cobblestones …

The New Bedford Port Authority has reached an agreement with all offshore wind developers operating in the Massachusetts/Rhode Island market to serve as the designated Fisheries Representative of the commercial fishing industry to each of the development companies. Under federal guidelines issued by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) …

At a press conference at City Hall, Mayor Jon Mitchell and Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro announced the findings of a strategic plan and organizational assessment of the New Bedford Police Department, which was submitted to the Department this month. Last year, Mayor Jon Mitchell announced that the Police Department would …

Spend any time on a New Bedford discussion page or in a New Bedford group, and you’ll hear complaints from New Bedford residents regarding the “energy” people knocking on their door and being very aggressive. On New Bedford Guide, we constantly get messages about aggressive people knocking on doors and …

According to New Bedford Elections Commissioner Manuel Debrito, 23,723 of the 58,220 New Bedford registered voters participated in the elections on Tuesday. That’s a 40% voter turnout and up from 25% in 2017 when 14,098 New Bedford residents voted. The following provides how people in New Bedford voted in the …

A motion that was originally supported by seven of 11 New Bedford City Councilors in 2016 to bring a “Neighborhood Needle Recovery” to New Bedford was officially killed by the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods in November, 2018. The Committee voted to take no further action on the motion: …