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“A 26-year-old Dartmouth man who viciously beat his girlfriend in 2019 was convicted by a jury of his peers this week and sentenced to serve up to seven-and-a-half years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Skye Soares was convicted Thursday of intimidation of a …

Mayor Jon Mitchell has appointed Jennifer Vieira as the City’s Director of the Department of Facilities and Fleet Management (DFFM). Vieira has served as the department’s acting director since December 2021. She has worked for the City since 2011, in roles of increasing complexity and responsibility in the Treasurer’s Office, …

The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of September 5, 2022 – September 9, 2022, and they are as follows: City offices closed Monday, September 5 for Labor Day! Eversource will be working on the street milling from gas main relays on: • Main Relay …

Please join the staff, volunteers, and community partners of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in celebrating and recognizing Judy Roderiques for 24 years of dedication and volunteer service. A variety of National Park Service (NPS) employees, volunteers and partners were honored yesterday at a ceremony to Celebrate America’s National Parks …

Plaintiff Settles Separately with Private Defendant. Tax lien-related litigation in which the City was a co-defendant has been settled and the case against the city was dismissed this month in U.S. District Court. The court made its Aug. 12 dismissal “with prejudice,” meaning the ruling is final and the plaintiff …

In April, Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn announced the expansion of his successful Cold Case Unit to include a renewed effort to identify unidentified bodies and human remains from the past 40 years. This week, DA Quinn’s “Unidentified Bodies Project” initiative has resulted in the positive identification of a …

Massachusetts State Police, federal agents, and members of a joint task force on Monday apprehended two Mexican nationals who brought 15 kilograms of cocaine into the state from Mexico in a tractor-trailer. The two suspects were arrested after officers witnessed a narcotics transaction at the Ludlow Service Plaza. GERARDO MADRIGAL …

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), joined by Congressman Bill Keating, and state and local officials, announced a $255,000 grant to the Massachusetts Department of Health to support beach water quality monitoring and public notification efforts throughout the state during the remainder of 2022 and into the 2023 beach season. …

Governor Charlie Baker today is filing a final Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) supplemental budget that proposes investments in transportation, health and human services, school safety and other fiscal year closeout needs. The proposal includes approximately $1.622 billion gross / $840 million net spending and is supported by an FY22 state …

“The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts State Police Berkshire Detective Unit are releasing a new forensic sketch and four age-progressed variations of a suspect in the 1982 disappearance of Lynn Burdick. State Police began investigating the disappearance of then 18-year-old Burdick on April 17, 1982, when she went …