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New Bedford City Councilor Hugh Dunn announces resignation

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New Bedford City Council Ward 3 City Councilor Hugh Dunn has announced that effective Dec. 1, 2022, he is resigning from his position.

In 2017, City Councilor Henry Bosquet stepped down triggering a special election that Dunn won. He was then elected in 2017, 2019, and 2021. He worked diligently on a number of issues and causes for the citizens of New Bedford and was scandal-free until the spring of 2021 when he was in a car accident and faced OUI charges, He was found not “guilty” that fall.

The former attorney has been working at Boston’s Kelly & Associates Personal Injury Lawyers and made the decision to relocate closer to the firm. This decision will again trigger a special election so that his seat can be filled.

You can read more about Hugh Dunn in our Faces of New Bedford article here.

About Michael Silvia

Served 20 years in the United States Air Force. Owner of New Bedford Guide.

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