Meet David Lima, 60-year-old Pastor of New Seasons Worship Center and Executive Minister of the Interchurch Council of Greater New Bedford. As early as David could remember he had a deep love for God and people, so much of a love that he even stood on a chair during one …

The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a settlement agreement today with Charlwell House, a skilled nursing facility in Norwood, to resolve allegations that the facility violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by refusing to accept a patient because they were being treated for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). …

New Bedford City Councilor-at-Large Brian Gomes is pushing City leadership to go after the pharmaceutical companies that produce opioid painkiller medications and the doctors that may have overprescribed them. The following motion is scheduled for the New Bedford City Council session on Thursday, March 18, 2018: WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, …

Should people who overdose in New Bedford be held for 24 hours? New Bedford City Councilor Brian Gomes is requesting help from state and local legislators to require people who overdose be held in the hospital for twenty-four hours. Here is the motion that will be in front of the …

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley, Boston Police Superintendent in Chief William Gross, Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Ferguson of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division, Braintree Police Chief Paul Shastany, and Randolph Police Chief William Pace today announced the results of Operation High Hopes, one of …

NARCAN will now be issued to all Mattapoisett Police Officers. Although the Mattapoisett Police Department has carried Narcan on its Ambulances for decades, the increase in opioid overdoses in Mattapoisett has increased drastically over the past few years prompting this proactive step of outfitting each Officer with narcan. The opioid …

I would not want to be a New Bedford police officer – risking your life to arrest career criminals only to repeatedly see them released back into society the next day on a low bail or personal recognizance. It’s the same 1% of New Bedford committing the majority of the …

Opinions are like… ‘tailpipes’; everybody has got one, and they usually stink. We are all entitled to formulate our own opinions, just as we are also entitled to either adhere to or refute the opinions of others. The important thing is that collectively we continue to work towards a more …

The Drug Enforcement Administration announced the establishment of six new enforcement teams focused on combatting the flow of heroin and illicit fentanyl. “At a time when overdose deaths are at catastrophic levels, the DEA’s top priority is addressing the opioid epidemic and pursuing the criminal organizations that distribute their poison …

On Saturday, October 28th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Wareham Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public the opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your pills for disposal …