After finding an announcement for the annual ‘Socks for Vets’ drive for the Veterans’ Transition House of New Bedford, staff and students at the Thomas R. Rodman School were inspired to act. Mr. Mark Ledoux, Grade 5 teacher at Rodman, initiated a schoolwide sock drive at Rodman – and students, …

On Saturday morning at approximately 12:10am a fight broke out in the 100 block of Bates St. where a 29 year old New Bedford man suffered lacerations to the left hand and neck. He was treated and released from St. Luke’s Hospital with non life threatening injuries. It appears the victim …

The identities of those involved in the Saturday night fatal fire incident on Mount Pleasant Street in Westport has been publicly released. The deceased victim of the fire is 4-year-old Caleb Nardolillo. Caleb’s mother, Melody Nardolillo, 32, and sister, Bella Perry, 7, remain hospitalized for treatment of burns to their bodies and …

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced that a 55-year-old New Bedford man was sentenced to eight to ten years in state prison today in Taunton Superior Court for sending hundreds of sexually graphic Facebook messages to a 12-year-old Dartmouth boy in 2012. David Gould, of 157 Grinnell …

On Tuesday morning December 8th at approximately 7am a male walked into the Stop n Save convenience store at 129 Ashley Blvd. He ordered a pack of gum and when the clerk opened the register, he brandished a firearm. The suspect then reached into the register and grabbed an undisclosed …

This morning, at about 6:45 a.m., troopers from the State Police Barracks in Bourne responded to a report of two vehicle crash rollover on Route 195 East west of exit 20 in Marion. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Antone Pereira indicates that a 2006 Ford Econovan was traveling east on Route …

At approximately 7:30 PM this evening, New Bedford Police Chief David A. Provencher passed away at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford. The cause of his death was respiratory arrest. “Tonight the City of New Bedford lost an outstanding police chief and a great man. Our prayers go out to …

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that Kimberly Peno has been convicted of first degree murder for the March 2010 death of her two-year-old son, Timothy. The defendant was convicted by a jury of her peers around 3:15 p.m. today in Fall River Superior Court after …

The New Bedford Health Department is seeking individuals to serve as paid coaches for the Southeastern Health Initiative for Transformation (SHIFT) program. SHIFT is a community partnership aimed at helping New Bedford residents learn to manage three important health conditions: childhood asthma, falls by older adults, and chronic illness like …

THIS POSITION IS CLOSED AND NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS CITY OF NEW BEDFORD ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST $41,382 – $50,476/yr NEW BEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT Performs a variety of routine and complex technical work to provide efficient and effective management in the administration of the office of the Chief of Police. Assures that …