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Mayor Jon Mitchell recently announced that New Bedford has been awarded $5 million dollars for a project that will create a more walkable connection between downtown and the new passenger rail station. The mayor noted, “Public infrastructure investments like these lead to more private investment” while thanking Massachusetts Governor Maura …

A last minute meeting from the New Bedford licensing board resulted in a change of mind in ruling on the nip ban in New Bedford. Prior to the Tuesday night meeting, the nip ban was planned to be in effect on November 1st. The November 1st date would have been …

As of 7:15 Thursday morning, the mass shooter responsible for at least 22 deaths and dozens of injuries in Lewiston, Maine is still on the loose. Maine State Police are expanding the “shelter in place” advisory and school closings during the search for the dangerous suspect. We are expanding the …

A recent poll published by the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows Donald Trump with a significant lead over his competition in the GOP presidential race in Massachusetts. They interviewed 788 respondents from Massachusetts who were then matched down to a sample of 700 to produce the final dataset. The respondents …

Yesterday I wrote an article about a mysterious large boat that I found crashed onto Horseneck Beach in Westport, Massachusetts while on my evening walk with the wife and dog. That evening I spoke with some campers at the the Horseneck Beach campground, they reported that the boat has been …

“A 27-year-old Providence, RI man arrested in New Bedford in early 2021 with thousands of dollars worth of fentanyl and cocaine was convicted by a jury of his peers last week of narcotics trafficking charges, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Yamil Velazquez-Acevedo, after a two-day trial …

“Lakeville near miss… Your Lakeville Firefighters were called out for a report of smoke coming from the basement of a single family home. Engine 2 and Car 1 responded out immediately, with a compliment of 3 firefighters and a command officer. A recall brought in staffing to allow the Tanker, …

“Our staff relocated a female moose from the backyard of the Overhead Door Company in downtown Ludlow. Although moose sightings aren’t usually cause for alarm or intervention, this moose wasn’t able to leave the area on her own. Our biologists determined the safest plan was to immobilize and relocate the …

“There are many options for giving your Halloween pumpkins second lives while keeping them out of the landfill. Set them out with the City of New Bedford’s curbside yard waste pickup. Or drop them off with yard waste at the Recycling Center or place them in your backyard compost bin. …

Winter is approaching and soon the clocks will be “falling back” as the weather progressively gets colder. In Massachusetts we can adjust to the cold air while still ordering our Dunkin iced coffee, but 4:30pm sunsets? Those are rough. While we can’t control the weather, some Massachusetts officials are making …