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The Bristol County Mosquito Control Project will conduct targeted ground spraying early on the morning of Thursday, September 10, 2015. This round of spraying will target areas including Buttonwood Park, Brooklawn Park, Fort Taber, Hazelwood Park, Riverside Park, Clasky Park, Ashley Park and the Poor Farm area. Spraying will take …

The public will have ample opportunity to tour a variety of work boats at the 2015 Working Waterfront Festival (September 26-27). The Schooner Adventure, launched in 1926, Adventure measured 122 feet from bow to stern and carried a 120 horsepower diesel engine, fourteen dories, and a crew of twenty-seven. She …

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation, along with the Suffolk County District Attorney, Winthrop Police, and Massachusetts State Police, today unveiled a new digital billboard featuring the little girl whose body was found on Deer Island and whose identity remains the subject of an intensive investigation. The billboards represent a redesign …

The New Bedford Cultural Council (NBCC) will host an “Information Session and Slide Slam” on Thursday, September 17, 2015 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm at the New Bedford Art Museum (608 Pleasant Street). NBCC members will be on hand to answer questions about the upcoming 2015-16-grant cycle and 2014-15 NBCC grant …

Results are in from the first year of New Bedford’s new automated curbside collection system for trash and recyclables: The City doubled its recycling rate and reduced the amount of waste sent to the Crapo Hill Landfill by 30%. New Bedford’s new collection program began in late June of 2014 …

District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced that a former New Bedford man convicted of multiple incidences of spitting, biting and assaulting correctional officers at the Dartmouth House of Corrections, was sentenced to serve six to 10 years in state prison. Frankie Chano, 44, formerly of 7 Shawnee Court, was …

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Taunton Police, Massachusetts State Police and investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are investigating an industrial accident that resulted in the death of a 24-year-old man today in Taunton. The incident occurred around 8:42 a.m. today in the Myles Standish Industrial Complex on Charles Colton Road. The …

Meet Dana Rebeiro, a City Councilor and a Community of Color Outreach member of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. She is the councilor of Ward 4, which encompasses most of the West End of New Bedford, some of the South End, and even Pope’s Island. Dana returned to the city she …

Fairhaven Police Detectives arrested two men Tuesday afternoon just before 3pm for drug related offenses after they observed them engage in activity consistent with a drug deal. Detectives detained 42 year old Tyler Tomasek of 26 Spruce Run, Brewster while marked Fairhaven police units stopped a vehicle being operated by …