Politics

Newly elected and re-elected City officials including the Mayor, City Council, Assessor and School Committee will be officially sworn in during New Bedford’s 2020 Inaugural Ceremony on Monday, January 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, 684 Purchase Street in New Bedford. This event is open …

The Second Amendment gives us the right to bear and keep arms, but many Americans don’t know that the original intent of the amendment was not to protect against our neighbors but to stand against their government should the need arise. This is why we should proceed with extreme caution …

Massachusetts legislators are always churning out a number of proposed bills. The vast majority of the time these bills seem to revolve around something to ban – the Commonwealth has had a centuries-old love affair with banning things and 2020 will be no different. However, unlike in past years, there …

On average, homeowners in New Bedford will see an increase of $114 in 2020. In 2019, the average homeowner saw an average increase of $220 making the increase $334 over the past two years. On Wednesday, the New Bedford City Council voted 6-4 to lower the tax rates for both …

There is a saying; the only two certain things in life are death and taxes. Well, it seems there’s no place that statement is more accurate than right here in New Bedford. But in a jurisdiction so overwhelmingly democratic, in nature and by count, it may raise an eyebrow that …

Charter schools are strangling the life out of the public school system. The theory behind charter schools initially made a lot of sense. Their original purpose was to provide a real-time testing place for new and emerging ideas within the educational community. The intended purpose was never to form permanent …

New Bedford is not a steppingstone and should not be used as such. The goal of our municipal workers should not be to make enough money to leave, it should be to work together to make New Bedford the kind of city people WANT to live in. I believe the …

On Monday, November 25th, 2019, New Bedford Police held their 10th Promotional Ceremony, along with a Swearing-in and Life-Saving Award Ceremony at Keith Middle School in New Bedford. The New Bedford Police promoted Sergeant Norman Duchesneau to the rank of Lieutenant, Detective Matthew Rodrigues to the rank of Sergeant, and …

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell made the following statement regarding the closure of City on a Hill Charter School: “I am grateful that Commissioner Riley has moved to end the operations of a school whose record of low achievement and high attrition was exactly what many of us predicted when …

Many have noticed their properties being assessed at higher and higher values, especially recently. New Bedford assesses all properties each year by the first day of January. Every three years this information is sent to the Department of Revenue and certified. The City of New Bedford prides itself on its …