Foss Maritime Co., a Seattle-based company that offers maritime transportation and logistics services internationally will be building a base of operation as well as a logistics facility to support offshore wind projects in the region. This will bring hundreds of jobs as well as regional economic growth to the existing …

“I want to let everyone know that this weekend I tested positive for Covid-19. My symptoms are mild, and I am receiving an anti-viral treatment. I am following current CDC protocols, which require five days of isolation from the onset of symptoms, and mask wearing for five days thereafter. My …

“My statement on this week’s closure of the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge — what the public should know: The sudden closure of the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge this week, which my office learned about only through media reports, is yet another visible reminder that the structure should have been replaced long ago. …

Mayor Jon Mitchell has filed a Home Rule Petition with the City Council that would reform the way New Bedford Fire Department leadership is selected, by removing the positions of Fire Chief and Deputy Fire Chief from the state’s Civil Service System. The measure would not apply to the current …

The following is from New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office: “Earlier today, Mayor Jon Mitchell terminated the City’s former Acting Fire Chief Paul Coderre, Jr., for dishonesty and untruthfulness in connection with alleged work-related injuries. While serving as Acting Fire Chief, Coderre claimed to have sustained several work-related injuries during …

Did it take too long to have your street plowed? Your neighborhood? Come across streets that had not been plowed? Well, you can thank the recent COVID-19 surge for that. According to Mayor Jon Mitchell, the city is down about 30 plow drivers because of COVID-19. When New Bedford is …

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell released the following statement today, on the Commonwealth’s announcement about the third wave of offshore wind power. “The Massachusetts offshore wind contracts awarded today will help solidify New Bedford’s status as the center of an offshore wind industry cluster. I congratulate Vineyard Wind and Mayflower …

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell and Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan have sent a letter to Gov. Charlie Baker today, detailing their strong opposition to the proposed Innovators Charter School. The state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is holding a public hearing on the proposal from 4 to 6 …

Elise Rapoza of UMD’s Public Policy Center Named ARPA Director. Mayor Jon Mitchell has outlined investment priorities for more than $80 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, focusing on transformational projects and programs that will leverage additional sources of capital, maximize the funding’s impacts and improve the …

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell responded this evening to the revised Congressional redistricting plan presented Monday by legislative leaders in Boston: “The redistricting committee’s approach was fundamentally flawed in that it framed the issue narrowly as one of self-determination only for Fall River, whose own elected officials took conflicting positions. …