Here’s a letter to the New Bedford Guide editor concerning homeowners that do not clear their sidewalks: “My question is how come the City of New Bedford during snowy times can implement a parking ban and raise over $30,000, to which we see NOT where it goes and they are …

Mayor Mitchell will hold neighborhood office hours for the month of January on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at the Casa da Saudade Library, 58 Crapo Street in New Bedford. Mayor Mitchell sets aside time each month to hold office hours in city neighborhoods so …

The City develops a five-year capital improvement program (CIP) to coordinate community planning, financial capacity and physical development requirements. A complete CIP facilitates coordination between capital needs and the operating budget, enhances the City’s credit rating, and provides a mechanism to more effectively incorporate capital decisions into ongoing fiscal planning. …

The following communication is being submitted by New Bedford mayor Jon Mitchell to the New Bedford City Council for consideration on January 11th: M3. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting AN ORDINANCE, amending Chapter 12, Section 12-41, that property owners have only five (5) days as opposed to fourteen …

The following communication is being submitted by New Bedford mayor Jon Mitchell to the New Bedford City Council for consideration on January 11th: M1. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting AN ORDINANCE, amending Chapter 6, Buildings and Other Structures, which lowers the number of valid police complaints necessary for …

Mayor Jonathan F. Mitchell January 1, 2018 Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford, Massachusetts [text as prepared] Judges Veary and Fernandes, members of the City Council, School Committee and Board of Assessors, honored guests, citizens and friends of New Bedford: Let me begin by thanking everyone for braving the cold …

Mayor Jon Mitchell, joined by several City Councillors, today again called for the City of New Bedford to make use of a 2011 state law that gives municipalities the ability to more effectively negotiate health insurance plans with local public employee unions. The Mayor announced that he would be filing …

Mayor Jon Mitchell, Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro, and members of the City Council announced an important new investment in public safety, proposing to expand the use of police cameras in public areas of key neighborhoods. The plan comes in response to recent feedback from neighborhood leaders and residents in key …

This week, Mayor Jon Mitchell urged state Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton to support Revolution Wind, an offshore wind project proposed by Deepwater Wind in response to section 83D of the comprehensive energy legislation passed on Beacon Hill last year (M.G.L. Ch. 188, Acts 2016). Deepwater Wind’s Revolution …

By Julie Lavoie First, let me congratulate those members who have sought and won re-election. As you all know, it was a very energizing election and in some races, it was closer than some of those running would have liked. Second, I’d like to bring up the elephant in the …