Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics: July 9-22

Free, walk-up COVID-19 clinics in New Bedford offer all CDC-approved vaccine doses and boosters, for adults and youth. Bringing your vaccination card when getting a booster shot is helpful, but not required. Clinics provided by Seven Hills Behavioral Health, unless otherwise marked. Visit vaxnb.com for updated schedules of local COVID-19 […]

Roadwork Notice: Paving on Mt. Pleasant Street and Rockdale Ave. during week of July 11

Beginning the week of Monday, July 11 (weather dependent), Highway Rehab. Corp and Indus, Inc., under the direction of the City of New Bedford’s Department of Public Infrastructure, will be completing roadway improvements along Mt. Pleasant Street from Route 140 to New Plainville Road, and along Rockdale Avenue from Grape […]

New Tourism & Marketing Director Hits Ground Running Amid Busy Summer Season

The City of New Bedford has hired Ashley Payne as its new Director of Tourism & Marketing, Mayor Jon Mitchell announced today. Payne is an experienced marketing professional who served as director of marketing for Bask, Inc., since 2018. She built and led the start-up’s marketing department during that time, […]

Mayor Mitchell Announces Program to Revive Significant Vacant Properties

Mayor Jon Mitchell announced a new program today that is dedicated to reviving significant vacant properties in New Bedford. The program’s goal is to revitalize neighborhoods and combat the impacts of residential, commercial, or industrial blight by providing financial support for projects that will return vacant or abandoned properties to […]

Upcoming COVID-19 Testing Sites: June 26-July 10

Project Beacon’s appointment-based COVID-19 testing at New Bedford Regional Airport—part of the state’s Stop the Spread program—is offering testing on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Appointments for free COVID-19 tests can be made at beacontesting.com. Airport officials ask that people reach the site via the airport’s side entrance on Downey Street. […]

Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics: June 25-July 8

Free, walk-up COVID-19 clinics in New Bedford offer all CDC-approved vaccine doses and boosters, for adults and youth. Bringing your vaccination card when getting a booster shot is helpful, but not required. Clinics provided by Seven Hills Behavioral Health, unless otherwise marked. NOTE: Vaccine clinics by Seven Hills at former […]

New Bedford to hold Independence Day Fireworks Over New Bedford Harbor on July 4

The City of New Bedford’s Independence Day fireworks display will begin at 9 p.m. on Monday, July 4, staged from a barge off State Pier in New Bedford Harbor. Lower Union Street (between N. Water St. and Route 18) will be closed to vehicle traffic and will be the best […]

Mayor Mitchell Announces $11.2 Million for New Housing Developments

Mayor Jon Mitchell announced today more than $11.2 million in funding for new housing developments that will revitalize key sites and create nearly 150 new units. The five awarded developments applied for funding assistance this spring through the City’s Housing Expansion Initiative, announced April 1. The initiative supports large-scale housing […]

City offices and facilities closed Monday, June 20 as New Bedford observes Juneteenth

City offices will be closed to the public on Monday, June 20, as New Bedford observes the Juneteenth holiday. This includes the public libraries. Buttonwood Park Zoo will remain open. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, specifically the date that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were […]

Weekly Targeted Ground Spraying for Mosquitoes Begins Early Thursday, June 16, Continues Through September

The New Bedford Health Department, working closely with the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, is again conducting its annual monitoring program to track the potential threat from mosquitoes that could be carrying EEE or WNV. Under the program, crews place traps to collect […]