STORM UPDATE: Parking Ban Effective at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28

With heavy snow expected from late Friday through Saturday evening, the City of New Bedford is announcing a citywide snow emergency parking ban to take effect at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28. The parking ban will be strictly enforced and will remain in effect until further notice. While the snow […]

Mayor Mitchell Takes Action Against Former Acting Fire Chief Coderre

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 2019, which resulted in his being placed on injury leave […]

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Conduct Hurricane Barrier Maintenance

USACE to take New Bedford Hurricane Protection Barrier offline for routine inspections and maintenance work CONCORD, Mass. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today that that the New Bedford Hurricane Protection Barrier in New Bedford and Fairhaven, Massachusetts, will be offline for routine operations for […]

Local COVID-19 Testing Sites Resume Regular Schedules: Jan. 22-28

COVID-19 testing clinics at New Bedford Regional Airport, former Fire Station 11 in the South End and PAACA on Coggeshall Street will resume their regular schedules this week, after recent shifts in dates and hours due to winter weather and the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Project Beacon’s appointment-based […]

Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics: Jan. 22-28

With the city averaging 365 new cases of COVID-19 per day over the past two weeks and the test positivity rate at 29.9 percent, booster shots remain critical, along with vaccines, masks, and social distancing. More than 55 percent of New Bedford residents are fully vaccinated, but only 19.5 percent […]

Fire Department Awarded $50,000 State Grant for Water Rescue Suits, Equipment

The New Bedford Fire Department has received a state grant of nearly $50,000 that will fund new water rescue suits and related equipment, Chief Scott Kruger said today. The grant award will allow the Fire Department to buy new structural firefighting gear, 10 new ice and water rescue suits, and […]

Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Event on Sunday at Downtown Church

 Restorative Justice Advocate Taylor Dumpson is Keynote for Program at Pilgrim United on Purchase St. The City’s annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Community Program is from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Pilgrim United Church of Christ, 635 Purchase St. in downtown New Bedford. Sponsored by the […]

Upcoming COVID Testing Sites, MLK Day Changes: Jan. 14-21

Project Beacon’s appointment-based COVID-19 testing at New Bedford Regional Airport will be open during Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 17, but the walk-up clinic provided by Seven Hills Behavioral Health at former Fire Station 11 in the South End will be closed for the holiday. Project Beacon’s […]

Crucial COVID-19 Vaccines, Boosters Offered at Upcoming Clinics: Jan. 14-21

With New Bedford seeing nearly triple the amount of COVID-19 cases as this time last year, City health officials are reminding the public that it’s never too late to start your vaccinations and that boosters are crucial for those who completed their vaccinations at least five months ago. While cases […]

Nation’s Leading Fishing Port Reacts To Federal Announcement of Offshore Wind Leasing In New York Waters

The Port of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the center of the East Coast commercial fishing industry, is offering mixed reaction to the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management’s (BOEM) announcement Wednesday that the agency will conduct a wind energy lease auction for six areas totaling 480,000 acres of the New York […]