Since 2009, New Bedford schools have reported “zero” as the number of school-based arrests, according to The New Bedford Light’s investigation.
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Long COVID patient McCarthy: ‘I have a wildfire going through my kidneys’
“I’ve had a good life so far, and I’m hoping to continue to have a good life.”
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COVID cases climbing in New Bedford schools
Between Sept. 16-22, 61 New Bedford school students tested positive for COVID-19, the second-highest number in the state after the much larger city of Springfield.
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Even some health workers resist vaccines in New Bedford
Both Southcoast Health and Greater New Bedford Community Health Center are now requiring employees to be immunized.
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COVID tragedies spark costly pension grabs for city, state
Ward 3 Councilor Hugh Dunn’s plan would make any death of any police officer or firefighter from COVID-19 exactly equal to the heroism of an officer who is shot to death on the street or a firefighter who loses his life in a burning building.
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Shocking sewer and water bills on tap for New Bedford
New Bedford has lost an $11 million state Revolving Fund grant for this year’s work, and it could incur fines of up to $56,000 a day, plus legal costs, according to a letter from city infrastructure chief Jamie Ponte.
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Difficult questions persist in City Councilor Dunn’s OUI case
The three New Bedford patrolmen had no good answers for why they did not ask Dunn where he was coming from that rainy Friday night; if he had been drinking; and how he crashed his Hyundai Genesis into both a Chevy truck and a Toyota SUV.
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Running for office in New Bedford? No thanks
There are so few candidates running for office in New Bedford this year that there will be no preliminary election in five of the city’s six wards.
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Business sizzling for Latino entrepreneurs in New Bedford
The city’s Community Economic Development Center began a pilot program, showing would-be entrepreneurs how to get into the food-vending business.
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Class and race issues dominate the New Bedford redistricting debate
It is a battle over who gets to talk for Southeastern Massachusetts in Washington and Boston, and where the emphasis will be on the issues in New Bedford, Fall River, and even Cape Cod and the South Shore.
