The School Committee’s decision was made amid a spike in COVID-19 cases across New Bedford and Bristol County during the last two weeks.
Category: COVID-19
Posted inWe Remember You
FRAN HADDOCKS, 80, RETIRED JAIL SUPERINTENDENT WAS LOVED BY MANY
Haddocks was the first African American superintendent of the Bristol County House of Correction and Ash Street Jail. He died from COVID-19 on May 13, 2020.
Posted inPandemic Watch
COVID-19 cases surging in New Bedford
New daily COVID-19 cases in New Bedford spiked from single numbers during the final week of June to an average of 38 last week. On Aug. 4, the city recorded an alarming 61 new COVID-19 cases.
Posted inColumn
New Bedford COVID-19 cluster surges to 45
Among the 39 people who attended the July 10 event and tested positive, only 5 were vaccinated. Six others, who later came in close contact with 39 partiers, also tested positive.
Posted inCommunity Voices
Readers comment on COVID-19 cluster at downtown nightclub
New Bedford Light readers offer their thoughts after news of a COVID-19 cluster at The Vault (formerly Greasy Luck) on Purchase Street.
Posted inColumn
Is COVID-19 cluster at The Vault a warning for New Bedford?
The five confirmed cases were traced to four separate groups within the club that night, including one member of an 11-person bachelorette party.
Posted inWe Remember You
FRANCES SULLIVAN, 98, LOVED FASHION AND LIVED IN STYLE
She married Robert Sullivan in 1946, and the couple lived together in New Bedford for 50 years — raising five children until Robert’s death in 1996.
Posted inWe Remember You
MARCELLE HARRISON, 79, TRAVELED THE WORLD AND CHARMED ALL SHE MET
While hospitalized for Alzheimer’s, her whole unit contracted COVID-19. She died less than a week later on May 26, 2020.
Posted inWe Remember You
GILBERTO COUTO, 93, LOVED FISHING, COOKING AND RHYMING
After battling COVID-19 for three weeks at St. Luke’s Hospital and then back at the nursing home, Couto died on May 4, 2020.
Posted inBudget Boon, COVID-19, Education
$73,000,000
New Bedford schools will receive upwards of $73 million in one-time federal relief funds aimed at safely reopening schools and addressing the needs of students affected by the pandemic.