The child, a U.S. citizen and New Bedford resident, is scheduled to be sent to Guatemala Feb. 5 to live with a father who has been charged with cocaine trafficking and assault with a deadly weapon.
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Vineyard Wind’s final turbine tower heads out of New Bedford port
It’s been more than two years of stops and starts, but the project is in the home stretch now that a federal court lifted a recent Trump suspension.
Posted inPolice and Courts
State Rep. Markey says he’s throwing his hat in the ring for Bristol County DA
Christopher M. Markey shared his plans in an interview with The Light, two days after incumbent District Attorney Thomas Quinn III said he would not seek reelection.
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Bristol County DA Quinn will not seek reelection
Thomas Quinn III’s decision leaves only one candidate in the 2026 race, Republican Seth Aitken.
Posted inPolice and Courts
New Bedford officer may face unpaid suspension in excessive force case
The department has sustained six policy violations against William Mouyos, including use of excessive force and not activating his body camera in an incident involving a juvenile on a scooter.
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Big crowds, big night at the Z
7:15 p.m. Reported by Jack Spillane The best seat in the house. And most important one. 7:15 p.m. Reported by Kevin G. Andrade in Portuguese Maestro Yaniv Dur, conductor da […]
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Artists craft a new theater — and a new friendship
A plasterer and a painter labor with other “Michelangelos” to restore New Bedford’s famed 103-year-old theater.
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The rise, fall and rise again of the Zeiterion
The Zeitz brothers were New Bedford’s “movie moguls” for decades, owning five of the city’s 17 theaters and hobnobbing with Hollywood icons like Alfred Hitchcock and Gregory Peck.
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2026 opens with two pedestrian deaths on New Bedford streets
A Guatemalan woman was killed on Jan. 1 in a hit-and-run after leaving church; a 67-year-old man was killed Jan. 2 at Route 6 and Pleasant Street.
Posted inOpinion
Star Store pop-ups mark beginning of reinvented arts hub
The developers are reimagining the city’s architectural anchor as a “living room” for the arts – and a permanent home that artists can afford.
