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Oxford Developer Won’t Get $325K From Town This Year
The Oxford School's development company will not get the $325,000 in town CPC money requested for the project, at least not all this year.
Last month, the Stratford group's request for Community Preservation Commission funds took town officials by surprise, however the company is required from the state to ask because of historic and affordable housing tax credits for the project...
Fairhaven Officials Trying To Save Kmart
Fairhaven officials are trying a last-ditch effort to keep the local Kmart from closing.
At last night's meeting, the Board of Selectmen read a letter sent to Kmart's parent company, Sears Holdings, hoping to convince the company to keep Kmart in Fairhaven...
Rogers School Possibilities Narrowing Down
The Rogers School consulting group continues their work narrowing down the possibilities for the historic Fairhaven building's future.
At Thursday's meeting at town hall, consulting group Kirk and Company spoke about how town demographics along with certain tax credits could affect the potential uses for the Rogers School.
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Stratford Group Requests Town Funding For Oxford Project
Fairhaven officials say they were surprised when the Oxford school's development group recently asked for town funding, and even more surprised when they saw for how much.
During Monday's Board of Selectmen meeting, officials discussed the Stratford Group's $325,000 Community Preservation Commission funding request, which happens to be the same amount they're buying the property for...
Fairhaven Tax Rates Go Down, Property Values Go Up
Fairhaven residents and business owners will be paying more total property taxes in 2017, and that's a good sign officials say.
At Monday's meeting, the Fairhaven Board of Selectmen voted to lower the tax rate by 14 cents per $1,000 valuation for residential properties, and dropped commercial properties by 18 cents...
New Bedford Property Tax Rates Get Minimum Increase For 2017
After New Bedford's huge spike in total tax collection this year, residents and businesses are catching a relative break in 2017.
At Monday night's Tax Classification Hearing, the New Bedford City Council voted 9-2 to increase tax rates for both businesses and residents by the minimum factor allowed...
Fairhaven Residents Sound Off On The Rogers School’s Future
Fairhaven residents packed into the town hall auditorium Tuesday night to talk about the Rogers School.
A number of town officials along with members of the consulting firm hired to analyze the property, Kirk and Company, took suggestions from the crowd and answered questions...
NB School Committee Looking Into Middle School Redesign
With New Bedford Middle Schools still seeing little progress, school officials will consider making big changes.
At Monday's School Committee meeting, John D'Auria, a member of a non-profit professional development group called Teachers21, presented his findings on New Bedford's potential benefit to adopting Innovation Zones in middle schools...
Motorcyclist Hits Deer In Dartmouth
On Thursday, Dartmouth Police responded to an accident at about 5:30 pm involving a deer and an out-of-state motorcyclist.
The 53 year-old Florida man was sent to St. Luke's Hospital after colliding with the animal on a 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle around 128 Hathaway road...
NB City Council Cracking Down On ATV’s In The Streets
As a result of the New Bedford police sergeant's injury from off-road riders on Halloween night, city officials are taking steps to stop off-road vehicles from putting people on the streets in danger.
At Thursday night's meeting, the New Bedford City Council discussed contacting local state representatives like Tony Cabral and State Senator Mark Montigny to support an ordinance against off-road ve