Taylor Cormier

With the Custom House Square parking lot closing for good Friday, reaction is mixed on the installation of an urban park in it's stead.

Jack Wetherby, owner of Freestone's City Grill just across the street, thinks of it as a beautification project

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The Bristol County District Attorney's office says criminal charges against a New Bedford Police officer suspected of stealing drugs from police lockers should not be filed at this time.

District Attorney Sutter's office conducted a review of the investigation into Sgt

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Five term Boston Mayor Tom Menino probably won't see a sixth term.  The "Boston Globe" says he'll announce tomorrow he won't seek re-election.  The announcement will reportedly come during a late afternoon news conference

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Those in opposition to innovation schools in New Bedford seemed to greatly outnumber those in favor of the two proposals.

Both sides were allowed to say their peace concerning the Esperanza School of Language and Culture and the Renaissance Community School for the Arts at a public hearing Wednesday night

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A long-distance bike path is the subject of a summit Thursday night.

Kim Ferreira of Mass in Motion says a number of speakers will throw in their support for the South Coast Bikeway, a proposed stretch of path that would snake along railways from Providence to New Bedford and beyond

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New Bedford Police are turning to the public for help in identifying a suspect.

Police say the same man has been involved in several shoplifting incidents at the Walgreen's Pharmacy on Pleasant Street

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They're tearing up a parking lot to put in paradise.

Construction on the new urban park where the Custom House Square parking lot now sits is scheduled to begin Friday. City crews will begin setting up fencing around the site, in preparation for the green space designed by New Bedford native Christopher Reed of Stoss Landscape Urbanism

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Correction officers in Bristol County are awaiting to hear from union leaders on a pending contract signed by Sheriff Tom Hodgson.

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Massachusetts gas prices are down another two cents per gallon, and are now three cents lower than the national average.

AAA Southern New England reports Monday that self-serve, regular has dropped to an average of $3

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The local election season is getting started as a New Bedford resident announces his candidacy for a City Council seat.

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