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NEW BEDFORD — The City Council's Special Committee on the Airport received their first update from New Bedford Regional Airport officials in over two years Monday evening during a meeting at City Hall.

One Ward 5 resident has already thrown his hat into the ring for the upcoming City Council election in New Bedford. Paul Chasse, the CEO of the Realtors Association of Southeastern Massachusetts and the Chairman of the Rail to Boston Coalition, is the first person to officially announce he's seeking the Ward 5 seat this fall...

NEW BEDFORD — As part of his plea deal with federal authorities, it's expected the "Codfather," as he's known, will forfeit his fishing licenses and they will be auctioned off throughout the region.

NEW BEDFORD — In the midst of low voter turnout, Ward 3 residents elected Hugh Dunn to fill the vacant city council seat during Tuesday's special election.

NEW BEDFORD - The special election to fill a vacancy left by former Ward Three City Councilor Henry Bousquet is today. Hugh Dunn and Bethany Fauteux have been on the campaign trail since February, when Henry Bousquet announced he was stepping down from the council...

NEW BEDFORD—The New Bedford Police Department’s success at taking guns, drugs and criminals off the streets has earned praise from the New Bedford City Council.  At their April 12 meeting, the City Council agreed to send letters thanking police department members for their efforts ...

  The New Bedford City Council's Committee on Ordinances voted down a proposal by Mayor Jon Mitchell Wednesay night to impose a moratorium on recreational marijuana sales in the city until September 30th, 2018. Ordinances Committee Chairman Steve Martins told WBSM's Brian Thomas that the committee had some specific concerns about the proposed moratorium, the biggest of which was going against agai

NEW BEDFORD - The City Council voted to send a loan request of $6,499,000 by Mayor Jon Mitchell for environmental cleanup projects to the Committee on Finance during Thursday's meeting for further discussion.

NEW BEDFORD - The race for the Ward Three seat on the New Bedford City Council is financially lopsided. The Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance shows that since February 1, candidate Hugh Dunn has raised $10,875.88, and reported $5,144...

NEW BEDFORD - Tuesday is election day in New Bedford. The day will begin with six candidates for the vacant Ward Three City Council seat, and end with just two. Election Commissioner Maria Tomasia tells WBSM News it's a simple one-column ballot for voters in Ward Three, and all you have to do is choose one candidate...