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The Election Committee counted 1,166 votes in incumbent Dana Rebeiro's favor over Joseph “Jo Jo” Fortes' 1,120, reducing the margin of victory from 48 to 46 votes.

A show of support Friday evening outside New Bedford City Hall for the people of Puerto Rico. City officials took part in a ceremony, raising the Puerto Rican flag in support of that beleagured U.S.Territory, and the efforts made in New Bedford to help Puerto Rico following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria...

Voters turned out on Tuesday to submit their choices for mayor and city councilor of their respective wards for the city's preliminary elections.

The City of New Bedford Preliminary Election will be held on Tuesday, October 3, 2017, and the New Bedford Elections Commission has announced that absentee ballots for this election are now available through the Elections Office at New Bedford City Hall.

Change is coming to the New Bedford City Council and apparently not a moment too soon.

The Greater New Bedford Opioid Task Force organized an event on Thursday night as part of International Overdose Awareness Day.

This past Saturday's horrific events in Charlottesville, Virginia have prompted a local response, as city officials, faith and community leaders and others from the Greater New Bedford area will gather Tuesday night in unity against hate and violence...

NEW BEDFORD — Heather Perkins, the 37-year-old New Bedford woman arrested last week after making several bomb threats and threats of murder toward police and media members, was back in court Tuesday morning. Perkins was arrested last Thursday night in Dorchester and was arraigned Friday morning, and ordered held without bail...

A former New Bedford woman who police allege made several bomb threats recently was arrested Thursday night in Dorchester. Massachusetts State Police say 37-year-old Heather Perkins was located on Talbot Avenue in Dorchester around 9:15 p...

NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford Police are looking for the public’s help in locating 37-year-old Heather Perkins, who is being sought in connection with bomb threats and threats of violence. Perkins is five-foot-four, about 147 pounds, with brown hair (although she may have changed it to blonde) and hazel eyes...