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Mayor Jon Mitchell made the case for New Bedford to be a major player in the success of the state's ambitious renewable energy goals while on Beacon Hill Tuesday.

The City Council hopes to talk with New Bedford Fire Chief Michael Gomes about why he feels the need to look for employment somewhere else.

The New Bedford Seaport Cultural District celebrated its first year of accomplishments during their first annual meeting Thursday evening at the Buzzards Bay Coalition Center.

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton has won a seat on the House Armed Services Committee.

The New Bedford Public Art Committee has selected a mural design to be painted on the walls of the North Front Street overpass. The committee sifted through a number of submissions, ultimately choosing a design created by New Bedford artist Alex Jardin, a 2007 New Bedford High School graduate...

Members of the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament Committee are remembering 85-year-old Manuel Garcia of Onset, who was found in waters off Onset on Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at Tobey Hospital. For many years, Garcia was the kitchen manager at the feast, and spokesman Edward Camara tells WBSM News, Garcia will be hard to replace...

It looks like the Whaling City Festival is being given a one-time trial with a closing time of 9pm instead of 8pm. Mayor Jon Mitchell spoke with festival representatives, saying if they provided another hour of police details, more lighting, and cleaned the park, he'd give the later closing time a trial run...

The Massachusetts House has turned aside a bid by several lawmakers to reinstate the death penalty, citing events surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing.

The City Council's Memorials and Dedications Committee is just about ready to start up a fundraising campaign in support of a monument for female veterans at Fort Taber. The committee met Tuesday night, and resolved to set up an account for the monument as soon as next week...

Parents, staff members, and students expressed their feelings over the most recent Hastings Middle School 8th grade summer reading list to the Fairhaven School Committee Wednesday night. Many parents are up in arms over several of the titles from the 24-book collection, saying students are being subjected to innappropriate material such as foul language and extremely detailed sex acts including be