Mayor Jon Mitchell says the cost of the hiring an outside search firm to help find candidates for the next superintendent of New Bedford Schools is money well spent.
Gov. Deval Patrick's administration is trying to figure out how much it will cost the state to sort through the legal problems caused by the mishandling of evidence at a Massachusetts drug testing lab.
In a letter sent on Thursday, Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez asked district attorneys, court administrators and other officials for initial estimates of the costs they expect t