Former Mayor

Former New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang, a one-time member of the Democratic National Committee, shared some controversial thoughts on the election with WBSM's Ken Pittman this weekend. Lang characterized Hillary Clinton's nomination by the Democratic Party as "a coronation...

A former Police Chief in the City of New Bedford has passed away. According to the New Bedford Police department's Facebook page, retired Police Chief Richard Benoit died Tuesday. He was 74. Benoit was appointed chief in June,1986 by then-Mayor John Bullard...

  Fifty years ago, the nation was still reeling with the news President Kennedy had been gunned down in Texas. Over the last half century, experts and others have wondered what the world would be like if Kennedy wasn't killed. Former New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang says while nobody can be certain what the impact would have been, it's clear what Kennedy meant when he said "ask what you can do fo