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Loan orders dominated the New Bedford City Council's agenda Thursday night, including funding of municipal buildings and elementary schools.

Three SouthCoast communities will receive federal rebates to help purchase new, cleaner school buses.

A new video system to assess the population of cod developed by a team of scientists at the UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and technology (SMAST) looks promising after its first test at sea.

As part of his budget proposal, President Obama is including $1.1 billion to address the nation's opioid epidemic. Congressman William Keating says he's glad the problem is being addressed in a large way by the administration. Speaking on "The Taylor Cormier Show, Keating says if the proposal is approved, $920 million would go toward community-based programs that already exist, which he says

The intersections of Hathaway Road, Nauset Street and Mount Pleasant Street, also known as the Hathaway Triangle, have been a cause of concern for motorists and pedestrians alike for decades.

BOSTON (AP) — The state is doling out $300,000 in grants to support the efforts of six organizations trying to connect food producers to their local communities.

New Bedford City Councilors say they want to be more involved in the city's budget process and listed some possible reform measures Tuesday evening.

It was standing-room only at the Fort Taber Community Center Thursday night as independent public safety consultant group FACETS Consulting presented their findings after studying the New Bedford Fire Department over the past year.

City officials and leaders from a local non-profit organization have teamed up to place a state-of-the-art fully handicap accessible playground on Pope's Island.

Funding has been secured for the proposed SMAST building in New Bedford.