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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 - Ward Three City Councillor Henry Bousquet has announced his resignation. Bousquet, also a culinary instructor at Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech High School, had been serving as a councillor for nearly three years without pay due to a conflict of interest law, which he cited as one of the reasons for his resignation...

The New Bedford Fitness Challenge kicks off Sunday, Jan. 8, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Boys & Girls Club, located at 166 Jenney St. in New Bedford.

Friday is the last day of Spirit Week at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School. Traditionally, students are asked to coordinate their dress attire with a certain theme for every day in the school week. With the tragic death of Visual Design teacher George Heath, students have been asked to come into school Friday wearing two different shoes...

The father of an outspoken student at Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech is let go from his position at the school. According to the Standard Times, guidance counselor Jimmy Owens was escorted out of the building Tuesday morning. In a statement, Superintendent James O'Brien indicated Owens' dismissal came after a job evaluation where he failed to meet certain requirements...

  One of the students that called for her resignation is speaking out after the announcement that Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech's Rosanne Franco is stepping down. JaLoni Owens was one of several students that began an online petition to have the school's academic principal removed after they claimed Franco did not appropriately discipline a teacher that made racially charged comments on Facebook la

Learn what K-12 schools in your community have to offer on Tuesday, January 26, during the fourth annual School Choice Fair! Families are welcome to attend this event at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater New Bedford from 6-8 pm. Organizer Lynn Poyant of the Global Learning Charter Public School is positive that this experience is the most effective way to get answers about the enrollment procedur

Over a quarter-of-a-million dollars in grant funding has been awarded to Seven Hills Behavioral Health to provide substance abuse and HIV prevention services in Greater New Bedford. Congressman William Keating tells WBSM News the nearly $284,000 grant will allow Seven Hills to provide a broad range of services in relation to the Southcoast's opioid problem...

The City's Human Relations Commission has some questions for Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech's superintendent. Voc-Tech teacher Lino Cabral resigned last week after posting controversial racial remarks to social media in April. Human Relations Commission member Kevin Thomas tells WBSM News it appears Superintendent Linda Enos did not handle the situation properly when it was brought to her attention.

Greater New Bedford residents donated almost 30,000 pounds of food Saturday during the annual Letter Carriers Food Drive.  By late Saturday, the food was on its way to local food pantries. Major Gilbert Parkhurst oversees the food pantry at the Salvation Aarmy in New Bedford...