According to a new study conducted by an SMAST professor, an estimated 300 jobs have been lost due to NOAA's decision to shut down groundfishing in Sector IX.
The jobless rate in Massachusetts dipped downward by one-tenth of a percentage point last month as employers added 6,700 jobs last month, state officials reported Thursday.
The Director of Community Affairs for Governor Charlie Baker's Administration took a trip to the Whaling City on Friday and was provided a tour from Ward Four City Councilor Dana Rebeiro.
Here they come again! Massachusetts lawmakers, looking to make an already unfriendly business climate even less friendly is once again targeting business from all angles.
In just the next week your state reps. and senators are likely to advance the so-called "millionaires tax" that would sock high income earners with a 4 percent surtax supporters say could generate another 1...
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My first memories of The Whaling City Golf Course date back more than 50 years. As kids we would sled there in the winter. There simply was no faster or longer hill to be found in the area. As with most things in life, your childhood haunts disappear one by one...
The recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Labor that the New Bedford area had only a 3.7 percent unemployment rate was met with some skepticism and confusion, as the numbers didn't represent the city itself but rather the Greater New Bedford region...
Over $9,000 in grant money is coming to New Bedford to help veterans develop new job skills.
State Representative Antonio Cabral of New Bedford announced today that the "Amp It Up!" grant for $9,074 will help the Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board, in partnership with the New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce, coordinate with local veterans...