John Andrade

Community activist John "Buddy" Andrade discusses a number of subjects with Jim Phillips on WBSM's Townsquare Sunday Program. Andrade and the Old Bedford Village Development Corp. are hosting a community meeting this coming Monday on the future of the Morse Cutting Tools site ...

New Bedford Police arrested John "Buddy" Andrade on a warrant on Tuesday on South Second Street.

Community activist John "Buddy" Andrade says New Bedford as a community is failing the youth. "These kids want things to do. They're not bad," Andrade said. "I've seen these young boys and girls, all colors and all shapes and residents of this city, and the adults in government and the adults in the community are failing them...

More shootings in New Bedford on Wednesday, prompting a community activist to speak out. John "Buddy" Andrade is questioning the effectiveness of the city's surveillance camera system, in the wake of an apparent drive-by shooting Wednesday in the South End that hospitalized a 23 year old man with a gunshot wound to the abdomen...

Another activist is coming forward to discuss Hillary Rodham Cinton's encounter with a girl in a wheelchair.

A community activist in New Bedford has asked community leaders to consider creating a toy and replica gun buyback program in the city. During a recent interview on WBSM's Brian Thomas Show, John Andrade said many toy guns, starter pistols, and BB guns look like the real thing, and can lead to confrontations with police sometimes with tragic consequences...

The survivors of a dozen homicide victims in New Bedford gathered Tuesday night at the Peace Garden at Acushnet Avenue and Russell Street to remember their loved ones. Among them was 13 year old Jasiah Barros, the daughter of Christopher Barros who was gunned down nine years ago...

A community organization will be in court on Monday, seeking an injunction to recind the labor agreement that covers hiring at the Maritime Commerce Terminal Project in the South End. Speaking on WBSM's Mid-Day Magazine, John "Buddy" Andrade of Old Bedford Village Development Corp...