Mayor Jon Mitchell and representatives from Deepwater Wind announced plans to establish a significant construction and long-term operations center in the city on Friday.
Another trip to Washington for Mayor Jon Mitchell and Wind Energy Center Director Matt Morrissey.
Both met with representatives from the U-S Commerce Dept. and the Economic Development Administration on Wednesday, discussing New Bedford's future role in offshore wind development in the North Atlantic...
The President of the New Bedford Educators Association, with the support of other public unions, threatened to picket a regional labor dinner in October, where Mayor Jon Mitchell was supposed to receive the prestigious George Ripley award.
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The New Bedford Wind Energy Center is hosting several delegations of wind power executives from Europe and Asia this week, interested in how the offshore wind industry is taking hold in New Bedford.
Managing Director Matt Morrissey tells WBSM News, groups from Hamburg and Cuxhaven, Germany were in the city Monday, taking a close look at what New Bedford has to offer.
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Mayor Jon Mitchell is turning to someone he knows well, to develop the offshore wind industry in New Bedford.
The Mayor announced Tuesday, he was naming Economic Development chief Matt Morrissey to head the New Bedford Wind Energy Center, the entity created by the city to oversee offshore wind-related development...