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Following months of turmoil, Fairhaven's health agent was fired last night by the three-member Board of Health. The vote to terminate Mary Freire-Kellogg was 2-0 with Geoffrey Haworth and Michael Ristuccia voting in favor and chairman Peter DeTerra abstaining...

The head of the Traffic Commission for the City of New Bedford remains on the City's payroll amidst allegations of sexual harassment by one of his employees.

The attorney for Brian Gomes says a newly publicized complaint only serves to clear his client's name.

Longtime police officer and former mayoral candidate Charlie Perry announced his retirement from the New Bedford Police Department this afternoon on social media.

Officer Charlie Perry has yet to provide any evidence to substantiate his claims of racism and sexual harassment by Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro

The state has dismissed a complaint filed by New Bedford police officer and mayoral candidate Charlie Perry alleging racist practices by Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro.

The attorney for ousted Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech administrator Jimmy Owens is planning to take action against the North End school. Attorney Christopher Lowrie tells WBSM News, his office is preparing a strong and detailed complaint agianst the school to be filed Thursday with the New Bedford office of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination...

Julian Tynes is out as Chairman of the Mass. Commission Against Discrimination.  Tynes had recently made appearances in New Bedford, hearing an appeal in December on a ruling he made in a case involving a memorial to four black Revolutionary War soldiers from Plymouth...