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A meeting Thursday night will allow residents to provide their opinions on what should be done after an evaluation of New Bedford's Fire and EMS Departments. Last year, the City hired FACET, Inc. to assess the departments and provide cost-saving recommendations to the City...

The EPA's New Bedford Harbor Technical Working Group met at City Hall Tuesday to discuss the agency's progress in cleaning up the harbor.

The investigation is complete into allegations a city councillor made against the former mayor of Fall River. Special Prosecutor William Connolly was appointed to the case after City Councillor Jasiel Correia claimed former Mayor William Flanagan threatened him by displaying a gun during a late night meeting last August...

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is looking for public feedback as they conduct a study on the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge Corridor.

It's a story that seems to grow stranger by the day. Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan says he will seek an outside independent investigation into claims by a city councilor that the mayor attempted to intimidate him with a gun. The Herald News reports Flanagan is reaching out to District Attorney Sam Sutter's office, requesting the DA appoint a special presecutor to investigate...

The sale of Rogers and Oxford Schools is still being worked out by the Fairhaven Board of Selectmen.

The City of New Bedford is continuing its effort to gather public input about future uses for so-called brownfield sites in the north end of the city. The city held another workshop on the issue Monday night.

There was a discussion Tuesday night on the New Bedford Regioinal Airport's new master plan. Woburn-based Airport Solutions Group was called in  to help with the master plan.

Mass. transportation officials were at UMass Dartmouth Monday night, gathering input from about 70 area residents on transportation priorities for next year and years to come.

A head of a non-profit group is hoping for community support to help save the Orpheum Theatre building. Members of O.R.P.H. Inc. had been trying to work out a lease with the owner of the building, that would allow the group to continue trying to restore the Orpheum Theatre...