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Over $160,000 in state grant money will be flowing into downtown New Bedford. The grants are being awarded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and were announced by State Representative Antonio Cabral. New Bedford’s nonprofit grant awards include: $33,750 for AHA ... Read More ...

Are you getting any money back from Uncle Sam this year?

New Bedford Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in a bank robbery this afternoon. New Bedford Detective Captain Steve Vicente says the Santander branch on Kempton Street was robbed around 2:15 Thursday afternoon by a man who produced a note claiming he had a gun, and demanded cash...

The Mass Taxpayers Foundation is warning that cities and towns remain dangerously underfunded when it comes to meeting their pension obligations. The watchdog group reports that state and local governments in Massachusetts face 83-BILLION dollars in unfunded pension and retiree health care obligations...

The New Bedford City Council remains concerned over the alleged misuse of $1 million allotted to the school department for textbooks last year. After the Council granted the funds in May of 2012, reports surfaced that the money went to new hires instead of textbooks and other classroom necessities...

One-hundred-dollar bills are about to get quite the colorful face-lift.

The stock market is down sharply in early trading as the U.S. federal government appears headed for a partial shutdown.

Next month the Federal Reserve will start circulating the new $100-dollar bills.  The new bills will feature some high-tech design features to prevent counterfeiting.

Stock futures are mixed in light trading with little scheduled in the way of corporate earnings or economic indicators.

Greater New Bedford residents will be recieving better information on health care, thanks in part to a $131,000 grant to the Greater New Bedford Community Health center.