New Bedford residents' voices were heard loud and clear, and the policymakers retreated on the decision to limit the hours of the Whaling City Festival.
Barry Richard suspects the New Bedford Board of Health's decision about the Whaling City Festival has more to do with political science than medical science.
The New Bedford City Council voted unanimously to request Mayor Mitchell ask the Board of Health to reverse its mandated closing for the Whaling City Festival.
As New Bedford's senior population becomes widely vaccinated against COVID-19, those in nursing homes and senior living facilities can once again have visitors.
The legal and political battle between New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell and Parallel Products is about to take another twist and become more complicated.
While the outbreak of EEE has been making headlines over the last couple weeks, state health officials have now detected West Nile Virus in New Bedford.
This week on the Saturday Morning show, we were discussing the recent shutdown of an area restaurant after several cases of salmonella originated there. That also led to several listeners calling in with their own restaurant "horror stories...