A vote on New Bedford’s next city council president has been delayed, after the council voted on Monday to defer the decision due to three members being out sick with COVID.
Since New Bedford City Councilor Hugh Dunn stepped forward to offer a kidney for Chris McCarthy, there's been no shortage of speculation about his motivation.
Any new anti-littering ordinance should include fines, signage, and media campaign to make residents understand they have a stake in keeping New Bedford clean.
City Councilor Brian Gomes regularly delivers straight talk to his fellow councilors and the people of New Bedford, who have been electing him for decades.