The City of New Bedford and the New Bedford Police Union agreed Wednesday to new three-year collective bargaining agreement that increases wages to help increase staffing.
New Bedford's Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is adding barrier fencing and specific entrances and exits, as well as utilizing metal detectors for attendees.
A New Bedford man was arrested after police say he was found in possession of a stolen gun during an argument on the street in the city’s Near North End.
New Bedford resident Sterling Robinson has been arrested in connection with the July 3 homicide of 20-year-old Lorenzo Gomes in the city, the D.A. announced.
New Bedford 20-year-old Lorenzo Gomes was found in his vehicle and later pronounced dead early Monday in an apparent suicide in the city's Near North End.
Eight people, including a juvenile, were placed under arrest following a disturbance and a stabbing in the Ruth Street neighborhood of New Bedford’s South End.