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The City Council is next in line to take a close look at the Fiscal Year 2014 New Bedford School Budget.

The School Committee passed the $109-million budget Thursday night, including the layoffs of 250 positions

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A business mainstay in New Bedford is celebrating its 75th anniversary. 

Maurice Poyant opened the Artcraft Sgin Company in 1938. 

In the 1950's, he changed the name of the company to Poyant Signs. 

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An arrest has been made in Bank 5 robbery that took place Wednesday morning in the North End of New Bedford.

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There are other cuts that can be made without putting teachers on the chopping block first. That's the word from New Bedford Educators Association President Lou St. John as the school committee weighs laying off 250 people, at least 100 of them teachers

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Police are turning to the public for help identifying a robbery suspect.

Around 9:30am Wednesday morning, a lone male walked into the Bank 5 on Acushnet Avenue in the North End, and handed the teller a note demanding cash

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The New Bedford Bay Sox are about to ramp up for another season of great baseball.  The  Sox kick off the home season Friday June 7th at Paul Walsh Field.  

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Troubling news for many teachers and other employees at New Bedford Public Schools. Mayor Jon Mitchell announced that they would have to cut almost 250 positions. 

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Two robberies over the weekend in New Bedford appear to have been committed by the same person. On Friday night, a balding white male in his 30's walked into Rite Aid at 1207 Acushnet Ave. and demanded money very aggressively from the female clerk.

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The City of New Bedford saluted veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice during its Memorial Day observance at Clasky Park. 

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New Bedford School Committee member Marlene Pollock says the school department is working on becoming more transparent after bad business practices led to a multi-million dollar deficit.

Pollock appeared on WBSM's "Mid-Day Live" Friday, and says former business manager Deb Brown was largely responsible for putting the complex budgets together, and provided the School Committee with incomplete information

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