Roosevelt Middle School

A teenage girl was allegedly attacked by another female student on Monday.

On Wednesday, New Bedford’s three middle schools and New Bedford High School will be commemorating the tragic events that took place at Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Students at the East Fairhaven School, as well as Roosevelt Middle School in New Bedford, are being dismissed early due to water and heating issues at the schools.

After previous middle school redesign plans in New Bedford failed to gain teacher support, district officials are putting the teachers in charge. At Monday night's School Committee meeting, teacher groups from each New Bedford middle school presented preliminary plans expected to be finalized and implemented for next school year...

A robocall was sent out to parents of students at Roosevelt Middle School in New Bedford's South End Thursday morning, alerting them that a student had apparently gone missing from school. According to social media reports, the call indicated that the boy was a diabetic, and had missed his morning dose of insulin at the school...

Frustrations boiled over at Monday's New Bedford School Committee Meeting as the crowd of more than 100 parents and teachers made their presence felt. A number of parents, including David Goldman, spoke about concerns over their children's safety at Keith and other New Bedford schools...

Mayor Jon Mitchell is encouraging as many public meetings as possible concerning the waterfront casino project being proposed by KG Urban Enterprises. Speaking on his weekly radio program Wednesday on WBSM, the Mayor said the city is organizing forums for June 4th at Roosevelt Middle School, and June 17th at Normandin Middle School...

Roosevelt Middle School officials found a note Tuesday inside the school threatening the building. School spokesman Jonathan Carvalho says police were called just after 8am. Officers considered the threat low level and non-specific, but decided to conduct a sweep of the building...

New Bedford Police continue to investigate a "road rage" incident that sent the victim and his attacker to the hospital.  Police Chief David Provencher issued a statement Wednesday night, saying the incident happened around 3pm at Hemlock and Dunbar Streets...