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WBSM Top Stories - The city council says making New Bedford city residents  included in the development of the South Terminal project is a priority - New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell looking for a new school superintendent - 18 year old Dartmouth teen is being held after bringing an illegal firearm into a New Bedford police station

WBSM Top Stories: - There are 18 flu related deaths this season - Congressman Tierny is concerned that fisherman relief will come up short -  New Bedford's plan to plan a solar farm in Rochester has been approved

WBSM Top Stories: -  Traffic was backed up on route 240 in Fairhaven on Tuesday afternoon due to a minor accident - There is a new New Bedford city council president -  Officials at Boston Logan airport say they have contained a fuel leak on a Japan Air flight

WBSM Top Stories: - An overnight fire in Acushnet has sent a woman to the hospital with some injuries -  New Bedford firefighters also battling a fire over the weekend that affected a two story building -  The annual 'Moby Dick' reading marathon that started Saturday, and took about 25 hours

WBSM Top Stories: - Former Rep. Barney Frank wants John Kerry's senate seat - Trades men and women talked jobs on Thursday as the new South Terminal project gets underway - Jury selection has begun in the Maine murder trial of a New Bedford man

WBSM Top Stories: - New Bedford family and police officer linked after a remarkable New Year's day birth - A South End man has been arrested by New Bedford police after being involved in a armed robbery - Massachusetts law makers are making things tougher for people who want to own guns

WBSM Top Stories: - The House is expected to reelect John Boehner as speaker of the house, but they say that he is beaten and battered - Police near Sandy Hook Elementary say that their presence makes the school the safest it's ever been - State Rep Cabral is happy that transportation has been made a priority in 2013

WBSM Top Stories: - Rep. Ed Markley says he is prepared to run for John Kerry's senate seat - New contract in the works for dock workers, some on the East Coast - US House to reconvene on Sunday to talk about the Fiscal Cliff

WBSM Top Stories: - Coastal flood advisory until noon Thursday. High winds have power lines down in New Bedford's surrounding areas - New Bedford Firefighters helped keep a truck fire under control on Wednesday - Carver man arrested for punching his wife in the face on Christmas, and abusing the families small dog...

WBSM Top Stories: - Several hundred people came out to a vigil in Mattapoisett on Wednesday night -  Many showed up at a pre-bid conference for the Maritime Commerce terminal in New Bedford -  More than a third of the employees at parachute company could be laid off