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Downtown New Bedford will not be getting a Business Improvement District as organizers have withdrawn their petition to the city council to create one.

There were 26 locations in Massachusetts vying to be the home of Amazon's second headquarters but only one made it onto the internet giant's shortlist: Boston.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell says he expects management of the Whaling City Golf Course to go out to bid in January. 'The Whale' faces a possible reduction to just nine holes to accommodate commercial development at the site.