Billy Cabral

New Bedford Fire Union President Billy Cabral says the City's SAFER grant for FY16 has already expired. The City's Chief Financial Officer, Ari Sky, confirms the grant expired in mid-March. Cabral says the City now has to pick up the tab for 63 firefighters that were funded by the federal grant for the next four months...

Members of a group called N-B Brownouts picketed outside City Hall Thursday afternoon, protesting the ongoing shutdown of New Bedford fire stations on a rotating basis. Protestor Sara Daniels tells WBSM News, she's hoping for a response from the Mayor...