The New Bedford City Council voted unanimously to request Mayor Mitchell ask the Board of Health to reverse its mandated closing for the Whaling City Festival.
In recent years, families and friends of the deceased in New Bedford have found new ways to decorate gravesites. The regulations need to change with the times.
New Bedford Ward 4 Councilor Derek Baptiste moved for the motion to condemn a report accusing New Bedford Police of racial profiling to be tabled. It passed 6-4.
The organization that compiled a report alleging racial profiling by New Bedford Police is standing by its findings as city officials denounce the report.
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell never stood with his police last summer but chose to stand with the outside agitators. It appears he is doing the same thing now.
Councilor Brian Gomes is calling on his colleagues to show support for the New Bedford Police Department following a critical report by a Boston non-profit.