Bruce Oliveira

The School Committee held a public hearing to present the $137.3 million budget slated for the 2019 fiscal year.

NEW BEDFORD - A citizens group is looking to garner support to lengthen the mayoral term in New Bedford. The group, "New Bedford Fourward," is looking to expand the term for mayor from two years to four, beginning in 2019. The group will work to gather the necessary 2,500 certified signatures of New Bedford residents who support the initiative in order to have the question appear on the

Two buildings that are part of the New Bedford Whaling National Park have recently been restored. Overseeing the restoration of the Seamen's Bethel and the Mariner's home is Fred Toomey, the President of the New Bedford Port Society, and Development Director Bruce Oliveira...

Members of the New Bedford School Committee and City Council are finally talking to each other. It happened Wednesday night during a meeting at the Downtown library, organized by City Council President Linda Morad and School Committee Vice-Chair Josh Amaral...

Two incumbent members of the New Bedford School Committee easily won re-election on Tuesday. Bruce Oliveira and Jack Livramento were returned to the school board, along with newcomer and New Bedford Police Officer Chris Cotter. During his campaign, Cotter said he would raise questions when necessary, and seek more dialogue on the issues...

School Committee Member Bruce Oliveira was originally appointed to the post and now he’s running as a candidate to keep his seat. Oliveira spoke with WBSM’s Brian Thomas about his tenure on the School Committee and some of the difficult choices they had to make such as the closure of Horatio A Kempton School...

Plans for the new John Hannigan Elementary School in New Bedford's South End will go before the School Committee Thursday night. The original Hannigan School's roof collapsed in 2006. School Committee member Bruce Oliveira is also on the Building Committee for the project...

A law granting the City Council more control over school funding has been on the books since 1987, but had never been approved until Thursday night.

A member of the New Bedford School Committee is asking the City Council to approve a provision in state law that will allow the Council to consider two budget proposals for New Bedford Schools. School Committee member Bruce Oliveira told WBSM News, " that particular amendment would say that the School Committee would have the ability to recommend to the Council that they accept the School Com