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New Bedford Police are investigating a stabbing Friday night outside the 7-11 store on Cove Road in the South End. Police Chief David Provencher tells WBSM News, the incident happened between 6-7pm.  He says at least three people, two men and a woman, were involved in an altercation when the stabbing happened...

The City Council's Committee on Ordinances discussed issues with unlicensed peddling for nearly an hour before deciding not to take any action on changing city ordinances just yet.

Police Chief David Provencher says he's confident his investigators will find the people responsible for the vandalism last Friday at New Bedford High School. Someone broke into the High School between Thursday night and Friday morning, spraying the contents of fire extinguishers throughout the school, and mixing in flour and other materials from a home economics classroom...

The City of New Bedford and the New Bedford Women's Center marked the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, by lighting a tree outside City Hall, honoring victims of domestic violence.

New Bedford Police Chief David Provencher is on a mission to establish a greater police presence in the city. The police department has added 18 more officers this month, six of whom were sworn in this morning. Provencher tells WBSM News the department currently retains 272 officers...