City Solicitor

Jaikes has served as an Assistant City Solicitor for 21 years, working in the administrations of Frederick Kalisz Jr., Scott Lang, and Jon Mitchell.

He was such a vital part of the municipal central nervous system in City Hall that the City commissioned an oil portrait of Arthur Caron, former City Solicitor.

Councillor Brian Gomes wants New Bedford to join in a class action suit against opioid manufacturers, but Mayor Jon Mitchell says it may not make sense to do so.

Off-road vehicle use has come under greater scrutiny after a New Bedford Police Officer was hospitalized after being struck by a motorbike on Halloween night.

A New Bedford Police officer was hospitalized Halloween night during an arrest of nine people who were operating off-road vehicles near the former Flagship Cinemas on Kings Highway.