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Local community activist Eddie Johnson has passed away. His family tells WBSM News Johnson passed away at his home overnight, following a lengthy illness. The 72-year-old Johnson was a familiar face and voice throughout the local community, attending various City Council meetings and School Committee meetings...

The New Bedford City Council decided to move forward with discussions of implementing a "Neighborhood Needle Recovery" program during Thursday night's meeting.

Improperly discarded hypodermic needles pose a serious health risk to everyone in the community, but what steps can be taken to safely remove these items from city streets and parks?

Concerned about local involvment in environmental projects, the president of C.L.E.A.N. is leading environmental justice representatives on a tour of New Bedford's contaminated sites. The "toxic tour" will be led Wednesday by Eddie Johnson, with reps from the Toxics Action Center and the Conservation Law Foundation viewing the Parker Street Waste Site and the dredging of the New Bedford

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell was honored at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Friday. Mitchell achieved first place in the 2016 Mayors' Climate Protection Awards, which recognizes the efforts of mayors across the country for energy and climate protection...

Three SouthCoast communities will receive federal rebates to help purchase new, cleaner school buses.

A consciencious student at UMass Dartmouth's School of Law is making a large effort to provide relief to the residents of Flint, Michigan. Many residents of the community have been exposed to dangerous levels of lead that has contaminated their water supply...

New Bedford's newest solar project was unveiled Tuesday afternoon at New Bedford Business Park, bringing the city's total number of large-scale projects to ten.