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A teacher at New Bedford High School has been named the Massachusetts Teacher of the Year for 2020.

The leader of the Boston Police Department is stepping down.

By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JUNE 27, 2017.....Longtime Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester died Monday evening after a short illness, the state's education board chairman announced at a Tuesday meeting...

NEW BEDFORD - This year will hopefully prove more efficient for those that plow New Bedford's streets during snowstorms. The City installed a new salt shed on Mount Pleasant Street in the North End, with a 2,000 ton capacity. DPI Commissioner Zeb Arruda tells WBSM News it used to take North End plows 40 minutes to reload at the Liberty Street salt shed and make it back to the North End... Read Mor

New Bedford elected officials and department heads gathered Monday afternoon to celebrate the work of former Department of Public Infrastructure Ron Labelle.

Construction will soon begin on New Bedford's first-ever dog park. The City Council this week accepted a $225,000 grant from the Stanton Foundation for construction of the park, which will be situated on Hathaway Boulevard between Greenwood and Ruggles Streets...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says "there is no timeline" for Tom Brady's four-game "Deflategate" suspension appeal. Goodell tells the "Pittsburgh Tribune-Review" the league wants to make sure they have a fair and open process, and the decision will take as long as it takes...

Major League Baseball will be closely monitoring Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez as he returns from suspension this season. Attending Thursday's Yankees-Rays game in Port Charlotte Thursday, new commissioner Rob Manfred said "Let me be clear about this...

Those looking to go for a stroll on top of the newly resurfaced hurricane barrier in New Bedford's South End should do so at their own risk. DPI Commissioner Ron Labelle tells WBSM News while the majority of the concrete has been poured and is safe for walking, it's still technically a construction site...

Closing arguments have started in the federal trial of former state probation commissioner John O'Brien and two deputies accused of rigging the agency's hiring process. O'Brien, William Burke and Elizabeth Tavares are accused of trying to curry favor with powerful lawmakers by funneling jobs to politically connected applicants at the expense of more qualified candidates...