The memorandum of understanding between the City of New Bedford and a charter school has been signed, clearing another hurdle in the school's proposed expansion.
New Bedford's Community Preservation Committee (CPC) is hosting a community meeting that will help update the Fiscal Year 2019 Community Preservation Plan.
Stores and restaurants in Massachusetts would be barred from giving customers single-use plastic bags under a bill that cleared a legislative committee on Thursday and would align state law with local policies adopted from Northampton to Nantucket.
Massachusetts regulators have given preliminary approval to a plan that would allow pot "bars" as well as pot use at restaurants, yoga studios, movie theaters, and massage parlors.
At Monday night's School Committee meeting, Mayor Jon Mitchell said gears are beginning to grind forward as far as finding a new superintendent is concerned.