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It was a tough pill to swallow for the New Bedford School Committee as they voted to approve the MOU between the City and Alma del Mar Charter School.

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.

A former banker and town official in Westport has been sentenced after pleading guilty to taking photos and video of underneath women's skirts.

New Bedford's Community Preservation Committee (CPC) is hosting a community meeting that will help update the Fiscal Year 2019 Community Preservation Plan.

New Bedford Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin has outlined her final budget proposal to the School Committee.

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.

A Superintendent Screening Committee is now in place as the New Bedford Public Schools system searches for its next chief administrator.

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.

Newly elected New Bedford School Committee member John Oliveira has been served with a no trespass order, and cannot step onto school property.