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New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell took a trip to Gloucester Tuesday, making an important pitch to key congressmen. Mayor Mitchell spoke before Congressman John Tierney and Congressman Peter DeFazio, the Ranking Member on the House Committee on Natural Resources...

U.S. Rep. William Keating says the House has approved a measure to encourage stronger intelligence sharing between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The Massachusetts democrat says the amendment was added on Friday to an Intelligence Authorization bill...

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is appealing the United States Postal Service's decision to relocate the downtown post office to a storefront instead of keeping it at it's historic location. Mitchell writes he believes the move is "unwise, short-sighted, and potentially disruptive to the strong resurgence of activity that New Bedford's downtown has enjoyed over the past several years... Read M

Congressman Bill Keating is hoping to restore some of what a New Bedford family lost last week. Thieves recently broke into the home of the Ford family, and stole several military medals, including the Purple Heart, that had been posthumously awarded to Marine Lance Corporal Michael Ford...

Democratic Congressman Stephen Lynch is expected to announce his candidacy for John Kerry's Senate seat today.

Natural forces are threatening an historic Massachusetts landmark, and at least one politician is looking to preserve it. Congressman William Keating has sent a letter to Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Papp, asking that he mark the Gay Head Light tower on Martha's Vineyard as surplus land...

Retiring Congressman Barney Frank is donating his personal papers to UMass Dartmouth. The longtime Congressman is stepping down from his position at the end of the year, and will entrust his personal archives of the last 32 years to the folks at UMass Dartmouth...

With the nomination of Democrat Bill Keating as our next Congressman, I thought I might offer a comparison, all in good fun. I'm always looking at people trying to decide which celebrity they most resemble. It's a fun time if you ever have a couple of minutes to stop by your local Wal-Mart and spot the everyday Rip Torn's and Barbara Streisand's...