Councilor At Large Brian Gomes

The Council is expected to vote on a motion requesting the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods to meet with CleanSlate Addiction Treatment Center.

It was another year of low voter turnout in New Bedford, with 9.5 percent of registered voters casting 5,618 ballots, the same turnout as in the 2017 preliminary.

Like the Yin and Yang. New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell finds himself in a police pickle. For months he's boasted that the city is a safer place to live and work. Mitchell often touts police crime statistics to support his notion. The numbers tells us that in many categories crime is down ...