A vote on New Bedford’s next city council president has been delayed, after the council voted on Monday to defer the decision due to three members being out sick with COVID.
Rev. David Lima and Rabbi Raphael Kanter say people on the SouthCoast are simply tired of the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing masks, and the uncertainty of it all.
More than 2 million Massachusetts residents have received vaccine boosters to add to their protection against COVID-19, but as the omicron variant spreads, some experts warn that the Baker administration has not done enough.
Cardinal Sean O'Malley announced today that all Catholic Churches in the Archdiocese of Boston will be returning to a face mask mandate this holiday season.
The arraignment of a man charged with the 2001 murder of his half-sister in New Bedford has been postponed because the suspect has been exposed to COVID-19.
Youth vaccinations rates in New Bedford remain some of the lowest in the state. Now the city health department has a youth challenge to try and change that.