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With one medicinal marijuana dispensary currently in an appeals process with the state, another is now looking to take it's place in Fairhaven.

State public health officials say proposed medical marijuana dispensaries will be required to verify they have support from local officials before they are granted final licenses. The Department of Public Health on Jan. 31 awarded 20 provisional licenses to operate dispensaries, the first in Massachusetts under a voter-approved law that allows marijuana to be used by patients with certain medical

The first medical marijuana licenses will be awarded in Massachusetts around the end of January.  That's the word from Cheryl Bartlett, the new state Commissioner of Public Health. During a stop in New Bedford on Friday, Barlett said the process is moving ahead. She...

181 applicants have met initial requirements to be considered for a medical marijuana dispensary license in Massachusetts. Nine of those applicants have opted to set up in Bristol County. Dawn Blake Souza of the Center for Alternative Life Medicine says the CALM team has partnered with applicant New England Treatment Access, Inc...

The synthetic drugs known as "Herbal Incense", "K2", and a variety of names are being sold in stores throughout New Bedford, but the City Council is hoping to stop that practice.

The Department of Public Health has been reluctant to release what could be critical information about the Parker Street Waste Site, but State Representative Antonio Cabral has convinced state officials to release those documents. Cabral says he requested a meeting with DPH Interim Commissioner Lauren Smith, who released the results of air quality and cancer studies conducted over a year ago in an