Ian Abreu

New Bedford City Councilor at Large Ian Abreu was involved in an automobile crash Tuesday afternoon and said he is 'a little banged up' as he awaits surgery.

A story that came out Tuesday afternoon claiming that the MBTA is halting work on the city's South Coast Rail branch is patently false, according to local officials.

A new page has turned on an old saga, after the company behind a formerly proposed methadone clinic in downtown New Bedford has been criminally charged with fraud and its CEO arrested.

The New Bedford City Council voted to change a proposal that would have raised salaries for some employees on the City’s payroll by 30 to 50 percent.

New Bedford residents are getting a reminder on how to properly dispose of their Christmas trees from City Council President Ian Abreu.

Ian Abreu won't seek another term as New Bedford City Council president next year. Still, he plans to remain politically active.

New Bedford's Silmo Syrups has officially returned to kitchen cabinets across the SouthCoast after a successful first pop-up event Saturday at Kilburn Mill.

After the city of New Bedford received no bids to redevelop a golf course into a proposed manufacturing park, officials are soliciting feedback from developers and a real estate advisor to potentially tweak the offer.

City officials announced Friday that Parallel Products, the company that owns a recycling processing facility in the New Bedford Business Park, has abandoned plans to include sewage processing at its facility expansion project.

New Bedford City Council President Ian Abreu threatened careless users of illegal fireworks with 'very, very steep fines' and possible arrest.