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Mayor Jon Mitchell is asking for further review from the state concerning the proposed expansion of a recycling facility in New Bedford.

The New Bedford City Council unanimously voted to lower the City's tax rates for residential and commercial property owners Tuesday night.

NEW BEDFORD - The City's Park Board is displeased with the sudden revelation that there are preliminary plans for a business park at the current site of the Whaling City Golf Course on Hathaway Road. Chairman Pete Boswell says he hadn't heard of any such proposal until Wednesday...

NEW BEDFORD - The Downtown New Bedford branch of the Registry of Motor Vehicles is relocating. In a surprise announcement, MassDOT says the branch will permanently close the Union Street location on Friday at 5 P.M. and open it's new location at the New Bedford Industrial Business Park on Monday, February 6th...

On June 10, an industrial accident took place at a car dealership in Hyannis and injured two people.  One of those victims was 23-year-old Alex Whitmore of Middleboro.

The immigrant community is speaking out, trying to get local employers to improve and abide by safety regulations in the workplace. In response to deaths and injuries in industrial settings, the Community Workers Center of New Bedford is launching a new campaign to get employers to sign a "Code of Conduct"...

A New Bedford man is dead after becoming entangled in machinery at a local fish plant. Police say 35-year-old Victor Gerena was in the process of flushing out a shellfish "shucking" machine around 1:30 Thursday morning at the Sea Watch International Seafood Company on Antonio Costa Boulevard when the accident happened...