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New Bedford City Councillor Joe Lopes wants to see the City ween itself off the bonding process for property upkeep. Lopes is proposing a revolving fund for the maintenance of City property, that would be included in the City's budget every year...

Ward Six City Councilor Joe Lopes and Chief Financial Officer Ari Sky are working on a plan to take care of the many city owned buildings. The plan is a good one that makes sense fiscally. Lopes and Sky have crafted a proposal to set aside money annually from the general fund to make badly needed repairs to city owned buildings and to provide for preventative maintenance in order to protect the in

Ward 6 Councilor Joe Lopes is hoping to get a better understanding about what's currently going on in New Bedford Public Schools.

New Bedford's Fire Chief says merging the city's EMS into the fire department makes both agencies stronger. At Monday's City Council meeting, the Arizona-based FACETS Consulting group presented their study of New Bedford's fire and emergency medical services...

New Bedford City Councilors say they want to be more involved in the city's budget process and listed some possible reform measures Tuesday evening.

The New Bedford City Council is taking a look at how to address panhandling in the city. Councillors Steven Martins and Joseph Lopes have filed a motion asking the Council's Committee on Ordinances to examine an ordinance that was recently passed in Worcester...

The City Council's Committee on Finance was scheduled to discuss the Host Community Agreement between Mayor Jon Mitchell and KG Urban Enterprises regarding a potential waterfront casino, but committee chairman and Ward Six Councilor Joe Lopes withdrew the item from the agenda.

It's a safe bet casino talks will continue for months in New Bedford.

With plenty of snow still on the ground and more on the way this weekend, the City Council is looking at all possible options to remove it from city streets.

A day of reckoning is on the horizon as the clock ticks down on the federal grant funding a third of the fire department through fiscal year '15. New Bedford's Chief Financial Officer Ari Sky told the City Council during Monday's budget hearing that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will grant the city waivers to allow vacant positions due to retirements or fire fighters leaving to remain th