Jon Mitchel

Mayor Jon Mitchel kicked off New Bedford's annual point-in-time count program at City Hall today. Teams of volunteers will be walking the streets and checking hot-spots like shelters and transitional houses to count the homeless in the city...

Mayor Jon Mitchel was among the speakers as New Bedford marked World AIDS Day. The vigil outside the downtown library stressed education and awareness of the deadly virus, and was followed by a candlelight procession to the United Methodist Church on Union street...