New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is looking to do away with the City’s residency requirement for Unit C employees, and changes for other employees as well.
Former New Bedford Acting Fire Chief Paul Coderre was killed in a shooting Friday outside a Fairhaven bar, after he reportedly shot an Acushnet Police officer.
New Bedford voters re-elected Mayor Jon Mitchell to a sixth term as mayor on Tuesday along with Leo Choquette as Ward 1 Councilor and Joe Lopes in Ward 5.
New Bedford received $11.4 million in loan forgiveness funds from the Massachusetts Clean Water Fund for money spent to upgrade the City's wastewater systems.