New Bedford Fire Department

Gov. Maura Healey visited New Bedford Fire Station 9 on Monday to highlight her request for $1.3 million to keep the 92-year-old station open and staffed.

New Bedford Fire Station 9 will remain open through fiscal year funding via $1.3M state supplemental aid. Local leaders react to state public safety grant allocation.

After being pinned by her rolling car at Melville Towers, a New Bedford resident praised local firefighters for rescuing her, issuing a passionate plea to Mayor Jon Mitchell to keep Station 9 open.

As New Bedford faces a political showdown over Fire Station 9, City Council President Ryan Pereira urges Mayor Jon Mitchell to attend a special meeting.

New Bedford city councilors unanimously approved $1.3 million in appropriation orders to restore Fire Station 9, even as Mayor Jon Mitchell's administration allegedly withheld exact operating costs.

A Fairhaven fire on Crow Island started in a chapel and displaced residents. Crews successfully used the Marine 34 fireboat to stop the Sunday night blaze.

New Bedford faces a $32 million budget crisis and potential Fire Station 9 shutdown. Gov. Maura Healey agrees local aid formulas need work but offers no immediate state funding.

New Bedford Fire Lt. and paramedic Keenan Martin launched the Endure America Foundation to place life saving AEDs across the SouthCoast and beyond.

New Bedford city council budget hearings begin as a $32M fiscal crisis threatens fire department layoffs and station closings.

Senator Montigny secures $500k New Bedford budget funding to keep Fire Station 9 open, countering Mayor Mitchell’s NBFD budget cuts.