Mayor Jon Mitchell announced millions in COVID relief funding to renovate the Zeiterion and develop vacant properties as he outlined his vision for the future during his State of the City address on Wednesday.
New Bedford's mayor announced Tuesday the temporary suspension of a plan to implement paid parking at the handicapped-accessible Noah's Place playground on Pope's Island.
An improvement program for New Bedford's commercial areas is getting a $1.5 million cash injection in the city's first investment of federal ARPA COVID relief funds approved by the city council on Thursday.
Acushnet Avenue may soon be getting an economic transformation, after the commercial area was one of 13 in the state chosen to receive $23.7 million in total state funding for economic development initiatives.
New Bedford's former Acting Fire Chief Paul Coderre, Jr. has been fired for allegedly being dishonest about work-related injuries, according to the mayor's office.
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is in Washington, D.C. through Friday to attend a conference of mayors from nearly 1,400 of the largest cities in the country.