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New Bedford Police are investigating a report of shots fired in the city's West End on Monday night.

New Bedford Police are investigating two separate reports of shots fired.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is passing control of a New Bedford school to a non-profit organization.

A man wanted by police was arrested after a foot chase through a West End neighborhood on Monday afternoon.

After only two years on the job, the principal of the Parker Elementary School is resigning.

NEW BEDFORD - A fentanyl distribution operation is broken up by New Bedford Police. An apartment at 102 Parker Street in the West End was searched by police Tuesday night, with police uncovering 31 grams of Fentanyl, a small amount of crack-cocaine and Oxycodone, packaging materials, and $2,002 in cash...

New Bedford Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin admits she's never personally overseen a school takeover before, but is optimistic it will be a relatively smooth transition at the Parker School. Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester named Durkin the "turnaround operator" for the level five elementary school...