parking meters

How many administrations will it take to understand that people do not want to park in the Elm Street Garage and walk uphill into downtown New Bedford?

I gaze in utter amazement. All along the side and back of the New Bedford YMCA. These new parking meters are scheduled to swallow quarters the first week in May. According to the Parking Commission, the slew of two sided meters cost approximately $21,000...

They stand on circular black poles protruding upright through the cement sidewalk. The city of New Bedford is quenching its thirst for more money by adding additional parking meters in the downtown area. You'll find several being erected behind the YMCA building along School and Water Streets...

It's nothing new. Nothing extraordinary. It is very appropriate. The Mitchell administration is opening it's heart and closing its collection wallet over the holiday season. The parking commission is allowing us to park at some of New Bedford's parking meters for free...

It's Saturday mid-afternoon. The sun beams warmth in downtown New Bedford. Folks are browsing, window shopping, yapping on their phones and sampling local fare at a couple of the busier restaurants. No need to worry about the meters...

AP - It's disgusting enough to put you off snow cones for the rest of the summer. A Boston public works official says the towering piles of filthy snow left over from the city's record-setting winter are even more grotesque than most people can imagine.

New Bedford’s red herring is not an ocean cash crop our fishermen hall into the canning factories. Instead, it is a red blemish, a scarring reminder of red communism that haunts the city. In my role as Brian The Cab Driver, New Bedford’s red herring is a glaring red sleeve or hoodie...

The New Bedford City Council will consider establishing two funds aimed at improving parking infrastructure in the city. The Council's Committee on Ordinances has reviewed and amended a motion set forth by Mayor Jon Mitchell, which would ultimately compile revenue from parking meters and parking tickets, and reinvest those monies into the downtown and Acushnet Avenue business district...

Someone really has a problem with parking meters in one city in Kansas. Police in Lawrence report a thief is cutting the heads off meters. Authorities believe the meter bandit is using a pipe cutter or similar tool to saw off at least five meters...

No one likes getting a parking ticket, so some citizens in Keene, New Hampshire, decided to do something about it. And now they're getting sued for it.