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Longtime police officer and former mayoral candidate Charlie Perry announced his retirement from the New Bedford Police Department this afternoon on social media.

The Greater New Bedford Opioid Task Force organized an event on Thursday night as part of International Overdose Awareness Day.

The meeting focused on in and out of school solutions to deter New Bedford children from crime, drugs, and other criminal activity.

NEW BEDFORD- The New Bedford Police Department promoted three of its officers today during a formal ceremony at Keith Middle School in New Bedford. Between them is more than fifty years of combined law enforcement experience, serving New Bedford through a span of three decades...

An after-school basketball program for young people in New Bedford is looking for community support to continue. The program began this year at the urging of community activist John "Buddy" Andrade who lobbied school officials for the use of the Gomes School in the South End...

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell sparked a controversy when he wrote a letter to the City Council nominating New Bedford Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro for the vacated position of harbormaster. "My job is to make sure that our port is safe for everybody, and in my mind, that means that the experts are in charge," Mitchell said...