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A student at a New Bedford middle school has been disciplined after allegedly making a threat towards the school.

New Bedford Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin has outlined her final budget proposal to the School Committee.

Students at Sgt. William Carney Academy in New Bedford were evacuated early in the school day Tuesday after an electrical odor was detected.

A New Bedford man is arrested for driving while intoxicated, after a witness reported him relieving himself.

NEW BEDFORD - A new fitness center at New Bedford High School has been completed. The new center can accommodate up to 70 students at a time, whereas the previous fitness center could barely host twelve people working out. Thomas Tarpey, Director of Physical Education, Health and Athletics with New Bedford Public Schools says the new center is "probably one of the best high school facilities

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police are investigating after vandals have targeted the Roosevelt Middle School in the city's South End. Arthur Motta, Community and Public Affairs Manager for New Bedford Public Schools, says police responded to a security alarm at Roosevelt Middle School Wednesday at 3:18 a...

The New Bedford Health Department, working closely with the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, is again this year conducting an annual monitoring program to track the potential threat from EEE and WNV carrying mosquitoes...

A new bill heading to a public hearing at the statehouse could ban all Native American mascots from Massachusetts schools.

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Public School Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin says she intends on completing her three-year contract with the city. There had been questions whether Dr. Durkin was seeking employment elsewhere, but she debunked those by saying she fully intends on continuing to serve the district...

NEW BEDFORD - Global Learning Charter Public School officials are contemplating what to do after a student brought an airsoft pistol to the New Bedford school. The incident took place Tuesday when a sixth grader brought the replica gun into the school, with the gun accidentally being fired at another student...