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New Bedford School Committee Members John Oliveira and Chris Cotter join WBSM's Brian Thomas, filling in for Barry Richard during the snowstorm, to discuss school safety. The night before, the School Committee spend significant time in executive sessions discussing how to make city schools safer, and Oliveira and Cotter shared some insight into some of the discussion...

New Bedford City Councillor at Large Brian Gomes is calling for renewed discussion and action on improved safety measures in city schools.

After the city received a $1 million grant from the state Monday, New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell said the new waterfront public safety center should be completed in Spring 2019.

Thanksgiving is the leading day for home cooking fires, and the National Fire Protection Association says nearly four times as many home cooking fires happen on Thanksgiving than on the average day.

All candidates for public office this Fall need to have a realistic and sober discussion about what can be done to make New Bedford a safer city

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON — Civil liberties and immigrant rights activists converged on the State House this week to voice their displeasure with Gov. Charlie Baker's proposal to allow state and local police to cooperate, in some cases, with federal immigration detainer requests, with some activists going as far as to label the policy racist...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police continue to remind area residents that if you need to meet in order to finalize an online transaction, the parking lot of Police Headquarters on Rockdale Avenue is the safest place to do so. Police say a 42-year-old New Bedford man was robbed of a small amount of cash Wednesday as he tried to finalize an internet sale...

The 103rd Feast of the Blessed Sacrament kicks off Thursday night in New Bedford, and one of the city's premiere events of the summer will see visitors from all over flock to one of the largest ethnic festivals in all of the United States...

It's been a quiet week for crime in New Bedford, but that doesn't mean city or police officials are taking it for granted. In his weekly appearance on WBSM, Mayor Jon Mitchell said the steps the city and the police department have taken toward curbing crime in problem neighborhoods such as Tallman Street and North Front Street are not "one-off efforts," and he said the plan is to keep pr

If people need to take safety courses before driving a motor vehicle, then one State Representative thinks boaters should have to do the same. State Representative Robert Koczera of New Bedford is pushing for legislation that would require all motorboat operators in Massachusetts to undergo a safety course and be certified to operate the watercraft...