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The City of New Bedford's 2018 inauguration ceremony at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center on Monday night saw the swearing in of new and incumbent elected officials.

Monday, New Years Day, will see those city officials elected last November, taking over the reigns of city government. The Inauguration ceremonies will take place at 7pm at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center. Mayor Jon Mitchell will take the oath of office and start his fourth term as New Bedford's chief executive...

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell says he invited School Committee member-elect John Oliveira to Monday night's meeting, despite him being under a No Trespass order issued by the superintendent.

Noticeably present at Monday night's School Committee meeting was member-elect John Oliveira.

In a wide-ranging interview, outgoing New Bedford Schools Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin gives her reasons for resigning and addresses her critics.

School Committee member-elect John Oliveira says with the resignation of Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin, others might want to follow suit.

In his weekly appearance on WBSM, Mayor Jon Mitchell gave some insight into whether or not Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin should be retained, whether Narcan should be over the counter, and on the police-involved shooting death of a 19-year-old city man.

The New Bedford School Committee will welcome two new faces as a result of Tuesday's election.

Watch WBSM's live streaming video coverage of New Bedford's Election Night 2017.

1420 WBSM is the only radio station broadcasting the local voting results on November 7th