The New Bedford City Council voted against Mayor Jon Mitchell’s proposal to bring the city into the state’s municipal healthcare service on Thursday evening.
New Bedford City Councilor Scott Lima said he will vote to sustain Mayor Jon Mitchell's veto of a ballot question about returning the mayoral term to two years.
Former New Bedford City Council President Joe Lopes announced on WBSM's SouthCoast Tonight he is running for the Ward 5 seat to replace the outgoing Scott Lima.
At a press conference Wednesday morning, New Bedford officials unveiled a 22-point plan focused on increasing the supply of housing to address the growing cost of housing in the city.
Let's hope a spirited campaign in New Bedford's Ward 5 will generate interest for the city's other elected positions when the 2023 election rolls around.
New Bedford's City Council unanimously passed a motion Thursday calling on the city to treat Covid-19 deaths of public safety personnel as presumed deaths in the line of duty.