U.S. Commerce Department

New Bedford Port Authority General Counsel Blair Bailey said Mayor Jon Mitchell ordered the agency to 'fully cooperate with the OIG inquiry.'

The U.S. Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration delivers a $200,000 planning grant to the New Bedford Economic Development Council. The announcement was made Wednesday at the Ferry Terminal on the State Pier. Undersecretary Matt Erskine says the planning grant will focus on the waterfront...