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Dunn Files Panhandling Motion
Dunn Files Panhandling Motion
NEW BEDFORD — Ward Three City Councilor Hugh Dunn filed a motion, co-sponsored by City Council President Joseph Lopes, and Councillors Ian Abreu and Kerry Winterson, aimed at curbing panhandling by giving city residents and visitors a more effective way to donate their money, while also supporting services for this at-risk population...
Ward Three Election
NEW BEDFORD - The special election to fill the Ward Three vacancy is Tuesday in New Bedford. The winner of the election will complete the term that had been awarded to Henry Bousquet before he stepped down earlier this year. Election Commissioner Maria Tomasia says even though the winner of Tuesday's election is serving for less than a year, they can get a head start on the next campaign if they w
Ward Three Debate
Ward Three Debate
NEW BEDFORD - The special election for the Ward Three City Council seat in New Bedford is just days away. Candidates Bethany Fauteux and Hugh Dunn met in WBSM's studios for a live discussion Thursday night on issues pertaining to the ward and the city...
Election is Tuesday
NEW BEDFORD - Tuesday is election day in New Bedford. The day will begin with six candidates for the vacant Ward Three City Council seat, and end with just two. Election Commissioner Maria Tomasia tells WBSM News it's a simple one-column ballot for voters in Ward Three, and all you have to do is choose one candidate...
Possible Ward Candidates
NEW BEDFORD - Some notable names have popped up as possible candidates for the now-vacant Ward Three seat on the New Bedford City Council. Republican State Committeewoman and former School Committee member Jill Marie Ussach has taken out nomination papers, along with former Ward Three Councillor Kathy Dehner...
Ward 3 Nomination Papers Now Available
NEW BEDFORD—Nomination papers are now available for anyone interested in running for the recently vacated Ward Three City Council seat in the upcoming special election. Nomination papers may be obtained from the Office of the Board of Election Commissioners in New Bedford City Hall...
Special Election Dates
NEW BEDFORD - The New Bedford City Council is tasked with approving dates for a special Ward Three election that will determine who holds that seat until a new member is elected in November and sworn in in 2018. The seat is being vacated by Henry Bousquet...
Bousquet Resigns
Bousquet Resigns
NEW BEDFORD - Ward Three City Councillor Henry Bousquet has announced his resignation. Bousquet, also a culinary instructor at Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech High School, had been serving as a councillor for nearly three years without pay due to a conflict of interest law, which he cited as one of the reasons for his resignation...

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