Mayor

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell announced Thursday afternoon he will run for reelection.

Former Mayor of Fall River and former Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter kicked off his mayoral campaign on Tuesday with a rally at SouthCoast Marketplace.

The New Bedford City Council Thursday night failed to override Mayor Jon Mitchell’s vetoes on three nonbinding ballot questions.

The New Bedford City Council voted Thursday to reject Mayor Jon Mitchell’s request Thursday to change re-classifications for 151 non-union workers on the City payroll.

Today marks the final day candidates hoping to run for mayor in Attleboro's special election can submit their nomination papers and sadly Spooky the Cat will not be on the ballot. Yes, a cat made an attempt to run for mayor and replace Paul Heroux, who is now the Bristol County Sheriff...

Another day, another delay.  Former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia was supposed to check into a New Hampshire "Club Fed" on March 4 for an all-inclusive six-year stay following his conviction on fraud, conspiracy and extortion charges. Tha...

Violent crime rates in New Bedford have hit a record low, with property crime falling 21% last year and overall crime down by 39% since 2016.

New Bedford will likely be placing a number of Afghan refugee families in the city as evacuees start coming to Massachusetts, Mayor Jon Mitchell said.

Tuesday's preliminary mayoral election results are in — and the incumbents easily took the top spots in both Attleboro and Fall River.

While COVID-19 may be putting a damper on some holiday festivities, Fall River still has some holiday cheer up its sleeve.