New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is looking to do away with the City’s residency requirement for Unit C employees, and changes for other employees as well.
New Bedford Harbor is seeing an expansion of the areas closed to shellfishing in due to outfalls from wastewater treatment plants in New Bedford and Fairhaven.
Massachusetts is on a mission. The state is planting thousands of trees in gateway cities, including New Bedford. It's part of the Greening the Gateway Cities Program.