meeting

Ward 6 Councilor Joseph Lopes was unanimously elected the New Bedford City Council's 2017 president during an organizational meeting Monday evening.

During Monday night's Board of Health Meeting in Westport activists were demanding resignations from board members who they say they knew about deplorable conditions on an animal farm long before they took action to address it.

Two New Bedford City Councilors filed a motion to discuss the medical marijuana dispensary industry and its possible role in the city during Thursday's meeting, suggesting it can boost the local economy while also driving down opioid addiction.

After nearly three hours of discussions, the New Bedford teachers union approved a new three-year contract on Thursday. Teachers at New Bedford elementary, middle, and high schools attended the meeting held in the Keith Middle School auditorium...

New Bedford's City Council and School Committee will conduct a rare joint session meeting next month to discuss rising concerns over discipline issues in schools.

The New Bedford City Council are no stranger to matters of school safety, and the topic spurred over an hour of passionate discussion during Thursday night's meeting.

The investigation is complete into allegations a city councillor made against the former mayor of Fall River. Special Prosecutor William Connolly was appointed to the case after City Councillor Jasiel Correia claimed former Mayor William Flanagan threatened him by displaying a gun during a late night meeting last August...

It was the outcome I was hoping for. The teacher who was involved in the chair throwing incident last month at New Bedford High School has been cleared of any wrong doing. it was also nice to hear that administrators and all who were present in the meeting worked together and communication was open on all sides...