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New Bedford Fire Station 9 will remain open through fiscal year funding via $1.3M state supplemental aid. Local leaders react to state public safety grant allocation.

After being pinned by her rolling car at Melville Towers, a New Bedford resident praised local firefighters for rescuing her, issuing a passionate plea to Mayor Jon Mitchell to keep Station 9 open.

As New Bedford faces a political showdown over Fire Station 9, City Council President Ryan Pereira urges Mayor Jon Mitchell to attend a special meeting.

New Bedford city councilors unanimously approved $1.3 million in appropriation orders to restore Fire Station 9, even as Mayor Jon Mitchell's administration allegedly withheld exact operating costs.

New Bedford faces a $32 million budget crisis and potential Fire Station 9 shutdown. Gov. Maura Healey agrees local aid formulas need work but offers no immediate state funding.

New Bedford Fire Lt. and paramedic Keenan Martin launched the Endure America Foundation to place life saving AEDs across the SouthCoast and beyond.

New Bedford city council budget hearings begin as a $32M fiscal crisis threatens fire department layoffs and station closings.

Senator Montigny secures $500k New Bedford budget funding to keep Fire Station 9 open, countering Mayor Mitchell’s NBFD budget cuts.

New Bedford animal control officer rescues 11 ducklings from an Emerson Street sewer drain, reuniting the duck family at Buttonwood Pond.

A serious fire heavily damaged the Sunrise Bakery on Bolton Street in New Bedford, but firefighters stopped it from spreading to nearby residences.