New Bedford Prepares for Winter Storm; Parking Ban Thursday Night; Cancellations and Closures Friday

Emergency parking ban effective at 10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6 New Bedford Public Schools closed Friday, Jan. 7 City offices, libraries, Buttonwood Park Zoo closed Friday, Jan. 7 COVID-19 Testing Canceled at Fire Station 11 on Friday, Jan. 7 The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for […]

Upcoming COVID-19 Testing Schedule Includes Additional Hours at South End Fire Station

Former Fire Station on Brock Avenue Adding Testing Hours on Tuesdays  Seven Hills Behavioral Health is adding testing hours this week at former Fire Station 11 in the South End. Testing at the Brock Avenue location now will start at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 10, and as of Jan. 11, […]

Community Preservation Act Applications to be Presented at Virtual Public Meetings in January

Mayor Jon Mitchell and the City’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) are inviting all interested community members to review the Fiscal Year 2022 Community Preservation Act (CPA) applications and provide public comment at three virtual public meetings this month. The FY22 application process began last September with Step I: Eligibility Determination. Eligible applicants […]

Upcoming COVID-19 Testing Locations: Jan. 2-10

Project Beacon’s appointment-based COVID-19 testing at New Bedford Regional Airport will resume its normal schedule this weekend and has added an additional day of testing on Jan. 5 to accommodate post-holiday demand. Effective Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, Project Beacon—part of the state’s Stop the Spread program—will continue offering COVID-19 testing […]

Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics: Jan. 3-10, 2022

The Andrea McCoy Recreation Center on Hillman Street will be a key hub for local COVID-19 vaccinations as 2022 begins, with clinics on Mondays and Saturdays through January (excepting the Jan. 17 holiday). Check vaxnb.com for updated schedules of local COVID-19 vaccination and testing locations. All local COVID-19 vaccine locations […]

New Bedford Begins Distribution of Free At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits

City health and emergency management officials are coordinating with community organizations to distribute more than 37,700 at-home COVID-19 testing kits to their clients. Priority groups include families with young children and minority racial/ethnic groups who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts provided New Bedford with […]

City Trash, Recycling Pickups Unchanged During Holidays

All residential trash, recycling, and bulk pickup routes will be running on schedule this week and next, through Jan. 1, 2022. Commercial and downtown trash and recycling collections will be running on schedule, as well, meaning there are no changes in the City’s pickup services through Christmas and New Year’s […]

Electricity Disclosure Label Available for New Bedford Community Electricity Aggregation Program

New Bedford’s community electricity program has posted the latest Electricity Disclosure Label, which describes the energy mix for all program options. The label can be found in the resources section on the program website. New Bedford Community Electricity Aggregation is a program offered by the City of New Bedford to […]

Energy Office Announces New Bedford Community Electricity Aggregation Program

New Bedford Community Electricity Aggregation is an electricity supply program offered by the City of New Bedford to provide residents and businesses with new, City-vetted options for electricity supply. Eversource continues to deliver your electricity, repair power outages, and maintain the electricity grid; they also send you one combined bill […]

COVID-19 Testing at New Bedford Regional Airport Extended Through March 2022

Project Beacon’s appointment-based COVID-19 testing at New Bedford Regional Airport has been extended through March 2022 and has added an additional day of testing on Jan. 5 to accommodate post-holiday demand. Effective Jan. 2, 2022, Project Beacon—part of the state’s Stop the Spread program—will continue offering COVID-19 testing at 1569 […]