COVID-19 Testing Sunday at Airport Canceled Due to Storm; Schedule for Jan. 31 – Feb. 6
The COVID-19 testing clinic scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 30, at New Bedford Regional Airport has been canceled due to the blizzard forecast for late Friday through Saturday in the region. Project Beacon’s appointment-based COVID-19 testing at New Bedford Regional Airport—part of the state’s Stop the Spread program—could resume its regular […]
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics Canceled Jan. 29-31 Due to Storm; Schedule for Feb. 1 – Feb. 6
The blizzard forecast for Friday evening through Saturday in southeastern Massachusetts and much of the East Coast has canceled local COVID-19 vaccine clinics this weekend. The vaccine clinic provided by Seven Hills Behavioral Health at the Andrea McCoy Recreation Center at 181 Hillman St. has been canceled for Saturday, Jan. […]
New Bedford Prepares for Blizzard: What to Know for This Weekend’s Storm
City officials are preparing for a potentially weekend-long storm response, with heavy snow and gusting winds forecast in the area from late Friday through Saturday night. The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning for the region, including New Bedford, in effect from 12 a.m. Saturday to 12 a.m. […]
Mayor Mitchell Takes Action Against Former Acting Fire Chief Coderre
Earlier today Mayor Jon Mitchell terminated the City’s former Acting Fire Chief Paul Coderre, Jr., for dishonesty and untruthfulness in connection with alleged work-related injuries. While serving as Acting Fire Chief, Coderre claimed to have sustained several work-related injuries during 2019, which resulted in his being placed on injury leave […]
Local COVID-19 Testing Sites Resume Regular Schedules: Jan. 22-28
COVID-19 testing clinics at New Bedford Regional Airport, former Fire Station 11 in the South End and PAACA on Coggeshall Street will resume their regular schedules this week, after recent shifts in dates and hours due to winter weather and the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Project Beacon’s appointment-based […]
Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics: Jan. 22-28
With the city averaging 365 new cases of COVID-19 per day over the past two weeks and the test positivity rate at 29.9 percent, booster shots remain critical, along with vaccines, masks, and social distancing. More than 55 percent of New Bedford residents are fully vaccinated, but only 19.5 percent […]
Fire Department Awarded $50,000 State Grant for Water Rescue Suits, Equipment
The New Bedford Fire Department has received a state grant of nearly $50,000 that will fund new water rescue suits and related equipment, Chief Scott Kruger said today. The grant award will allow the Fire Department to buy new structural firefighting gear, 10 new ice and water rescue suits, and […]
Crucial COVID-19 Vaccines, Boosters Offered at Upcoming Clinics: Jan. 14-21
With New Bedford seeing nearly triple the amount of COVID-19 cases as this time last year, City health officials are reminding the public that it’s never too late to start your vaccinations and that boosters are crucial for those who completed their vaccinations at least five months ago. While cases […]
Upcoming COVID Testing Sites, MLK Day Changes: Jan. 14-21
Project Beacon’s appointment-based COVID-19 testing at New Bedford Regional Airport will be open during Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 17, but the walk-up clinic provided by Seven Hills Behavioral Health at former Fire Station 11 in the South End will be closed for the holiday. Project Beacon’s […]
Nation’s Leading Fishing Port Reacts To Federal Announcement of Offshore Wind Leasing In New York Waters
The Port of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the center of the East Coast commercial fishing industry, is offering mixed reaction to the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management’s (BOEM) announcement Wednesday that the agency will conduct a wind energy lease auction for six areas totaling 480,000 acres of the New York […]
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