The City Council voted 7-4 to reinstate the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center’s $495,000 budget for the current fiscal year.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell announced a series of “austerity measures” on Friday. The moves are a response, he said, to ...

The nation’s only Portuguese public library branch could be a casualty of the budget battle between Mayor Jon Mitchell and ...

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell announced a series of austerity measures to respond to the budget cuts made by the City ...

Twenty-year veteran New Bedford City Councilor Linda Morad has announced she will not be seeking re-election as ...

NEW BEDFORD — There was a special delivery to Mayor Jon Mitchell Thursday. It was delivered by about a dozen supporters of United Interfaith Action of Southeastern Massachusetts. Their message ...

Mayor Jon Mitchell announced he will hire Jason Thody of Hartford as the city's next police chief. Thody is the former chief ...

With nearly 30 years with the New Bedford Fire Department, Deputy Chief Brian Medeiros is set to be the city's new fire chief pending City Council's approval.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell was sworn-in for his sixth term Monday night. Gov. Maura Healey administered the oath of office to Mitchell for a four-year term. Mitchell, who won re-election in ...