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New Bedford Mayor Seeks Public Input on Use of COVID Relief Funds Mayor Jon Mitchell wants to get input from city residents and organizations before making any decisions. Get our free mobile app The funding will come from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which President Joe Biden signed into law in March and which aims to provide resources to local governments for emergency pandemic relief. New Bedford will recieve $64,729,754 in total from ARPA, according to the U.S. Treasury Department,...

Governors Wind Energy Coalition Unions will help build Vineyard Wind, a win for McCarthy Source: By Benjamin Storrow, E&E News • Posted: Monday, July 19, 2021 Workers fit the first of three blades onto a wind power generator in Germany. The Biden administration is celebrating its approval of the country’s first major offshore wind facility. AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Gina McCarthy was a midlevel Massachusetts bureaucrat when a developer first propose...

Biden, Mitchell Jeopardize New Bedford Fishing Industry [OPINION] Democrats from Joe Biden to Jon Mitchell are doing a happy dance over a deal signed last week that promises hundreds of jobs to union workers if the construction of a planned offshore wind farm commences off the Massachusetts coast. Union labor had a similar deal to build the Dakota XL Pipeline, didnt they? They arent dancing anymore. Mitchell even went so far as to announce a deal that could see acres of land along the New Bedfo...

NEW BEDFORD — More than 500 high-paying union jobs are among the thousands of positions coming to New Bedford along with the first industrial-scale offshore wind facility in the United States. Thats a guarantee given in an agreement between Vineyard Wind and the Southeastern Massachusetts Building Trades Council that was signed before a group of leaders and policymakers at the edge of the citys harbor on Friday. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, White House National Climate Advisor ...

NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell and state and local leaders have announced a massive redevelopment of the former Eversource/Sprague power plant that they said would likely bring "thousands" of jobs to the city. Most of the 29-acre site will be leveled to make way for new offshore wind staging, fish offloading, and mixed commercial buildings, Mitchell told the crowd gathered in the MacArthur Drive parking lot on Wednesday afternoon. The power plants iconic "big cigarette" smoke...

July 14, 2021 10:17 pm Conceptual renderings for the Port of New Bedford/Courtesy City of New Bedford NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) – A decommissioned power plant site in New Bedford will soon host offshore wind energy projects. The Port of New Bedford will be redeveloped pending the sale of the site by Eversource and Sprague Massachusetts Properties to local investors Cannon Street Holdings, LLC. The 29-acre site previously held the Cannon Street power station, which was decommissioned in 1992. ...

/ New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell spoke Wednesday about plans to redevelop the Cannon Street Power Station as a staging facility for offshore wind. The Port of New Bedford is getting a makeover. Mayor Jon Mitchell announced Wednesday that the shuttered Cannon Street Power Station, just south of downtown, will be demolished, and the site will be redeveloped as a staging area for the offshore industry. The 30-acre waterfront site will become the city’s second dedicated offshore wind staging are...

Offshore Wind Is the Future of the SouthCoast Economy [OPINION] On Thursday, elected officials and community leaders had the opportunity to tour the site of what will be the National Offshore Wind Institute (NOWI), spearheaded by Bristol Community College. The site was barren as production is yet begin, but NOWI provided visuals that allowed the attendees to conceptualize what will be a groundbreaking facility that will foster economic growth in the form of career opportunities and continuing ...

Heavy Rain, High Winds Hitting SouthCoast Friday: How to Prepare Tropical Storm Elsa is slowly making its way further north, with the SouthCoast is in its path. The storm is expected to make its way through much of Massachusetts on Friday, and right now, theres a lot of different forecasts being thrown around. From high winds and heavy rainfall to flash flooding and tornadoes, it seems like a lot is possible, but what can we actually expect as Elsa nears the SouthCoast? Should we be worried? AB...

NEW BEDFORD — Some city councilors are calling for the increase of police patrols in the historic district and for Mayor Jon Mitchell to reverse his decision to close the downtown police station on Pleasant Street. There is not much time, however. City administrators plan to close the downtown police station and open the new South End Public Safety Center on Brock Avenue next month, said Neil Mello, a spokesperson for the city. Councilor-at-large Brian Gomes, who chairs the Committee o...