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New Bedford Non-Profit Purchasing Furniture Store Site NEW BEDFORD — A furniture shop is set to become the new home for one of New Bedford’s oldest non-profit organizations. Child and Family Services, which began as the New Bedford Orphans’ Home in 1843, is under agreement to purchase the property at 965 Church Street that is the current home of Regal House Furniture. Regal House is closing down its New Bedford facilities and moving all operations to its Fairhaven location. Child and Fami...

The Mitchell Administration should give careful consideration to a motion filed by New Bedford City Councilor-at-Large Brian Gomes that could be a game-changer in the war against COVID-19 locally. Gomes, who chairs the City Council Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods, wants Mayor Jon Mitchell and the New Bedford Health Department to establish a mobile unit to bring COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and information about the virus to otherwise hard-to-reach neighborhoods of the city. The unit w...

NEW BEDFORD — Staying home and working remotely during the pandemic hasn’t been an option for Jeff Glassman and his staff. “We’re a very labor-intensive business,” said Glassman, chief executive of Darn It!, a New Bedford-based warehouse, distribution and garment repair business. Glassman said his staff of nearly 80 sewers and warehouse workers have been back on the job for eight months. “It took a few months to get the staff back,” he said. “Our business is certainly down,” e...

There are twelve similar projects being planned along the East Coast.

NEW BEDFORD — Pierre Tremblay, a carpenter with the City of New Bedford for nearly 16 years, died this week due to complications from COVID-19. He was 61.  According to a GoFundMe page created by his daughter, Amanda Smith, Tremblay fell ill mid-February and soon after tested positive for the coronavirus. He was on an inhaler, medications and oxygen while staying home with pneumonia, the post states.  This week, Smith and her sister, Stephanie Tremblay, stopped receiving text messages fr...

As New Bedford's senior population becomes widely vaccinated against COVID-19, those in nursing homes and senior living facilities can once again have visitors.

The Standard-Times Mayor Jon Mitchell and the Board of Health have rescinded an earlier restriction on nursing home and senior living visits, due to the widespread vaccination of residents at those facilities, a press release sent by city Deputy Chief of Staff and Public Relations Officer Jonathan Carvalho announced. On Dec. 14, the mayor and Board of Health prohibited visitation at nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and senior living facilities, with limited exceptions, to protect resi...

No Rush to Cancel New Bedford Summer Events [OPINION] The annual New Bedford Half Marathon has been canceled for a second straight year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So has the beloved Joe Jesuss 50s Night celebration that draws thousands to downtown New Bedford. Both events are good for business since they attract a lot of folks from outside the city. The race was tough to schedule because it is run on or near St. Patricks Day, which left little time for planning. Besides, things have not full...

New Bedford Police Need to Step It Up at Pocket Parks [OPINION] New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is opposed to closing two so-called pocket parks on Acushnet Avenue despite calls from several members of the city council to shut them down. The parks, one at Nye Street and the other at Phillips Avenue, are hot spots for crime, prompting Ward 2 Councilor Maria Giesta to seek out alternative uses for the property. Giesta and At-Large Councilor Deb Coelho, who lives near the Nye Street park, said drug...

Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Ignores Job Loss [OPINION] The silence is deafening from the federal elected officials on the closing of Lockheed Martin in Marion – 400 jobs gone without even a whimper. Today, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey and the rest of the Congressional delegation from Massachusetts, all Democrats, continued to ignore the closing of the largest employer in a SouthCoast town. The average job at Lockheed Martin pays around $100,000 a year. That puts the ...