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The New Bedford City Council overrode the veto of Mayor Jon Mitchell and put in place a new ordinance covering the residency requirement for employees.

Ed Anthes-Washburn Leaving Port of New Bedford for Private Sector Ed Anthes-Washburn is leaving his job as director of the the New Bedford Port Authority for a position in the private sector. Washburn is joining Crowley Maritime as director of business development for the Northeast and for the companys work in the offshore wind space. Crowley is a U.S.-owned and operated logistics, government, marine and energy solutions company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, the firms website states. ...

New Bedford City Council President Draws an Opponent [OPINION] Ward 6 City Councilor Joe Lopes was recently re-elected to another term as New Bedford City Council President. He is the potential interim mayor. He also has opposition. Lopes is popular with his fellow city councilors. If he wasnt, he wouldnt be the president of the city council again. At the first meeting of 2021, the council suspended the rule that prohibits a council president from being re-elected to consecutive terms at the h...

Autorola is warning that electric vehicle (EV) prices in used value guides should be used “sparingly” based on its experience of online sales in 2020.

Mitchell has mild symptoms and is working from home.

​Used electric vehicles (EV) appear to have fallen out of favour with car buyers struggling to justify their cost in comparison to petrol and diesel alternatives, according to Autorola.

New Bedford At-Large City Councilor Ian Abreu has quickly jumped out of the pack of potential candidates should there be a special election for mayor in 2021.

NEW BEDFORD — The 56,000-square-foot U.S. Environmental Protection Agency facility on Hervey Tichon Avenue, used for about 16 years to clean harbor sediment contaminated with probable carcinogens, now belongs to the New Bedford Port Authority.  Mayor Jon Mitchell, accompanied by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and EPA officials, announced the property transfer Thursday at the newly decontaminated facility, calling it an “auspicious moment” for the port, city and region. In the coming yea...

Tom Hunt, a former School Committee member, said he’s heard the rumors but there’s always a lot of rumors in New Bedford politics.   “I know that the mayor enjoys his job as mayor very much,” Hunt said. “Having said that I think he would be an excellent candidate for any position in the federal government.” Mitchell worked as a federal prosecutor prior to first being elected mayor in 2012, so Hunt said Mitchell would be particularly suited for a position in the Department of Justi...