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New Bedford City Council Flexes Political Muscles [OPINION] Members of the New Bedford City Council are outraged with Mayor Jon Mitchell and his positions on public safety. Recent fires and shootings are motivating them. Mayor Mitchell hasnt been able to successfully negotiate a contract with either the police or firefighter unions for years. Year after year has gone by and the tensions between the first responders and the former federal prosecutor have grown in part because of the unsettled co...

The legal and political battle between New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell and Parallel Products is about to take another twist and become more complicated.

Quick one liners when you need them.

The spin and deflection have to stop, and the mayor needs to demand someone is held accountable for poor decisions that might have resulted in a loss of life.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell has proposed a repurposing of part of the Whaling City Golf Course that will benefit the city for generations to come.

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.

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...

You are using an older browser version. Please use a supported version for the best MSN experience. NBC’s Mr. Mayor Is a Fascinating Mix of Ted Danson’s Charm and Tina Fey’s Pith Time 1/7/2021 © Mitchell Haddad/NBC Ted Danson (left) and Bobby Moynihan in Mr. Mayor An air of inevitability surrounded the announcement, way back in the summer of 2019, that Ted Danson had signed on to star in an NBC sitcom co-created by Tina Fey. Both were beloved fixtures of the comedy landscape, and bo...

As the speculation continues about New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell leaving early to join the Biden Administration, the list of potential mayoral candidates grows. Mitchell has confirmed he has been in communication with the Biden-Harris presidential transition team about a position in the new administration. Should Mayor Mitchell leave, there will likely be an enormous number of candidates seeking to fill out the remaining years on his term. The first candidates that come to mind are former Mayo...

Residency Requirement Ordinance Looms over 2021 [OPINION] A new residency requirement for the city employees drafted by the New Bedford City Council and vetoed by Mayor Jon Mitchell will be an election issue next year. There has been a residency requirement for some New Bedford municipal employees since the 1970s. Over the years, there have been changes for certain employee groups. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts forbids public school teachers from residency requirements enacted by the local...