New Bedford Acting Deputy Chief to Stay in Permanent Role
Police announced the appointment Wednesday afternoon.
Sousa has been the acting Deputy Chief since April.
According to the statement, he joined the police department in 1994 and became part of the Narcotics Division in 2000.
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He became a member of the Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force in 2001, and was later assigned to the Gang Unit from 2006-2009.
Born in Saint Michael, Azores, Sousa immigrated with his family to New Bedford in the 1980s.
He graduated from New Bedford High School and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Criminal Justice from Western New England College.
Members of the Fairhaven Finance Committee and the Fairhaven School Committee are at odds about the move to use more than $700,000 for extra add-ons to the high school s turf project.
Last year, town meeting approved $1.2 million for the project that would change the natural grass field at Fairhaven High to an artificial turf. An additional $200,000 would be provided by alumni for a total of $1.4 million being allocated to the athletic field.
However, Lisa Plante, Vice President of the Fairhaven Finance Committee, said that the project currently underway down at the field has ballooned into much more. I looked through the plans yesterday and noticed it is a much larger scope of a project than what Town Meeting approved, she said. In all my time as a town meeting member, when we vote on something the article is voted by word. You can t change things like this.
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Recapping the School Year in New Bedford [TOWNSQUARE SUNDAY]
The 2020-2021 school year in New Bedford is one that students, teachers and administrators won t soon forget.
Students and teachers spent much of the year learning via Zoom, a challenge for sure. Superintendent Thomas Anderson says students and teachers, along with parents, met that challenge over the last school year.
In particular, New Bedford High School continued to restore its reputation as a successful place of learning.
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This week on
Townsquare Sunday, Anderson talked about solid improvements in the graduation rate at New Bedford High School and the success of its top students.
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