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This month's Lights for Peace honors John B. DeValles Elementary School's namesake, Rev. Father John Baptist DeValles.

New Bedford First Grade Teacher Retires After 31 Years What can you do for a dedicated teacher that is retiring after 31 years of educating our little ones? Normally, you'd throw the teacher a retirement party. There would be speeches and toasts offered in her honor from the principal and her colleagues. But unfortunately, that can't happen during the COVID-19 pandemic. There's no room for retirement parties – not yet, at least. If all goes as planned, teachers are still a few weeks away from receiving their first vaccine. So the staff at the John B. DeValles School in New Bedford did the o...