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NEW BEDFORD — A city church filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against Mayor Jon Mitchell, the city's health director and Gov. Charlie Baker alleging they violated First Amendment rights by implementing "discriminatory" capacity restrictions on places of worship amid the COVID-19 pandemic. New Life South Coast Church, a Christian church on Cove Road, is seeking the immediate lifting of capacity limits as well as damages. In its 19-page complaint, the church argues the state has favored business and leisure over religion by loosening restrictions for the former while keeping "bur...

New Bedford City Council Snubs Warren [OPINION] U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren came to New Bedford on Wednesday for a photo op at a soon-to-be-open COVID vaccination center for seafood industry workers. The center, fully funded with federal money, is expected to be operational on April 10. Since there is nothing of significance happening on Beacon Hill at the moment, three members of the local legislative delegation – Rep. Paul Schmid, Rep. Tony Cabral, and Rep. Chris Hendricks – were able to glue themselves to Warren's side for the event. Congressman Bill Keating was also there. The circu...

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,” especially Glassman says, compared to the first quarter of 2020. “But we’re busy now and very luc...

NEW BEDFORD — As spring approaches — a time that is supposed to mark the opening of new public safety center and the decommissioning of a city fire engine — city officials have raised their voices, again, to keep the engine in service.   During Thursday's City Council meeting, Councilor-at-large Brian Gomes submitted a motion requesting the council go on record again and send a letter to the administration in opposition to the decommissioning of Engine 8 on Acushnet Avenue. The motion also requests the decision be delayed so that Mayor Jon Mitchell and the council can "work tog...

New Bedford Police Announce Largest Fentanyl Bust in City History NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford Police on Monday announced the biggest fentanyl bust in the history of the department, following a months-long investigation. Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro announced the seizure in a press conference broadcast on Facebook Live through the department’s official Facebook page. Police say they seized 7.2 kilos, or nearly 16 pounds, of fentanyl from two apartments located at 2100 Phillips Road. According to Cordeiro, the drugs have a street value of approximately $400,000. A long list of drug processing...