When the cleanup of PCB contamination in the Acushnet River is complete, work will begin on the planned New Bedford RiverWalk to finish the planned Blue Lane.
Former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, the first member of Congress to voluntarily state he was gay, has a reading room in his name at UMass Dartmouth.
New Bedford Police Union President Chris Cotter took exception to the Mitchell Administration's response to 'sub-par' conditions at the city's police academy.