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5 days ago | 
southcoasttoday.com | Frank Mulligan
The nonprofit Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston now owns New Bedford's Star Store building. The building, once a department store then a UMass campus, has been closed since 2023. A nonprofit is developing it as artists' lofts, art space with retail on the first floor. NEW BEDFORD — Plans have been announced to develop the Star Store building downtown as a center for the arts and artists with a first-floor retail component.
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1 week ago | 
southcoasttoday.com | Frank Mulligan
The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center in New Bedford is undergoing extensive renovations. About five stories above the ground is a temporary floor being used to repair the ceiling. The repairs are expected to be completed by the end of the year. NEW BEDFORD — It’s called the “dance floor,” and though it’s been set up in the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center it’s not for tripping the lights fantastic. For one thing, it’s been erected many, many feet above the actual floor.
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1 week ago | 
southcoasttoday.com | Frank Mulligan
Cape Air is starting twice-daily flights between New Bedford and Logan International Airport in Boston starting in late September. A first look at ticket prices show a flight costs $94.50. The service is aimed at connecting travelers to longer flights out of Logan. NEW BEDFORD — Cape Air has announced a new twice-daily, year-round passenger service between New Bedford Regional Airport and Logan International Airport in Boston.
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1 week ago | 
southcoasttoday.com | Frank Mulligan
NEW BEDFORD — E.L. Harvey officials say they have taken immediate action in the wake of the recent fire at their New Bedford waste transfer station that has caused a rat infestation. The company released a statement May 28, “We understand that residents within a half mile of the facility have observed an increase in rodent activity.
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1 week ago | 
southcoasttoday.com | Frank Mulligan
City officials are addressing reports of a rat infestation coming from the municipal waste transfer station. A fire at the station has spurred the infestation. Officials are coming up with strategies to combat the infestation. NEW BEDFORD — City officials say they’re taking measures to address reports of numerous rats seen in an industrial area along Shawmut Avenue they say are coming from a municipal waste transfer station.
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1 week ago | 
capecodtimes.com | Frank Mulligan
New Bedford artist Ryan McFee created a painting based on an Instagram post of Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson. Hudson contacted McFee to buy the painting, with one small change. McFee's painting also made the front page of the New York Times. Over 30 years as an artist, his work has included more than 1,000 paintings, but this painting ended up on the front page of The New York Times.
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1 week ago | 
southcoasttoday.com | Frank Mulligan
New Bedford estimates it has 228 vacant buildings, from single-family homes to former schools. The city's Office of Housing and Community Development is tasked with getting these properties refilled. These properties could yield almost 300 new housing units. NEW BEDFORD — It’s estimated New Bedford has 228 vacant buildings, ranging from single-family homes to former fire stations.
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2 weeks ago | 
southcoasttoday.com | Frank Mulligan
In April, city councilors and residents complained about safety downtown at a meeting. Since that meeting, New Bedford police said they have stepped up their presence. Twenty-two people have been arrested downtown for charges of assault, disorderly conduct and trespassing. NEW BEDFORD — Less than a month after downtown business owners expressed concerns with safety, police said they have been focusing their efforts there and have made 22 arrests.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Frank Mulligan
NEW BEDFORD — Although free on $1,500 bond and trying to remain in New Bedford, the Guatemalan man whose violent arrest by ICE in New Bedford was caught on video is being monitored by a GPS bracelet. His attorney, Ondine Galvez Sniffin, said Juan Francisco Méndez, 29, is also subject to an intensive supervision program where he has to report twice a week in person to an office in Framingham. It’s called the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, she said.
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3 weeks ago | 
southcoasttoday.com | Frank Mulligan
NEW BEDFORD – Three more Guatemalan men were allegedly taken into custody by ICE in New Bedford this week, though none had criminal records, according to Adrian Ventura, executive director of the Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores. Two of the men were taken May 12, Marvin Yobani Chitic Us, 30, and Justo Rufino Chitic Us, 33. Ventura said they had been going to work at seafood processor Oceans Fleet Fisheries in New Bedford.
