Kiernan Dunlop
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New Bedford, MA, United States
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Ashely Bendiksen shares experience with mother's early Alzheimer's in new memoir
Former Miss New Bedford documented difficulties and beauty of caring for loved one → Read More
Mitchell seeks to remove police captains from New Bedford police union
But state official signals matter won't be taken up in contract arbitration → Read More
'Codfather' Carlos Rafael transferred from prison to 'community confinement'
NEW BEDFORD - Carlos Rafael, who gained national attention as “The Codfather" for crimes he committed while he was in charge of a large portion of they city's fishing fleet, has been transferred from the Federal Medical Center Devens in Ayer to community confinement, according to the Bureau of Prisons spokesperson Scott Taylor. Community confinement indicates Rafael, 68, is either in home… → Read More
Health care workers join Black Lives Matter New Bedford protesters in march to City Hall
NEW BEDFORD - Wearing a mix of colorful scrubs and white coats, Greater New Bedford Community Health Center workers gathered outside the center’s → Read More
New Bedford City Council looking to help end illegal firework spree
NEW BEDFORD - City councilors are working to quell the rash of fireworks being set off on a daily basis across the city and keeping residents up at night. → Read More
Protesters at auction say WHALE is gentrifying minority neighborhood
Heir to Pleasant Street property contends he was not given sufficient opportunity to obtain house rehabbed under Attorney General's program → Read More
Brandon Woods of Dartmouth CEO: facility has been 'COVID-free' for month
Nursing and rehab home had seen SouthCoast's first big outbreak in a care facility → Read More
New cases of COVID-19 on the decline in Greater New Bedford
Kiernan Dunlop @KiernanD_SCT But local officials call for continued vigilence NEW BEDFORD — The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in Greater New Bedford has been declining over recent weeks, but city and town officials are quick to say it doesn’t mean the fight against the disease is over. A chart on the city of New Bedford’s website displaying COVID-19 daily new cases shows that since… → Read More
New Bedford small businesses start to reopen, but still not seeing pre-COVID sales
NEW BEDFORD – Cecilia Brito, owner of Celia’s Boutique in downtown New Bedford, put out her hands like she was throwing a ball Tuesday while → Read More
Hispanic/Latino community account for nearly half of New Bedford coronavirus cases
Officials say population is often on frontline of essential workers → Read More
New Bedford works on month-long interim budgets while awaiting guidance from state, feds
The financial uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic on the national and state level has forced the city to use stop gap measures to keep itself → Read More
DPH: More than 100 deaths at Greater New Bedford nursing homes
Five nursing homes in the Greater New Bedford area have had over 15 COVID-19 deaths among their residents, according to the Massachusetts Department of → Read More
Tensions flare after South End memorial service draws crowd, police presence
Wednesday night, when multiple New Bedford police officers were lined up outside a memorial service wearing helmets, 20 year-old Lynea Gilreath said there → Read More
Black Lives Matter protesters take aim at Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson
Black Lives Matter protesters moved from their typical intersection on County and Union streets Thursday to the front of the Hastings Keith Federal Building to join forces with another protest group, Bristol County for Correctional Justice (BCCJ), in their fight to remove Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson. More than 50 people gathered to hear speeches and protest in front of the federal… → Read More
New Bedford Police respond for loud noises near Mayor Mitchell's house
NEW BEDFORD — Police responded for a noisy disturbance on Moreland Terrace, the street where Mayor Jon Mitchell lives, at around 10:20 p.m. → Read More
As New Bedford protest numbers decrease, organizers say they will continue fight
Black Lives Matter New Bedford leaders say they intend to stay involved → Read More
Protestors march to Mitchell's house demanding answers in local police shooting
Unsatisfied with mayor's answers on Malcolm Gracia's death they chant 'Vote him out!' and 'Not my mayor' → Read More
New Bedford police and protesters work together on marches but there's still some tension
Leaders and officers communicate for traffic control while marchers occupy streets → Read More
Two protesters arrested Monday night after confrontation with police in South End
Several protesters say police, with batons, dogs and tear gas, confronted them even though they were peaceful. More than 20 law enforcement vehicles → Read More
Staffing issues to blame for delayed trash pick, ABC Disposal head says
Yard waste pickup is back but CEO admits company is behind because of delay → Read More