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Opinion: What was once a notorious fishermen's hangout has been transformed into part of a new gateway to tourism for New Bedford, The Light's Jack Spillane says about the National Club's rejuvenation as a Mexican cantina.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
One year in, body cameras are helping New Bedford police and defense attorneys. Here's The Light's report on the camera program and related policy⤵️
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📹Below is an excerpt from a New Bedford police officer’s body camera footage referenced in the story ⤵️
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
InPerson: YMCA Southcoast CEO Lucria Ortiz, who took over in June, says the beauty of the Y is that “you see this real cross-section of society every day.”
Read the interview:
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Watch the video:
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
InPerson: For 25 years, Toe Jam Puppet Band has been lighting up area children's events and venues. Tom Poitras and Vinny Lovegrove’s zany kid shows blend rib-tickling songs, energetic movement, and gentle humor into an effervescent elixir.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The three unofficial winners in the New Bedford School Committee race are: Incumbent Melissa Cost, Richard Porter and Von Marie Moniz.

Credit: Grace Ferguson / The New Bedford Light
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The unofficial winners in the three contested New Bedford City Council Ward races are:
Ward 1: Incumbent Leo Choquette beat Matthew Marko
Ward 2: Incumbent Maria Giesta lost to Scott Pemberton
Ward 5: Incumbent Joseph P. Lopes beat R. Renee Fernandes

Credit: Grace Ferguson / The New Bedford Light
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The Light's Grace Ferguson has the election results for New Bedford's at-large City Council race. The unofficial winners: Ian Abreu, James Roy, Shane Burgo, Brian Gomes and Naomi Carney.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Light reporter @aelennon.bsky.social spoke with some New Bedford voters this morning about why they were casting their ballots in the local election today. Here's what they had to say.

Follow us for live updates and find full election coverage at newbedfordlight.org/election2025/
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Across #Massachusetts, sheriff’s offices are quietly cooperating with #ICE, local jails share a mix of information with federal #immigration agents, enabling, and in some cases facilitating, immigration enforcement across the state, The Light has found.
Story: newbedfordlight.org/how-mass-she...
October 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Follow that bot! The Jellyfishbot, that is. The first of its kind on the East Coast, the bright yellow robot nicknamed "Bumblebee" is geared to fight against litter in Fairhaven's harbor. Watch it work; find out how it landed there⤵️
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October 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM