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New Bedford, Massachusetts is located in Bristol County. Zip codes in New Bedford, MA include 02741, 02745, and 02744. The median home price in New Bedford is $179,000 which is roughly $101/per square foot. More New Bedford information.

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Danish company promises $200 million to Cape Wind

A Danish pension company has promised to invest $200 million in Cape Wind providing the project's financing is closed by the end of the year.

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Small bites

The Friends of Buttonwood Park, Fay's Restaurant and musician Peter Grace will collaborate in a fundraiser for the park from 11:30 a.m. to closing Monday.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

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Champion of Brutalism isn't done yet

Vieira Levitt, museum curator, gallery director for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and photographer of Brutalist architecture, discusses her photographs.

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State allows building dorms at community colleges

The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education approved a policy change Tuesday to allow proposals to build residence halls at any of the state's 15 community colleges, according to a press release.

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Mayor announces city plan to establish downtown New Bedford 'cultural district'

Officials want to establish a "cultural district" downtown aimed at bringing the city's growing arts community under a single umbrella and possibly drawing in state money.

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Claire L. Picard, 102

Claire L. Picard, age 102 years, died on June 15, 2013 at The Oaks Nursing Center, after having given to and taken from life all that is humanely possible.

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Richard G. Holtkamp

Richard G. Holtkamp, 80, of New Bedford died June 15, 2013 at The Oaks Nursing Home.

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Dorothy V. Teixeira, 91

Dorothy V. Teixeira, 91, of So. Dartmouth, died Sunday, June 16, 2013 following a lengthy period of declining health at the home of her cousin, Mary-Norma Magan and her husband Carl.

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Mom: Happy noises get New Bedford girl tossed

A Massachusetts woman says she and her 5-year-old developmentally disabled daughter were thrown out of a Providence, R.I., theater during a "Beauty and the Beast" performance because the girl was making giggling and humming noises she makes when she's happy.

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Benjamin M. Brewer

Benjamin Mallory Brewer passed away quietly on May 16, 2013. He was the devoted husband of Beverly Ann Brewer for 55 years.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

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Class Acts

Stephen Barker, Head of School at Friends Academy in Dartmouth, offered that assessment at the Sally Borden Program's annual ceremony to mark the end of the 2012-13 academic year.

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New Bedford man charged with stabbing

A city man is charged with stabbing a 47-year-old man Saturday night on Delano Street after an argument, police said.

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New Bedford man charged with collecting $14,000 in unemployment while working

A city man is accused of fraudulently collecting more than $14,000 in unemployment benefits while also earning about $41,000 working as an electrical contractor, Attorney General Martha Coakley said Monday.

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Photo gallery: Eric Fernandes Memorial Scholarship fundraiser

Eric Fernandes Memorial Scholarship Trust fundraiser, held Saturday, June 15, 2013, at Dublin's Sports Bar n' Grille, New Bedford.

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Four men arrested for illegally possessing a sawed-off shotgun

Noel Silvares-Carrion, 18, and George Boye, 21, of New Bedford were arrested along with Dartmouth man Corey Costa, 21, and an unnamed 16-year-old after police responded to reports of suspicious men near Durfee and Highland streets looking inside parked cars, a police news release said.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Minimum wage should be tied to Consumer Price Index

The minimum wage in Massachusetts, now at $8 per hour, should be raised by a dollar.

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Steve Urbon: Centenarian still talks up the lightships

JOHN SLADEWSKI/the Standard-Times Stanley Barboza, who will be 100 in July, is the area's oldest living lightship veteran.

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Carole C. Bacchieri

Carole C. Bacchieri, 82, of Englewood, FL and East Wareham, passed away on June 4, 2013.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

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Joao Tavares do Couto

Joao Tavares do Couto, 89, of Dartmouth, died Friday, June 14, 2013, at his home surrounded by his family following a period of declining health.

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Medical Defense Raised for Milton Coach Charged with Assault, Trooper Shoots Man

Editor's note: The following information has been provided by local police departments, courts and state agencies serving Patch towns.

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