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For now, it is best we keep the Economy section where it is. Until we have more details on the modern economy we have no need to move the historical part to the History section. Give the article until it has expanded enough, and then we will have need to split the section. -- LGagnon 23:10, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
The article says, "New Bedford tourism centers around fairs and festivals including Summerfest, the traditional Blessing of the Fleet, and the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament (the largest Portuguese cultural celebration in the nation)."
My Stepfather, who works in a Portuguese market in New Bedford disputes this, saying that the festival in Newark, NJ is much larger. Does anyone know where we got this fact from, and if it's current? Are we measuring in terms of attendance? Number of city blocks? Funding? - Harmil 22:25, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
i am not a member (or user, if thats what its called) of Wikipedia, but i use it all the time. why have i been blocked? all i did was include 1 sentence after the name of the current mayor, wherein i detailed the current election, stating he would probably soon be replaced by (other candidate's name) due to (other candidate) finishing 1st in the primary elections.
There seems to be something wrong with the picture of the city seal. It isn't showing in the article. -- LGagnon 01:09, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
I put the names of all of the city's city councilors right next to the mayor, but this was deleted, I don't understand why, they essentially make more decisions then the mayor and are an important part of city government. Also, there is an error that says the city is governed by a Board of Selectmen, which is incorrect- it is a mayor-council government. I have tried to change this, it doesn't work for some reason- I'll try once more. I'm not going to put up the city councilors again until someone answers this for clarification of where to put them or why not to.
Transportation section updated to reflect reality as of May, 2006; all info checked on current Web sites. A few redundant sentences were removed. -- 68.239.62.208
Can we substantiate the "self inflicted" comment with regards to the shootout listed under Crime? - Harmil 05:09, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi folks,
I started this section a few months back, and have completely revised it. It is amazing to see how many influential people have come from our city. It's definitely a good way to boost city pride! Let me know if you have any suggestions. -- dyoken 19:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
I am an employee of a local newpaper website an I have an active account. Everytime I go to add a link to a subject so that your readers can find out more information, I get a message saying that the links were removed. Why does this keep happening and is there a different way for me to be adding information to your website? -LAuger
Dear New Bedford, MA page editors/administrators,
My name is Tracy and I work for The Standard Times website (SouthCoastToday.com). There are a few stories that are posted on your page that has information relevant to information that we have on our site as well. We have actually gone to the extent of creating specific pages for each of the events listed below. I wanted to request that we can add a link as a reference for these specific stories and or add an External Link. If you could please take the time to go through each of the listed subjects below to see if this is something that I can add our reference to or external link to and/or add more information to the stories so that we can cite it.
The following stories are:
1) Foxy Lady shooting (under the crime section) - the link to the page that we have created for this event is... http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPECIAL03 On this page, we also have specific articles of the event and updates as well. Since there is only one sentence of the event on Wikipedia, I can add more information from one of our articles and cite it below.
2) Immigration Raid in New Bedford - there is currently a statement about the Immigration Raid on the Wikipedia page but we also have much more information on this event on our site at http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPECIAL21 . Is it possible that we can either cite ourselves as a reference for this story and/or add more information about the event and cite?
3) Train expansion into the area - The MBTA has been stating for years that they will be expanding into the New Bedford area. Please see our link to our page for this event as well... http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPECIAL31 Here we have on going articles of this transition and the views of local people. There is a mention of the expansion in the transportation section, but can we add ourselves as a reference link for this story?
4) Passionada - Passionada was filmed right here in New Bedford and we have created a page just for this film and all of the information that was put together on the filming of this throughout the town. The link for the page is http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPECIAL14 It is mentioned under the Entertainment part of the New Bedford page. Can we possibly have a reference link for this section. We can also site some of the information that we have on our page in order to have the reference link. Please let me know.
New Information / Link:
1) Every year New Bedford puts on a "SummerFest" and we have a page created on our site for this event. The page link is http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPECIAL37 . Is it possible for me to add a small write up of this event on the New Bedford page and add a link in either the References section and/or External Links section?
If someone could please get back to me when they have a second that would be appreciated.
Thank You for your time. -- Tracys49 17:18, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
There appears to be a disagreement as to whether the "Current Socially Active Residents" section is appropriate for this article. IMO, little to none of the entries in this section are notable enough for the article, and the whole section could probably be axed. The "Notable residents" section is already a bit too long as it is (again, IMO). I've tagged the section with {{cleanup-laundry}} to hopefully get some additional eyes on it. -- AbsolutDan (talk) 23:05, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
I've removed some external links. If you feel any should be re-added or further ones removed, please discuss here. Thanks -- AbsolutDan (talk) 00:49, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Felix' book was also made into a play by a local NB woman and has been performed by the Zeiterion.
Several items have been commented out in the Notable Residents section. I'm moving them here so they will be more visible and can be discussed. The comments are not my own but those of the person(s) who commented the items out. -- AbsolutDan (talk) 00:42, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
What is missing from the city timeline article? Please add relevant content! Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 ( talk) 16:43, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
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Hermano Vieira Square, is named for Hermano “Eddie” Perry (Perreira) Vieira, a native of New Bedford, a local soccer player, who served in the Tank Corps in WWII, and who earned a Purple Heart for his service and who later died as a result of his wounds. Senator John F. Kennedy visited this site to honor Private Eddie Vieira. (Can add photo of site & Senator JFK visit as covered by the newspapers.) Wickedcoolturtles ( talk) 23:48, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
IMG_6398.PNG Purple Heart recipient Hermano “Eddie” P. Vieira, for which Hermano P. Vieira Square is named, is buried at Saint John’s cemetery in Nee Bedford, Massachusetts. Wickedcoolturtles ( talk) 23:53, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
IMG_6398.PNG Purple Heart recipient Hermano “Eddie” P. Vieira, for which Hermano P. Vieira Square is named, is buried at Saint John’s cemetery in Nee Bedford, Massachusetts. Wickedcoolturtles ( talk) 23:54, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
Should the all the individual crimes listed in the New Bedford, Massachusetts#Crime section be deleted? Hudson2276 ( talk) 15:16, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
The city’s crime rate, including violent and property crime decreased by 38% from 2011 to 2020 with 4456 incidents in 2011 and 2171 incidents in 2020. [1] The FBI reported a violent crime rate in New Bedford, Massachusetts of 640 per 100,000 residents in 2019, compared to a national average of 366.7 per 100,000 residents. [2] [3] An FBI report in 2020 showed burglary and breaking and entering dropped about 52% from 969 crimes in 2011 to 465 crimes in 2019. [1]
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Sections should be reordered per WP:USCITY. I fixed some, I'll leave it to other editors to move more sections. • Sbmeirow • Talk • 20:03, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
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I work for the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. I’d like to suggest improvements to the New_Bedford, Massachusetts#City subsection of “Government”. The current second and third sentences of the first paragraph are out of date and incomplete. The second sentence, about council and mayoral terms, is uncited and does not explain that the city charter was changed in 2019 to double the mayor’s term from two to four years.
In the third sentence, the language describing who is the “current” mayor is from 2011, and doesn’t address subsequent terms and elections. This paragraph also lacks information about other high-ranking positions in city government, including the city council president, as can be seen in Good Articles about cities such as Albany, New York#Government. The suggested new language, replacing sentences two and three, is as follows:
Government
City Council members serve two-year terms. [1] In 2019, following a change in the city charter, the mayoral term was doubled from two years to four years. [2] The council [1] and mayoral positions do not have term limits. [3]
Former assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell, defeated State Representative Antonio F.D. Cabral in the 2011 mayoral election. [4] Mitchell was re-elected to his fifth consecutive term as mayor in the 2019 election, defeating challenger Tyson Moultrie. [5]
In 2021, Joseph Lopes was re-elected to a second consecutive term as president of the City Council. [6]
Thank you for your consideration. Hudson2276 ( talk) 17:14, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
Done - Hopefully correctly, Hudson2276, I'm not a CoI expert, but since these were uncontroversial changes, I don't think there would have been a problem in you doing them yourself on a WP:BRD basis ie discuss if anyone objects. Pincrete ( talk) 09:08, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
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