New Bedford

Blue Harvest Fisheries in New Bedford has closed down all its fishing operations.

Governor Maura Healey says she’ll focus on finding funding to replace the Sagamore Bridge ahead of the Bourne Bridge. COVID cases are ticking up locally. And downtown New Bedford could soon lose a beloved arts center.

The decision has been met with shock and disappointment by artists, downtown business owners, and others in the community.

The longshoremen’s union in New Bedford went back to work Thursday after a six-day work stoppage that delayed the unloading of the first wind turbine tower for Vineyard Wind.

A union work stoppage in New Bedford has prevented an offshore wind tower from being fully unloaded from the vessel on which it arrived last week.

Dignitaries gathered at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal on Thursday to celebrate the arrival of wind-turbine components for Vineyard Wind.

The first massive parts of an offshore wind turbine for Vineyard Wind arrived in New Bedford from Europe yesterday.The wind farm of 62 turbines to be installed south of Martha’s Vineyard will be the first large-scale offshore wind development in the United States.

Mitchell unveiled a new set of policies aimed at setting a “standard of appearance” for the city. It addresses a variety of aesthetic issues, from basic cleanliness to design principles for public landscapes and buildings.

Meanwhile, the first six monopile foundations are already loaded on a vessel for the two-week trip across the Atlantic from Germany.

Fine crafts by six Afghan women who came to Massachusetts as refugees in 2021 have been placed on exhibit at the New Bedford Free Public Library — but this show is about more than the art.