Arthur Hirsch

City elections chief Manny DeBrito turned to students to drive turnout — and design new “I Voted” stickers. Massachusetts’ secretary of state predicts record voting levels.

Democrat Julie Ruggiero, the second woman ever elected to the County Commission, and longtime incumbent Democrat John Mitchell are top vote-getters.

The Taunton city councilor, 32, staked her campaign on two issues: cost of living and immigration.

The Republican take on Trump’s victory: “People, regardless of party, are fed up with a government less focused on the things that matter to the average person.”

Sheriff Paul Heroux has converted a former immigration detention center to an academy for correctional officers. He says he’ll share inmate information with federal authorities, but won’t house detainees.

The residential tax rate is projected to drop from $12 to $11.31 per thousand of valuation. But the total value of residential real estate, which makes up about 84% of the city tax base, has jumped more than 10%.

The Massachusetts Environmental Police had a problem: 1½ tons of undersized haddock, confiscated on the New Bedford waterfront. Who would filet it and eat it?

The sea god and his watery companions have been restored at a shop in Watertown. Now the question is where on the waterfront the sculpture should go.

The bells from 1888 are in storage in Cincinnati, Ohio, after a fundraising campaign to reinstall them in New Bedford fell short.

City Councilors and a property owner have objected to locating Mass CEC’s $15 million renewable energy center at Bourne Counting House site.