I am running for re-election because I believe that New Bedford is a better place to live and raise a family, as well as a place to invest and grow a business, than it was the day I was elected to serve as your Mayor.

June 25th, 2007 - Letter to New Bedford City Council from Mayor Scott W. Lang regarding his veto of City Council's vote to demolish Cliftex Mills complex...

June 25th, 2007 - Letter to New Bedford City Council regarding change to City charter regarding hiring authority and duties of legislative counsel...

June 28th, 2007 - Letter from Mayor Scott W. Lang to City Council President Leo Pimental and Honorable Members of the City Council informing them of veto because the Council attached a raise for its Legislative Council to the ordinance...

Remarks made by Mayor Scott W. Lang - New Bedford High School Commencement Speech given on June 14th, 2007.

The State of the City Address given by Mayor Scott W. Lang on March 1st, 2007 in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

It has been 139 years since General Order Number 11 was promulgated designating May 30, 1868 as a day for “the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet church-yard in the land.  In this observance, no form of ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way, arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit.”  General Order No. 11, Issued by General John Logan, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.

The murder of Bernadette DePina caused the people of New Bedford to take a very long, unvarnished look at the City, its values, and its sense of community.  We saw raw anguish, but we also realized that Mrs. DePina’s death could be a turning point for New Bedford and its citizens.