This evening, I respectfully submit to you the proposed budget for the City of New Bedford for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006.  This budget is balanced and addresses the top priorities of our city...

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. 

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.

Pastor Chavier led a positive life, and taught day to day positive life experiences, and taught and preached the lessons of the Bible in this manner and spirit.  Let us all follow his continuing example to help shape and improve the lives of all of God’s children, starting here and now in the City of New Bedford.

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

The State of the City address given by Mayor Scott W. Lang on March 2nd, 2006.

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