US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., held a town hall at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School on Saturday, 5/12. Senator Warren also met with New Bedford officials and members of the fishing industry that morning to gain insight into the effects that fishing regulations, and especially the complete closure of Sector IX, have had on the region’s economy.

Between events in New Bedford on 5/12/18, US Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spent a little time downtown, hobnobbing with the locals, such as Cole and Saffron Hitchings, at the Green Bean around 10 a.m. Photo courtesy of Nigel Hitchings.

US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gestures while speaking at a town hall at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School in New Bedford, Mass., on Saturday, 5/12/18. Photo by Glenn C. Silva

A woman holds a book written by US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., during a town hall held by the Senator at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School in New Bedford, Mass., on Saturday, 5/12/18. Photo by Glenn C. Silva

US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gestures while speaking at a town hall at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School in New Bedford, Mass., on Saturday, 5/12/18. Photo by Glenn C. Silva

US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) held a town hall in New Bedford, Mass., on 5/12/18 at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School. Photo by Glenn C. Silva

US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gestures while speaking at a town hall at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School in New Bedford, Mass., on Saturday, 5/12/18. Photo by Glenn C. Silva
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