Lucia flips through immigration papers she keeps in a large pink folder at her home in New Bedford. She’s originally from the Azorean islands, an autonomous region of Portugal, and has lived in the U.S. with her husband and two children for about 12 years. The walls of her home are lined with family photos […]
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Posted inBusiness, Local, Transportation
Breaking Point: A tale of two Rhode Island cities
Hospitality businesses are a more than $5 billion industry in Rhode Island. But the closure of the westbound Washington Bridge has commerce as well as commuters in a jam. According to an economic impact study conducted earlier this year by the Rhode Island Hospitality Association and Salve Regina University, the greatest impact was on Providence […]
Posted inEn Español, Immigration, Local, South Coast Bureau
Organizaciones de asistencia a inmigrantes en New Bedford protestaron las acciones de ICE en la región
Click here to read in English. Aproximada 200 personas se reunieron en las escaleras del ayuntamiento de New Bedford el sábado en la mañana para protestar una reciente redada de ICE en una casa del South End que resultó en el arresto de dos hombres Guatemaltecos: José Antonio García García, de 39 años, y Miguel […]
Posted inImmigration, Local, South Coast Bureau
Immigrant advocacy groups in New Bedford held a rally to protest ICE actions in the region
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Around 200 people gathered on the steps of New Bedford city hall Saturday morning to protest a recent ICE raid on a South End home that resulted in the arrest of two Guatemalan men: José Antonio Garcia Garcia, 39, and Miguel Ordoñez Socop, 35. According to the New […]
Posted inImmigration, Local, South Coast Bureau
Two Guatemalan men detained by ICE in New Bedford
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Federal immigration agents detained two Guatemalan immigrants in New Bedford’s South End early Friday morning. According to the family members of the two men detained, the agents were armed, dressed in military fatigues and used a battering ram to enter their home in the city’s South End. They […]
Posted inEn Español, Immigration, Local, South Coast Bureau
Redada de ICE genera ansiedad en la comunidad inmigrante de New Bedford
Click here to read in English. María vive en New Bedford y originalmente es de México. Lleva más de 20 años viviendo en el país, y bromea que la comida mexicana de la Costa Este no se puede comparar a lo que ella solía comer en su hogar en México. Siguió a su esposo a […]
Posted inImmigration, Local, South Coast Bureau
New Bedford immigrant community is on edge after news of ICE raid
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Maria lives in New Bedford and is originally from Mexico. She’s been in the country for more than 20 years now, and jokes that the Mexican food on the East Coast isn’t as good as what she’s used to back home. She followed her husband to the U.S. […]
Posted inArticle, Criminal Justice, Local, South Coast Bureau
Judge rejects appeal based on misconduct claims made in anonymous letters
Anonymous letters accused a New Bedford judge of having an inappropriate relationship with a prosecutor whose cases he oversaw. A man seeking to overturn his conviction on those grounds saw his appeal dismissed on Wednesday due to a lack of credible evidence supporting the allegations.
Posted inCriminal Justice, South Coast Bureau
Police witness testifies about alleged cover-up at Fall River police station
A booking officer testified on Tuesday that Fall River Police Officer Nicholas Hoar struck a suspect on the head with a baton and filed a false report to avoid punishment.
Posted inCriminal Justice, South Coast Bureau
D.A. ties letters alleging misconduct in New Bedford court to ‘harasser’ with personal vendetta
Anonymous letters accused a Bristol County prosecutor of having a romantic relationship with a judge who ruled on her cases. The judge resigned shortly after.
