The New Bedford Board of Health voted 2-to-1 Tuesday night to deny approval for a controversial trash transfer facility in the city’s North End, effectively killing the project as proposed. The board cited multiple environmental and health issues brought up during recent community hearings as reasons for denying the project approval. The decision comes nearly […]
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Posted inEnvironment, Local, South Coast Bureau
Tensions flare at New Bedford Board of Health meeting on trash transfer site
Throughout the hearing some in the auditorium shouted, “Just say no,” prompting the hearing official in charge of the New Bedford Board of Health meeting, Art Krieger, to warn the crowd to quiet down several times. The crowd was there to hear discussion on a proposal by South Coast Renewables to build a new facility […]
Posted inLocal, Politics, South Coast Bureau
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell announces ‘austerity measures’ in response to budget cuts
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell announced a series of “austerity measures” on Friday. The moves are a response, he said, to the City Council recently cutting $10.2 million out of his proposed city budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. Among the service reductions announced were a hiring freeze for non-public safety agencies for the first […]
Posted inLocal, South Coast Bureau, Transportation
Extreme heat forces closure of New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge
The extreme heat wave this week has forced the New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge to close for a second day in a row, halting marine traffic into the nation’s highest-earning fishing port and forcing cars and trucks to avoid a main artery into the South Coast city. Starting on Tuesday as temperatures creeped above 100 degrees, the […]
Posted inImmigration, Local, South Coast Bureau
New Bedford man arrested in ICE road stop is released on bond
Juan Francisco Méndez is being reunited with his family after nearly a month at the Strafford County Department of Corrections in Dover, N.H. He was released Thursday on a $1,500 bond, according to his attorney, Ondine Galvez-Sniffin. Méndez was detained in April after ICE agents smashed through his car window with an axe. He was […]
Posted inImmigration, Local, South Coast Bureau
New Bedford resident due to be released from ICE detention remains in custody
A Guatemalan man detained last month in New Bedford after immigration agents used an axe to break through his car window is still being held at a New Hampshire detention facility despite a judge’s order to dismiss his case. Juan Francisco Méndez was expected to be released last Thursday after Immigration Court Judge Donald Ostrom […]
Posted inImmigration, Local, South Coast Bureau
Guatemalan man detained in New Bedford due to be released after judge’s order
Immigration Court Judge Donald Ostrom said he was dismissing a case against Juan Francisco Méndez because immigration authorities had failed to properly file the necessary paperwork to charge him, according to his attorney, Ondine Galvez-Sniffin. In court, Galvez-Sniffin said, the the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was unable to account for itself when asked about […]
Posted inEn Español, Immigration, Local, South Coast Bureau
‘Tienes que seguir adelante’: Cómo un arresto infame de ICE cambió la vida de una familia
Click here to read in English. Marilú Domingo Ortiz dice que Lunes, abril 14, comenzó como cualquier otro día. “Mi esposa tenía una cita en la clínica con el dentista, estábamos yendo por la cita”, Marilú dijo. Marilú dice que ella y su esposo, Juan Francisco Méndez, fueron detenidos mientras estaban manejando por la calle […]
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‘I need to keep fighting’: How an ICE arrest changed one New Bedford family
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Marilú Domingo Ortiz says Monday, April 14, started like any other uneventful weekday. “My husband had a dentist appointment which we were driving to,” said Marilú. Marilú says she and her husband, Juan Francisco Méndez, were stopped while driving on Tallman Street in New Bedford. That’s where two […]
Posted inImmigration, Local, South Coast Bureau
‘My heart is shattered’: Portuguese immigrants opt to self-deport amid local ICE raids
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 […]
