The New Bedford City Council filed a lawsuit against Mayor John Mitchell last week, asking a Bristol County Superior Court judge to clarify that the mayor must seek council approval to appoint a new police chief. Mitchell appointed John Thody as the city’s new police chief on June 24. Council president Shane Burgo said that […]
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Posted inHealth, Local, South Coast Bureau
The Trump Administration ended the LGBTQ+ crisis lifeline. How a Massachusetts suicide-prevention organization is stepping into the gap
When the nationwide Suicide and Crisis Lifeline closed its specialized service for LGBTQ+ youth in July after the Trump Administration decided not to continue funding the program, local suicide-prevention organizations all over the country had to scramble to stand in the gap. Samaritans South Coast, whose operators answer the Lifeline whenever a local caller dials […]
Posted inEnvironment, Local, South Coast Bureau
Judge says construction of large offshore wind farm near Rhode Island can resume
The order represents a rare — and, at least for now, temporary — win for the offshore wind industry, which has been a frequent target of the Trump administration.
Posted inEnvironment, Local, South Coast Bureau
In latest anti-wind action, Trump administration moves to revoke SouthCoast Wind permit
The Trump administration asked a federal judge to allow it to revoke a key permit for SouthCoast Wind, a project that could power about 1.4 million homes in the region.
Posted inEnvironment, Local, South Coast Bureau
New Bedford Board of Health votes to deny approval of controversial trash transfer facility
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 […]
Posted inArts And Culture, Local, South Coast Bureau
Savoring summer’s last days the New England way, with a clambake
The clambake is a way New Englanders savor the last days of summer. At Allen’s Neck, a corner of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where farmland meets the coast of Buzzards Bay, a Quaker meeting has hosted an annual clambake since the 1880s. This year, the clambake carried on as a hurricane blew past offshore. Members say the […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Local, South Coast Bureau
New Bedford Police Department needs to increase the enforcement of transparency and disciplinary policies, according to recent report
The New Bedford Police Department still needs to do more to increase accountability and transparency, according to a consultant’s report released by the city on Wednesday. The 71-page report by 21st Century Policing Solutions found that the NBPD has failed to increase the enforcement of transparency and disciplinary policies related to the narcotics and internal […]
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 inEducation, En Español, Immigration, Local, South Coast Bureau
Defensores de los inmigrantes celebran la “zona segura” del comité escolar de New Bedford
Click here to read in English. Los defensores de los inmigrantes en New Bedford aplaudieron una votación reciente del comité escolar de la ciudad para establecer una “Zona Segura” para estudiantes inmigrantes. El lunes pasado, el comité aprobó la resolución, presentada inicialmente en febrero. Esta resolución no modifica la política del distrito escolar técnicamente. En […]
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Immigrant advocates cheer New Bedford school committee’s ‘safe zone’
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Immigrant advocates in New Bedford cheered a recent vote by the city’s school committee to establish a “Safe Zone” for immigrant students. On Monday, the school committee passed the resolution, which was first introduced in February. It doesn’t change district policy per se. Rather, it affirms that New […]
