The FBI arrested a Fall River police officer on Wednesday for allegedly filing false reports to conceal the beating of a suspect in custody in 2020.
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Interview: New Bedford’s port director on balancing fishing and offshore wind
Gordon Carr, the new director of New Bedford’s Port Authority, will be leading the nation’s top fishing port through a period of transition as the offshore wind industry sets up in town. Our South Coast Bureau Reporter Ben Berke sat down with Carr for his first interview since he started the job last month. They talked about the tough decisions Carr will make about who gets precious space in a busy harbor.
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Politicians spar over State Pier’s future, as new interests converge on New Bedford’s waterfront
New Bedford’s state legislators are sounding alarms that control over the state-owned pier where ferries to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket dock could be changing hands without their oversight.
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Republican Sheriff Tom Hodgson concedes defeat to Democrat Paul Heroux
In a surprise defeat on election Tuesday, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson lost his seat to Democratic challenger Paul Heroux after a remarkable 25-year-run in office that saw the leader of a midsized county jail in Massachusetts become a national figurehead for his hardline views on immigration and the treatment of inmates.
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Allegations fly in final Bristol County sheriff debate
In their last debate before voters head to the polls on Nov. 8, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson and his challenger Paul Heroux traded a series of serious allegations about recent misconduct in each candidate’s respective public office.
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Al Lima, historian with a dream to resurrect Fall River’s hidden river, dies at 80
Lima saw beauty in Fall River where few others did. He devoted decades of his life to daylighting the Quequechan River, much of which remains buried in a pipe beneath Interstate 195.
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Hiking the ‘other’ Fall River: City opens 20-mile trail through protected watershed
Half the land within Fall River’s city limits is a pristine forest that protects the municipal water supply. After a century of pushing residents out of this bioreserve, the city is inviting them back in as hikers.
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Second, undisclosed suicide attempt on Oct. 2 exposes strain on Bristol County jails’ mental health system
The death of an inmate under suicide watch reignited old criticisms of Bristol County’s jails, which for years reported the highest number of suicides of any county jail system in Massachusetts.
An investigation by The Public’s Radio has since revealed that, just six minutes before Adam Howe was found unconscious in his cell, guards were responding to a previously unreported suicide attempt down the hall – exposing greater strains on the county jails’ mental health system than were publicly known when the sheriff defended conditions in his facilities earlier this month.
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Local scallopers win big battle over regulatory change sought by corporate competitors
After months of heated public discussion, the New England Fishery Management Council decided against creating a leasing program for limited access scallop permits on Tuesday.
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New data shows remote work is a rare privilege in New Bedford
New Bedford has one of the lowest shares of residents working remotely of any city in the United States, according to an analysis of new data from the Census Bureau. The Bay Area Council Economic Institute report found only 6 percent of New Bedford’s residents worked from home last year, a proportion that pales in […]
