Residents are putting more material in their bins than ever before, but a lawsuit offers an inside look at a city struggling to cover the costs of a recycling program upended by China’s recent trade policies.
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New Bedford police chief will retire in April
New Bedford’s Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro announced Thursday that he plans to retire within three weeks. New Bedford’s deputy chief, Paul Oliveira, will take over for Cordeiro on April 25. “Under his leadership, New Bedford became a safer city,” said Mayor Jon Mitchell. “The decline in both violent and property crimes during his tenure were […]
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South Coast elementary schools bringing students back full time
Massachusetts’ school reopening plan begins with the state’s youngest students, requiring school districts to offer five days of in-person learning per week to students in kindergarten through fifth grade. The policy took effect on Monday. Middle schools serving sixth, seventh and eighth graders will fully reopen later this month, on April 28. High schools are […]
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Vaccine site for seafood workers to open next weekend in New Bedford
Fishermen, fish house workers, and others in the seafood industry can get the one-dose J&J vaccine on the waterfront starting Saturday, April 10.
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An LGBTQ center finds home in New Bedford, 15 years after violent attack rattled community
The city of New Bedford plans to open a new LGBTQ community center. The move comes 15 years after a teenager entered a gay bar shot two men, injuring a third with a hatchet.
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The price of murder: Lizzie Borden home sells for six times Fall River’s average
In an era when true crime earns fortunes for news and entertainment companies, the unsolved Borden murders are driving real estate prices to new heights in Fall River. Lizzie Borden was 32 years old in 1892, the year police found her estranged father and stepmother hacked to death with a hatchet in the home they […]
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R.I. and Mass. residents eligible for COVID-19 vaccine starting April 19
All Rhode Islanders 16 and older will be eligible to schedule appointments for COVID-19 vaccination starting April 19, Governor Dan McKee said at a briefing Thursday afternoon. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced the same time frame for vaccination Wednesday. Earlier this week, Rhode Island health officials said there would not be enough vaccine supply to […]
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Floating turbines could bring offshore wind to deeper waters
A new report from an environmental nonprofit found the United States has enough offshore wind energy potential to power the entire nation’s electricity grid two times over. Even in a future where Americans forego fossil fuels to power cars and heat homes with electricity, researchers from Environment America say offshore wind alone could meet close […]
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America’s biggest offshore wind farm is on the verge of federal approval
America’s offshore wind infrastructure is modest: the only turbines in the ocean today power a small community’s worth of homes from a wind farm off Block Island. But within two years, the number of American homes powered by the renewable energy source could grow to nearly half a million. Vineyard Wind CEO Lars Pedersen says […]
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Lockheed Martin will close factory in Marion, moving 400 jobs out of state
Lockheed Martin announced it will close a factory next year in Marion, Massachusetts that employs more than 400 workers. The defense contractor is the largest employer in the coastal town of 5,000, where a mix of factory and office workers manufacture underseas weapons for the U.S. Navy. The company said it will offer most employees […]
