Addiction Factor ▸ South Coast experts aim to improve substance abuse treatment
CHASING THE MUSE
‘About Face’: More to portraits than meets the eye
The face is omnipresent in the exhibition, even as the artists deep-dive into pop culture mainstays such as horror movies, science fiction, and celebrity worship.
MAY 9, 2024
MULTIMEDIA
Video: Five women, five journeys, one similar bond — motherhood
The Light celebrates Mother’s Day by sharing the stories of Carina Marshall, Audra Andrade, Claire Martin, Lisa Guillemette, and Mariangelis Baez Rivera — five mothers from New Bedford who have experienced motherhood in their unique way.
NOTICIASNB
Saving, pooling money helps New Bedford migrants with big expenses
Those without traditional access to banks are saving money as a group and “lending” the proceeds to rotating members, who use the payout for buying cars, down payments or unexpected costs.
POLICE AND CRIME
NBPD officer arrested on firearm charge after domestic incident
After the initial call, a police captain went to the officer’s home and seized a handgun capable of holding more than 10 rounds, which was unsecured and without a trigger lock, per the police report.
FISHING
South Coast oyster growers say sewage-related restrictions will hurt
South Coast shellfish operations could be shut down for seven to 21 days after episodes of “rainfall or seasonally poor water quality or other predictable events.”
New Bedford working to reduce sewer overflows
Since the 1990s, New Bedford has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in reducing overflows, and upgrading its combined sewer system, city Department of Public Infrastructure Commissioner Jamie Ponte said.
HEALTH
Steward Health Care seeking bankruptcy
Steward Health Care, operator of the third-largest hospital system in Massachusetts, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, seeking the legal protection to restructure its debt while leaving its hospitals open.
INPERSON
The next Tavares — Marlowe has their soul but ‘the influence of the modern world’
“My family — my dad and my grandparents, my great uncles — they were always singing and talking about music or on tour and sending us videos. … That inspired me the most, just seeing them do what they do.”
EDUCATION
Are Voc-Tech admissions still unfair?
The department of education will monitor GNB Voc-Tech with “on-site interviews, submission of evidence, and, if necessary, a corrective action plan” to ensure admissions policies are not discriminatory, after the newest data shows admissions gaps for low-income students, English learners, students of color, and others.
ARTS AND CULTURE
AHA! Night: Preservation. Celebration.; The Play That Goes Wrong at Steeple Playhouse
Celebrate the Whaling City’s history and architecture by exploring its rich past through art, music and food this week.
CIVIC LIFE
New Bedford and GNB Voc-Tech School Committees, plus State Pier public meeting and more
Find information on all the upcoming city meetings this week: New Bedford School Committee, City Council Appointments & Briefings Committee, GNB Voc-Tech School Committee, City Council Property Committee, Cemetery Board, Cultural Council, Board of Park Commissioners, Traffic Commission, Refuse Management Committee, Citizens with Disabilities Commission, City Council Finance Committee and more.
FISHING
Daily Catch
The New Bedford Light brings you “The Daily Catch” — a listing of the latest seafood prices from the Buyers and Sellers Exchange, updated weekdays by noon.
SPECIAL SERIES
Addiction Factor
Check out The Addiction Factor, The Light’s ongoing series on the far-reaching impacts of substance abuse.
JACK SPILLANE COLUMN
Local officials admit CVPA not coming back to New Bedford
Everyone, it seems, except Mayor Jon Mitchell, is now publicly conceding that the College of Visual and Performing Arts will never come back to its longtime home in the Star Store in downtown New Bedford.
HOUSING
South Coast’s housing problem needs regional solution
“We need all our communities to do this. The cost of housing is too high and that is the greatest threat to the economic competitiveness of the state.” — Ed Augustus, secretary of the state’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, praising New Bedford’s housing plan
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