Is South Coast Rail bringing ‘a bunch of rich people’ to New Bedford?
There’s no sign that South Coast Rail is gentrifying the city, say people who watch New Bedford’s housing market closely.
Environmental group to sue Wareham-based cranberry company for dumping sand into Mass. wetlands
The Conservation Law Foundation sent a notice to file suit against A.D. Makepeace earlier this month for allegedly dredging and infilling sand into Southeastern Massachusetts wetlands without a permit.
Register for The Chat about New Bedford Whaling Museum’s big new plans
Representatives of the New Bedford Whaling Museum join Jack Spillane to discuss the museum’s summer events and the construction of its new welcome center and event space.
Healey signs $63.4 billion state budget with no vetoes
The budget represents a 3.9% spending increase over fiscal 2026, draws on $2.7 billion in surtax revenues on the state’s high earners, and does not raise any taxes or fees.
Only 24% of New Bedford ShotSpotter alerts confirmed as gunshots
The city has dropped the gunshot-listening system, citing cost and low accuracy.
Samaritans Southcoast will answer all 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline texts and chats in Massachusetts
A state grant and a contract will expand the services through 2031.
‘A constitutional crisis’: Markey seeks another Senate term to fight Trump administration
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, seeking a third term, says Trump has transformed immigration enforcement into “something profoundly anti-American.”
ACLU, Plymouth Co. Sheriff spar over ICE detainee health records
The court hearing focused on whether the sheriff’s jail contract with ICE overrides the state public records law.
Maps: See the most crash-prone areas in New Bedford
The number of crashes in the city has risen over the past year — 1,174 during the first quarter of this year, compared to 844 crashes during the same period last year.
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