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Join Jack Spillane at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 3 as he talks with Rep. Chris Hendricks about work on behalf of the New Bedford’s first minority-majority district.

JACK SPILLANE COLUMN

New Bedford area elected officials’ react to offensive images posted on Facebook


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PUBLIC HEALTH

Undocumented immigrants fall through the cracks with child lead poisoning

“Recent immigrants, especially undocumented immigrants, and refugees without economic means tend to settle in the same low-income communities and therefore are more likely to be at risk of lead exposure.” — Mass. Department of Public Health statement.


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HOUSING CRISIS

Ousted New Bedford tenants struggle to find shelter

One tenant is struggling to afford her new apartment. Another said the stress of moving led to an injury at work, and now he’s homeless and couch surfing. A third tenant found an affordable place, but he won’t give up the fight to save his neighbors from gentrification.


Homeless students are the unseen victims of New Bedford’s housing crisis

“The housing crisis is very real. I think there’s kind of this esoteric idea of what the housing crisis looks like, and all of us in the school department see it every day. We see it every day with students who don’t have a reliable place to stay at night.” — Margaret Silva, housing specialist…


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