Advocates and opponents sharply divided on Question 3’s all-party primaries
Instead of Democratic and Republican primaries, an all-party primary would send the top two candidates of any party to the general election.
Question 7 proposes ‘starter home’ zoning change
The proposed law would override local zoning rules to allow single-family homes on lots as small as 5,000 square feet.
Question 1 advocates criticize Legislature on openness; lawmakers defend transparency bill
The Legislature is considering bills that wouldn’t go as far — and could limit Question 1’s effects.
Day of the Dead: A Mexican tradition honoring loved ones who have passed
Isabel Bernie sets up her offering every year with photos, candles, flowers and food, and makes clear it is popular culture, not a cult of death.
Opinion: Will the ‘all-party primary’ make Mass. elections more democratic?
With open primaries, third parties, independent and lesser-known candidates will be able to participate on a level playing field with the major parties.
New Bedford advances measure to ban data centers
The indefinite ban is meant to give city planners more time to research a potential process for approving data centers in the future.
Both justice and empathy in order for Shawn Oliver
Elected officials should face the same consequences as the public but not vengeance.
100 gather in New Bedford to denounce recent South Coast ICE surge
The advocacy group LUCE demanded that ICE release those detained during the surge and that elected officials step up their support for immigrants.
Did Lizzie Borden spend time in the Ash Street Jail?
The accused murderess spent 17 days in the jail in June 1893, while on trial at New Bedford’s courthouse.
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