Salvadorans anxiously await Sept. 9 expiration of protected status
The Trump administration has ended TPS for several countries. El Salvador may be next.
Write-in candidate for state rep, Brendalee Smith, will face Sylvia
With 185 write-in votes, Brendalee Smith won the Republican nomination in the 10th Bristol state House district. She’ll face Rep. Mark Sylvia, Democrat from Fairhaven.
How to get your own show or podcast on New Bedford’s Channel 95
Content creators in New Bedford can receive free training and have their shows broadcast on public access channels. Here’s how.
New Bedford police internal affairs reports detail Flock misuse
One officer searched her ex-girlfriend’s license plate more than 650 times. Another officer ran his girlfriend’s plate nearly 70 times.
Exhibit gathers stories of migrants in New Bedford’s fishing industry
“Casting a Wider Net” tells 14 stories of Hispanic, Vietnamese, and Cape Verdean migrants.
Dr. Ann Partridge’s extraordinary career in breast cancer research
She’s a clinician at heart, New Bedford’s “first lady,” and a tireless champion for women fighting — and beating — disease.
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