Anastasia E. Lennon / Reporter
Anastasia joined The Light in October 2021, where she covers the fishing industry, offshore wind and police. Before coming to The Light, she wrote about city government, police, the fishing industry and the environment for The Standard-Times. She previously worked at The Patriot Ledger in Quincy.
Anastasia has a bachelor’s degree in history and anthropology from Stony Brook University and a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University, where she taught a writing course for a semester. Lennon is a 2021 fellow with New England First Amendment Coalition’s First Amendment Institute. She’ll always call Long Island, New York, home, but Massachusetts has become a wonderful second home.
Stories by Anastasia E. Lennon
Shellfish areas remain closed in New Bedford as city works to fix old sewage system
“It’s just devastating honestly … I’m a little dumbfounded and lost for words with it … This is my livelihood. This is what I do, what I’ve done all my life. It’s just crushing.” — Eddie Foster, a third-generation fisherman
Vineyard Wind may have dodged bullet in patent lawsuit between wind power giants
A proposed judgment filed by General Electric and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy late Thursday evening would preserve GE’s agreement to sell 62 turbines to Vineyard Wind for its project, set to begin construction at sea next year.
Bench trial set for October in OUI case against New Bedford City Councilor Hugh Dunn
Dunn was charged with OUI, leaving the scene of property damage and negligent operation of a motor vehicle after a Massachusetts State Police detective assigned by the Bristol district attorney investigated the case.
Biden visits Somerset, pledges $2.3 billion to combat climate change
“I have a responsibility to act with urgency and resolve when our nation faces clear and present danger. And that’s what climate change is about. It is literally, not figuratively, a clear and present danger.” — President Joe Biden
Nearly a year later, city councilor’s OUI case has yet to be heard
Hugh Dunn is scheduled to appear in court again on Thursday for a status session. His bench trial was previously set for March 22, but was delayed.
Critics assail pregnancy centers, which outnumber abortion clinics in Southeastern Mass.
“These centers are often anti-abortion organizations that are working to dissuade and manipulate pregnant women.” — Taylor St. Germain, Reproductive Equity Now
Keith Hovan returns — with a new online persona
Following a November 2021 arrest for alleged domestic assault and battery, the former Southcoast Health president has launched a website, social media pages and a blog branding himself as a “healthcare CEO” and offering opinions on health care issues.
‘What am I now? Homeless …’ Meet Adriana, a grandmother now living in her car
Adriana’s experience of getting “squeezed out” of the housing market due to surges in rent is happening to others in New Bedford and the South Coast, as housing advocates and community leaders seek solutions to the region’s housing crisis.
Dunn’s OUI bench trial delayed for a second time
Ward 3 city councilor faces three charges after 2021 crash; questions about continuance go unanswered as new trial session set for July
Settlement for wrongfully convicted drug defendants could reach $14 million
More than 1,200 New Bedford cases, and nearly 3,700 for all of Bristol County, could result in refunds as part of the class action suit, filed in 2019.
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