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Opinion: Urging City Council to allow rent stabilization question on November ballot
If any city councilor does not vote in support of this motion then they are telling the community that our voice and concerns do not matter. They will have shown that they are not concerned about our residents’ voices.
Posted inMultimedia
Video: Should New Bedford consider rent control?
As the City Council gets set to discuss the non-binding ballot question and the mayor’s veto, we put it out there to the good people of the city.
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Comments to The Light: Intense reaction to wind/fishing investigation
One reader writes: “Energy capturing devices kill wildlife and no amount of greenwashing can change that fact. Destroying the planet to save it makes no sense.” Another: “It is either stop burning carbon or render large areas of the planet uninhabitable. … We need to do this.”
Posted inBristol County Sheriff
Inmate uprising — what went right and what went wrong
“I could let them trash the place,” said Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux. The main objective, he said, was to “not have someone get hurt — inmate or officer.”
Posted inBristol County Sheriff
Sheriff’s officers subdue rioting inmates at Jail and House of Correction in Dartmouth
One inmate suffered a minor cut, perhaps from slipping and falling, but otherwise no inmates or correctional officers were injured, as authorities took control of the units with a show of force — but without using force, said Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux.
Posted inCommunity Voices
Opinion: Offshore wind investigation missed a few key points
Offshore wind offers many opportunities for the fishing industry to participate and many members of the fishing industry have already seized them. These industries can grow together. That is happening. And that important point was missed in this article.
Posted inThe Chat with Jack Spillane
Video: Voc-Tech education justice group joins The Chat
Members of the Vocational Education Justice Coalition talk about their concerns that school admissions policies still prevent access to vocational education for many students in New Bedford.