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Posted inCommunity Voices
Letters to the Light: Offshore wind concerns, the future of women’s reproductive rights, and one reader catches a squirrel in the act
A call for transparency to address wind delays; and how about a regional approach to protecting wildlife?
Posted inFishing industry
Markey, Moulton push for national fund to compensate fishermen for losses due to offshore wind
Fishing groups have been critical of the current approach, saying the government’s lack of clear requirements gives the offshore wind industry the upper hand in compensation negotiations.
Posted inCommunity Voices
Essay: ‘Guy from the newspaper’ offers opinion on housing crisis — ‘No doubling and tripling’ rent
Joseph Quigley, a tenant featured in The Light’s housing crisis series, also suggests “No blind buyers. People should know who their landlords are.”
Posted inOffshore Wind
Wind industry group says turbine restrictions for whales could threaten commercial viability of projects
The American Clean Power Association, which represents the wind industry and lobbies for it, said a buffer would cause the removal of a “significant number” of turbines from several projects.
Posted inPublic Safety
Lead pipe replacement slowdown: Blame it on workforce shortage, funding
DPI commissioner speaks for the first time since The Light published two reports last month on the slow progress, saying his department is dozens of employees short.
Posted inNew Bedford History
Video: A symbol of ‘courage and exploration’ — Welcome home Ernestina-Morrissey
Multimedia reporter Eleonora Bianchi was on hand for the homecoming celebration held Saturday at State Pier. The schooner returned after seven years of restoration in Maine.
Posted inOffshore Wind
Wind energy developer files to scrap power agreements
Declaring the project “cannot be financed and built” under existing contracts, Commonwealth Wind asked Massachusetts regulators to dismiss the power purchase agreements it reached with utility companies.
Posted inCity Hall
Money for Manny … and others on the city payroll
If the personnel ordinance goes into effect, Manny Maciel’s annual salary would jump from $81,730 to $120,447, according to the Department of Human Resources. At 58 years old, he has been with city animal control since 1997 and department head since 2001.
Posted inOffshore Wind
New Bedford’s waterfront smokestack survives … for another week or so
“The explosives contractor arrived in the morning but he didn’t bring any dynamite with him. … That’s when he let people know he had a problem with his insurance.” — Andrew Saunders, president of the Foss Marine Terminal.