Both Southcoast Health and Greater New Bedford Community Health Center are now requiring employees to be immunized.
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Posted inCommunity Voices
Short Takes: COVID-19, rising sewer rates, and Councilor Dunn’s OUI case
Readers share their thoughts and opinions about recent stories published by The New Bedford Light and posted on social media.
Posted inColumn
COVID tragedies spark costly pension grabs for city, state
Ward 3 Councilor Hugh Dunn’s plan would make any death of any police officer or firefighter from COVID-19 exactly equal to the heroism of an officer who is shot to death on the street or a firefighter who loses his life in a burning building.
Posted inCommunity Voices
Essay: An open dialogue on police violence in New Bedford
The NAACP New Bedford Branch and Lawyers for Civil Rights are joining together for a ‘know your rights’ forum on interactions with police.
Posted inCulture Cal
DON’T MISS: Guatemalan festival; drag brunch; Wakanda watch; mad tea party; sound sculptor
A look ahead at the week’s arts and culture events in New Bedford.
Posted inEducation
Feds to review New Bedford schools’ reporting of arrest data
The federal review comes more than a year after community groups urged reforms to the city’s School Resource Officer program, which places armed police officers inside schools.
Posted inEducation
Police and schools still withholding info on student arrests
State and federal education officials require the reporting of this data to monitor potential discrimination against students of color and students with disabilities.
Posted inColumn
Shocking sewer and water bills on tap for New Bedford
New Bedford has lost an $11 million state Revolving Fund grant for this year’s work, and it could incur fines of up to $56,000 a day, plus legal costs, according to a letter from city infrastructure chief Jamie Ponte.
Posted inHousing
After 17 months, eviction lawyer program launching in Bristol County
The state’s Lawyer for a Day program may be ‘too little too late’ for many tenants, after more than 600 eviction executions.
Posted inCulture Cal
DON’T MISS: Science Cafe; Douglass Day; fall clambake; drummer with Tavares roots; unapologetic youth; yoga by the sea; NBSO returns to the ‘Z’
A look ahead at the week’s arts and culture events in New Bedford.