The project provides a glimpse into the lives of the Quakers of Southeastern Massachusetts: marriages, disputes among members, theology, responses to slavery and war, contacts with Quakers elsewhere, and, yes, much time spent at the monthly business meetings enforcing the discipline of the faith.
Author Archives: Arthur Hirsch
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UMD art students stunned at closing of Star Store campus
“The bottom line is the university doesn’t want the building. If the university wanted it to happen it would happen. It’s that simple.” — State Sen. Mike Rodrigues, Senate Ways and Means Committee chairman
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Petition drive to limit New Bedford City Council terms crashes
“They were off track from the start because of lack of information and misinformation.” — John Zajac, the petitioners’ lawyer, after meeting with City Solicitor Eric Jaikes and learning that the petition language was not correct.
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New Bedford Licensing Board bans nip bottles
The 3-0 vote prompted booing and shouts of “shame” and “bag job” from a few in the standing-room-only crowd of more than 100 people that jammed a meeting room and spilled into the hallway on the third floor of the Public Library.
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Mayor Mitchell running for 6th consecutive term
“We can’t afford to slow down … We have to keep it going.” — Mayor Jon Mitchell’s video announcement posted on social media Thursday
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‘Women Warriors’ and the fight for Cape Verdean independence
Ana Maria Cabral’s visit will highlight the role women played in the revolution to free Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau. “Ever since the war and the struggle, these women have never been really recognized.”
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Council budget cuts target fixed costs; ‘How does that make any sense?’ asks mayor
Mayor Jon Mitchell said the cut to mandatory expenses is larger than usual, raising the likelihood that the administration will have to come back to the council in the months to come for more money in a “supplemental appropriation.”
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New Bedford to celebrate Abolition Row and the ‘stories it tells’
This is the young Frederick Douglass, getting his legs under him in a new life as a free man in the North, the soil of a Maryland plantation freshly shaken off his boots. The great work lies ahead. He appears to have a lot on his mind.
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Third time’s no charm: City Council again kills health care bargaining proposal
Council rejects bid by Mayor Jon Mitchell that, among other things, would allow binding arbitration on health insurance. “This is not about saving tax dollars. [The mayor] wants to take away the little negotiating power the unions have,” said Councilor Shane Burgo.
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Mitchell: Health care, pensions and school costs drive city spending plan higher
The allocation for employee health insurance is proposed to nearly $52 million. That’s nearly twice the proposed cost of running the New Bedford Police Department.