Both local and national talk radio, along with powerful national cable television shows, pump out a constant stream of conspiracy stories about the vaccines and masks.
Author Archives: Jack Spillane
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Innovators Charter School sparks now-familiar struggle in New Bedford
There is nothing quite so discouraging to the hopes for the future of New Bedford as this never-ending, always acrimonious debate over each new charter school as they open or expand.
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New Bedford City Council mask meltdown illustrates the deep divisions in our country
So the careless grocery shoppers are determining how dangerous the trip to the supermarket will be for everybody else. The folks who just won’t mask up decide how much more stress the poor, overburdened nurses and doctors’ families from St. Luke’s will have to suffer through.
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Hovan takes advantage of closed hearing and connected lawyers
People who live here would want to know why Keith Hovan has chosen to accumulate all these guns and ammunition in a town that is more and more like a suburb than a rural community.
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Progressive Democrats line up to challenge conservative Sheriff Hodgson
For his part, Hodgson, after being appointed a temporary sheriff by former Republican Gov. Bill Weld in 1997, has gone on to easily win re-election four times — in 1998, 2004, 2010 and 2016.
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When it comes to inaugural ceremonies, New Bedford likes to do it big
What’s wrong with City Council members being sworn in right in their own chambers, where they do the people’s business? What’s wrong with the new School Committee members taking the oath of office in the school auditorium?
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If COVID doesn’t get us, then COVID stress will
How much longer can we all keep gazing at these COVID numbers? How much longer can we worry about whether this place is safe or that place is not? Do I have the right mask? How can I possibly get more tests?
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Vote on New Bedford City Council presidency postponed
The city, like much of the country, has been experiencing the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 over the holiday season.
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While Mitchell eyes the AG race, two councilors see quick route to mayor’s job
The word around City Hall is that councilors Ian Abreu and Brian Gomes are locked in a battle to become the next council president, with both well aware of the possibility that an accidental mayorship is looming.
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New Ward 6 councilor will focus on ‘constituent services’
“If you’re able to solve someone’s problem, they’re going to vote for you,” said former Ward 5 Councilor Jane Gonsalves, who spent 20 years on the council between 1994 and 2014.
