As real estate prices increase, there is evidence that low-income residents are being forced out of homes in New Bedford.
Author Archives: Jack Spillane
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Gentrification a solvable problem in New Bedford?
“If the city has the political will, it can make any of this work,” said Robert Terrell, a lecturer at Tufts University.
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Sad ending for hard-working New Bedford mill employees
Work in the mills may have allowed New Bedford residents to make a living, but it was never a good living for most. And it was never an easy life.
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Chris McCarthy’s harrowing COVID-19 survival tale
After suffering three strokes, a heart attack and double pneumonia, the WBSM host tells columnist Jack Spillane he does not know for sure whether he literally died.
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COVID-19 has left the city deeply traumatized
Columnist Jack Spillane surveys the pandemic’s toll on New Bedford, from the Latino community to health care workers.
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TARBY RICHARDS, 72, ‘THE ONE TO BRING JOY’
Tarby was a fun-loving guy who people liked to be around. He would just go up and talk to total strangers.
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POLICE SGT. MIKE CASSIDY, 52, HERO AND ‘GOOD GUY’
After graduating from Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, Michael P. Cassidy enlisted in the Marines and fought in Operation Desert Storm. He died on April 28, 2021, after a long battle with COVID-19.
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JOAN M. STRATTON, 70, ADVOCATE FOR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY
Joan Stratton had lung issues and died at St. Luke’s Hospital on Feb., 12, 2021, from complications due to COVID-19. She was 70 years old.
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FORMER MAYOR KALISZ, 63, WAS A FAMILY MAN FIRST
Fred Kalisz died from COVID-19 complications on Jan. 27, 2021. He was 63 years old.
