“Eroding a community asset is something we should be concerned about.” — Andrew O’Leary
Author Archives: Jack Spillane
Posted inOpinion
A South Coast couple celebrates the train’s arrival
A Buttonwood Park couple and myself toast the train — even as delays provide a glimpse of the MBTA’s ongoing problems.
Posted inOpinion
Business and residents duke it out as New Bedford waste costs spiral
How do you address the issue of exponentially increasing trash costs without trampling on the quality of life of residential neighbors?
Posted inImmigration 2025: Opinion
Years after Michael Bianco raid, New Bedford immigrants still have to hide
Everyone suffers when the federal immigration policy is unclear and unfair.
Posted inOpinion
Melville statue recognizes greatness that came out of New Bedford
Melville’s body of work stares straight at us and asks “Can you accept reality as it is?”
Posted inOpinion
Police union chief roils City Council president race
An organized, public effort against a council president candidate is a new thing for the city.
Posted inJack Spillane column
2024 in review: A win for women – and the Feast
The women festeiras were so successful that two of them were subsequently elected to the club’s governing board.
Posted inJack Spillane column
Remembering the big poetic soul of Maggi Kerr Peirce
Our lives are blessed with something special by poetic souls like Maggi Peirce. And I know I got a big dose of it.
Posted inJack Spillane column
Fighting the system in the North End of New Bedford
Pine Hill Acres residents believe to their core that their Far North End community is not the right place for a regional transfer station.
Posted inJack Spillane column
Helping out the Missionaries of Charity
There aren’t too many places for most of us, where we get together with other folks for the sole purpose of doing something thoughtful for other people.