“I don’t think there’s a single person in this room who hasn’t been affected by the crisis of addiction in our community. And I think we really need to focus on bettering the continuum of care locally so that we can actually address the root causes of addiction.” — Ward 5 candidate Zach Boyer
Author Archives: Jack Spillane
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Time for Montigny to ask for Fuller’s resignation
The public universities of Massachusetts are designed to serve the state, to educate the general population of the regions, and yes, to promote economic development for the state and country.
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Shane Burgo rises to top tier in council race
Burgo did not run away from his position on housing costs in his re-election campaign. He embraced it.
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Latino softball park needs big help
Mayor Jon Mitchell ought to reach out to leadership in the Puerto Rican and Dominican communities and find some way to do a comprehensive rebuild of Dias Field more quickly.
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Star Store fight is not about the money
Well-to-do campuses like Amherst gain more upgrades, while struggling ones like Boston and Dartmouth don’t get as much.
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Unraveling how the Star Store died
You can see why people hate politics. There’s all this kind of cross-current and hidden policies and maneuvers driving things behind the scenes.
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New Bedford’s revival is at risk
This debacle with the UMass Dartmouth fine arts campus makes one wonder. Is local defeatism just coming around again?
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It’s silence of the lambs on Star Store
Around town this week, it was hard to find anyone who is a longtime observer of New Bedford who thought there is still a prayer of saving the downtown college.
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UMass outplays New Bedford on Star Store
It’s a mess, and the elected officials of New Bedford have let us down. It only remains to be seen whether Gov. Maura Healey, who a week after all this news broke, has remained silent, will also let New Bedford down.
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Star Store campus receives knockout punch
“So there we have it. We have another Democratic governor willing to go along with the old boy network running the state university system.”