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.”
Author Archives: Kellen Riell
Posted inCommunity Voices
Opinion: Goodyear site is ideal for housing — and wrong for a school
Siting a new school at the Goodyear location will eliminate one of the largest, most promising sites for housing in the city, with housing developers already interested. By using the DeValles site, the council would save taxpayers millions.
Posted inCity Hall
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.”
Posted inCommunity Voices
Comments to The Light: Laws that conceal police misconduct cause ‘grave harm’
And the wind versus whales debate rages on, as one reader writes: “It’s dangerous to all animals, including us, to delay clean energy.”
Posted inEnvironment
South Coast towns spared from costly new septic rules
The regulations will require only homeowners on Cape Cod to upgrade their septic systems to nitrogen-filtering models, unless their town puts together a 20-year plan to reduce nitrogen in its watersheds.
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Lee Blake: ‘Black history is not just Black history. Black history is the history of the people of this country’
This week marks a huge accomplishment in an already accomplished life: The opening of Abolition Row Park. “We’re creating a historical legacy of a movement in New Bedford that has essentially been ignored.”
Posted inHistory
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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Because of you, New Bedford has a community news source that informs readers about important issues and is free for all. Let’s celebrate together with food, drink, and a great guest speaker.
Posted inOffshore Wind
Renegotiating choice: Protect ratepayers or push clean energy?
Utilities regulator suggests developers have the upper hand in renegotiating contract terms
Posted inCommunity Voices
‘Kudos to the ILA and Kevin Rose for standing up for local workers’
Reader: “Vineyard Wind’s exclusion of the longshoremen’s union was unjust, and the union’s determination to address this issue deserves praise. This successful strike demonstrates the power of collective action.”