“We need School Committee members who can address the real needs of our students and the ways in which we can best support their development as happy, respectful, and successful individuals.”
Author Archives: Kellen Riell
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Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Dan Goulart: ‘I swam back to my home bay’
“If we just give nature a little bit of space within our cities, it can do amazing things for our water quality, it can mitigate heat island effects, it can generally just improve people’s quality of life.”
Posted inCity Hall
Mitchell: Health care, pensions and school costs drive city spending plan higher
The allocation for employee health insurance is proposed to nearly $52 million. That’s nearly twice the proposed cost of running the New Bedford Police Department.
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Chubby Tavares comes home to say goodbye to a momentous career
“I want to give back and thank people for all the years that they stood by us,” says the vocalist for the grammy-winning, chart-topping group Tavares, at the Z this weekend.
Posted inCommunity Voices
Opinion: It’s unfortunate that city officials are so shortsighted in dealings with MBTA
The decision makers in New Bedford appear to be “missing the forest for the trees” by seeming to grovel for more state money for land that would be essentially without any significant value except for the rail project.
Posted inPodcast
Regulators and offshore wind: A cozy relationship?
The New Bedford Light’s Grace Ferguson interviews reporters Will Sennott and Anastasia Lennon about their investigative report.
Posted inBristol County Sheriff
Heroux praises response to inmate uprising: ‘That’s corrections at its finest.’
“This is never seen. Usually you see videos of excessive force … It’s just very professional. The public never sees this.’ — Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux, describing video footage of officers ending standoff without injuries
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Anthony Barboza’s images, career leave a profound footprint on Cape Verdean, African American history
“He has taken pictures and photographs of many of our most important moments of the Black arts movement over the last 50 years.” — Lee Blake, New Bedford Historical Society
Posted inCity Hall
Mitchell: ‘New Bedford is pointed in the right direction’
Mayor touts 2023 as the year that longtime projects come to fruition — offshore wind, completion of harbor cleanup, start of South Coast Rail and mixed-use development in the works for State Pier
Posted inSouth Coast Rail
City’s threat to sue MBTA over land taking — what’s it mean?
One of the state’s most experienced land-takings lawyers says it looks like the city is correct on the law, stands to get a better price for the land, and he dismisses any concern about the future of South Coast Rail.