After battling COVID-19 for three weeks at St. Luke’s Hospital and then back at the nursing home, Couto died on May 4, 2020.
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DALE SOUZA, 73, NEW BEDFORD EMT, FOODIE AND FAMILY MAN
Souza and his wife both contracted COVID-19 in late December of 2020. Ida recovered, but Dale had to be intubated and died at St. Luke’s Hospital on Jan. 21, 2021.
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New Bedford Light readers answer the $64.7 million question
If you had $64.7 million to spend for the City of New Bedford, what would you do? Readers share their ideas.
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KATHLEEN ‘KATHY’ COTTER, 58, NEW BEDFORD CNA, WORKED HARD TAKING CARE OF OTHERS
“She took care of her patients with that same kindness and always attended to the person, not just the disease.”
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List of New Bedford Civil War casualties
RELATED STORY: New Bedford’s Civil War memorial still has important story to tell New Bedford men fell on land, and some at sea; they died at Antietam, at Bull Run, […]
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New Bedford’s Civil War memorial still has important story to tell
“Erected by the city of New Bedford as a tribute of gratitude to her sons who fell defending their country in the struggle with slavery and treason.”
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Essay: 30 years as a funeral director didn’t prepare me for COVID
So please, as we face the next pandemic surge which will inevitably come, keep these people and all those you hold dear in mind.
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ANTONIO AND ALDINA LOPES, MARRIED 50 YEARS, DIED 2 DAYS APART
“They always tried to help the poor. If they had 10 cans at home, they would give half to the needy.”
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Graduation speech: Our senior year in quarantine
Class of 2021 president Kennedy Johnson reflects on tumultuous year in New Bedford High School graduation speech.
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Essay: Why I quit my job during COVID
“Some days were really good, maybe even great. We laughed and learned in our backyard classroom. … However, just one month in, things started to crack.”