In the last year, no less than three prominent local people — whose names you would all recognize if I wrote them — have told me in background conversations that New Bedford has a big problem with its inspection and permitting practices.
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New Bedford begins to look at new high school
Superintendent Andrew O’Leary says it takes 10 years to plan a new school and now is the time to start talking about replacing the high school. Will two 100-year-old elementary schools have to wait?
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The Light on Radio: Absent landlords, women and the Feast and New Bedford’s role in offshore wind
The New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane joined Jim Phillips on WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday to talk about the issues that matter to the city.
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The astounding fines that New Bedford landlords ignore
“We’re certainly willing to play every card we have,” Mitchell said. He contended that no mayor has done more to chase landlords for code violations than he has. And the city is cleaner than it has ever been.
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Let it be Feast time for women
Think about how much talent the Feast is going without because it has not welcomed in its own Madeiran mothers, daughters and sisters.
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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane on libraries, homeschooling and rising sea levels
New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane joined Jim Phillips on WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday to talk about the importance of school libraries, homeschooling in New Bedford, and how rising seas will affect the SouthCoast in the coming years.
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In downtown New Bedford, lots of empty buildings
Any walk around the downtown commercial sector will quickly prove that we’re not there yet. It’s a long way back from where New Bedford has been.
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Separate school libraries are important
A contemporary library needs to exist as a place apart … (a) place to get away from the teachers and administrators and to be lived and enjoyed on its own terms.
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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane on the recent City Council feud with citizen activists
Spillane joined Jim Phillips on WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday to discuss a recent court magistrate hearing between members of the New Bedford City Council and a pair of political gadflies/citizen journalists.
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A building lesson from Barcelona to New Bedford
Will New Bedford ever be as beautiful as Barcelona? In its own way, I think it already is.