His father had enough confidence in himself to do what he thought was the right thing to do, state Rep. Chris Markey said.
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Herman Melville, author for the ages
The city’s installation of a statue of Melville on the streets he made legendary will help us to better tell our story to the world that comes here.
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Loss of Star Store almost invisible at inauguration
Inaugurations in New Bedford are a homespun thing. The high school band plays “America the Beautiful” and the police and veterans march in with rifles, the firefighters with axes. The […]
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Fuller tries to checkmate the city on Star Store campus
If the university really wanted the New Bedford campus, the state agencies would be on board.
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Some MFA students are back in New Bedford
“Basically, the Star Store was this program. The MFA program was the Star Store.” — Union leader Nick Gula of the university’s Maintainers, Local 6350
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Steeple Playhouse opening ushers in a new era for city
The mark of a successful community in many respects is the quality of its nonprofit and arts communities.
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Long-term incumbents won re-election, but lost support
If the incumbents continue to govern the way they have these last four years, eventually their ship of states are going to sink.
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UMass Dartmouth leadership has lost all credibility
Chancellor Fuller and his team have squandered something he can’t get back with the people of the region he is supposed to serve — his trustworthiness
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Election challengers learn a hard lesson
In the 24 years I’ve covered New Bedford politics, this was the biggest, though not most successful, effort to unseat at-large councilors I’ve seen. In all those years, only three of 60 incumbent at-large councilors have been ousted.
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In Ward 5, a candidate takes a stand for the addicted community
“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