It was the New Bedford community of color who were proportionally there in the greatest numbers. And they were there in the greatest numbers because they knew, from first-hand experience, that it was their own hard-won efforts over decades and decades that finally brought this park and what it symbolizes to the city.
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Jack Spillane on Mayor Jon Mitchell’s relationship with the state delegation
New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane joined Jim Phillips on WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday to discuss last month’s column on Mayor Jon Mitchell’s tense relationship with the local state delegation and more.
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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane discusses school building funding on The Tim Weisberg Show
New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane goes on WBSM’s The Tim Weisberg Show to discuss one his most recent columns addressing the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s reluctance to replace New […]
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Big plans for Dias Field always seemed to fizzle
Question about how Mt. Pleasant area park got its name leads to a better story about the long history of struggles to improve a park near the heart of New Bedford.
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Suburbs get funding for new schools, while New Bedford waits … and waits
New Bedford continues to struggle with its century-old schools — nearly all of them located in low-income neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the MSBA has repeatedly funded the cost of replacing suburban schools built in the 1960s and 1970s.
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What do you say New Bedford? Is it time for a little love for Dias Field?
The swing set has not been painted in years. And the single basketball court, which ostensibly was resurfaced a few years ago, does not appear to have been a high-quality surface because it’s already tattered and worn.
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Mayor and New Bedford legislators can’t find a way to work together
After years of fruitless negotiations, the mayor took out a big stick. If he had a better relationship with the delegation, or if he and the delegation were better at communicating with each other or advocating at the state level, it might have been different.
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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane weighs in on Mayor Jon Mitchell’s State of the City speech
Mayor Jon Mitchell’s State of the City speech was the first topic as New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane joined Jim Phillips on WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday.
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Colleagues finally stand up to New Bedford’s ‘forever councilors’
Recent votes against all three ballot questions was a strong rebuke to longtime obstructionists Morad and Gomes
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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane discusses rooming house sprinkler system laws and more on WBSM
Light columnist Jack Spillane sat down with WBSM’s Jim Phillips on Townsquare Sunday to discuss the need for increased enforcement of sprinkler system laws in rooming houses following a series […]
