The new sheriff got control of the situation and took back the unlocked units the inmates had taken over. He did a good job. … It would also be good if former Sheriff Hodgson gives his successor a chance to do that job, without second guessing everything he does.
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Time to enforce sprinkler law in New Bedford’s tenement neighborhoods
State law allows the city to fine owners of multi-unit buildings up to $1,000 for fire code violations, and the city has in some cases tried to enforce the code. But the city has lost some cases when property owners appealed.
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Slow start to New Bedford election season, but many faces to watch
Potential candidates for mayor are all keeping their powder dry. City councilors Brian Gomes, Linda Morad and Ian Abreu continue to look in the mirror and see a mayor staring back at them.
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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane discusses deadly boarding house fire, vocational admissions and city council
Jack Spillane joins Jim Phillips on WBSM’s Town Square Sunday to discuss a recent deadly fire at a boarding house on Acushnet Avenue. They also delve into the future of […]
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If City Council wants to make mockery of government, it should go all the way and poll its own performance
Put a councilor term-limits question on the November ballot, along with a rollback of the recently approved 25% salary hikes.
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Thriving Voc-Tech ‘lottery’ kid would be left out under new admissions plan
Having a bad attitude in middle school, this kid used to skip out of classrooms and hide in the bathrooms or hallways. Now he’s much more engaged, especially by GNB Voc-Tech teachers who he says he feels “respect” him more.
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City Council’s ballot questions raise a bigger question: Why?
There has literally been no citywide conversation as to whether these questions are even advisable, not to mention any consultation with the mayor’s office over whether they are in the correct format to be legally placed on the ballot.
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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane on the student protest of Ward 3 councilor Shawn Oliver
Jack Spillane joins WBSM’s Town Square Sunday to talk about a recent New Bedford High student protest of newly elected Ward 3 councilor Shawn Oliver, the reaction from local politicians and his future in office.
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Student protest exposes misguided loyalties of local politicians
The students called out the local elected officials for not doing what they should have done, standing up for the city’s transgender community as soon as the Oliver Facebook story broke.
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What? We live here but we can’t vote here?
The collapse of voting at a New Bedford senior and disabled building points out inequities in the redistricting process.
