An automatic sprinkler system was not installed despite repeated warnings from the fire department ordering the property owners to install one and there was a “board or plank” blocking the hatch to the fire escape.
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Posted inOffshore Wind
How it will happen: Barges carrying massive wind turbine parts to perform a complex dance through New Bedford Harbor
This activity is set to begin next month — occurring more than 100 times, with each barge carrying one of the 62 GE turbines in and out of the port for what will become the country’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, Vineyard Wind 1.
Posted inFishing industry
Undocumented workers boxed out as Eastern Fisheries restructures
“It’s a way to intimidate the workers … All of these workers are going to lose their jobs because the company has just decided it wants to verify our documentation.” — Ruth Castro, one of 40 immigrant workers without legal credentials.
Posted inEducation
Book banning debates grip South Coast school elections
After years of grassroots conservative organizing, some South Coast school board elections are dealing with debates about “politicized” curriculum.
Posted inDeadly fire
Second body found in New Bedford rooming house fire
One resident said that there were no sprinklers in the building. A family member of another resident said that the hatch to the fire escape ladder was locked, forcing some to jump from the second-story wooden balcony.
Posted inHousing
‘We are open for business’ — City’s housing plan aims to attract developers
“The way, ultimately, to make housing more affordable, more attainable, is to increase the housing supply, and that’s what we’re going to do.” — New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell
Posted inAddiction crisis
A mother’s anguish: Two sons lost to drug overdoses
Dartmouth mom Tuesday Desrochers mourns her sons Maxwell, who died this month, and Caleb who died in 2017. “I just started screaming because there’s no way I could have lost two.”
Posted inDeadly fire
Residents seen jumping out of windows to escape deadly fire at New Bedford rooming house
Residents were seen jumping out of windows to escape the blaze as firefighters arrived on scene. Heavy, dark smoke poured from the top three stories of the building, enveloping a full city block between Tallman and Holly Streets.
Posted inCommunity Voices
Open letter: SouthCoast Chamber rips City Council for ‘damaging’ ballot questions
One SouthCoast implores Council to reconsider rent control, mayoral term and CPA questions: “The Council has strayed in such a way as to prove damaging to our community.”
Posted inFishing industry
Blue Harvest to close New Bedford processing plant, lay off 64 workers
“All Blue Harvest employees who perform food processing work at this facility will be separated. This action is expected to be permanent.” — March 24 letter to Blue Harvest Fisheries staff, signed by company president Chip Wilson