Adriana’s experience of getting “squeezed out” of the housing market due to surges in rent is happening to others in New Bedford and the South Coast, as housing advocates and community leaders seek solutions to the region’s housing crisis.
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Cónsul de El Salvador en Boston defiende campaña antipandillas del Presidente Bukele
Durante una jornada de “Consulado móvil en New Bedford el jefe diplomático habló de la detención de más de 30.000 supuestos pandilleros. “No es que la policía y la fiscalía detengan a cualquiera que pase por la calle,” dijo.
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New Bedford looks to end its 40-year environmental nightmare
“Both the Aerovox and Cornell-Dubilier plants used polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a probable human carcinogen, in the capacitors from approximately 1947 to 1978. … the buildings, structures, and grounds of both plants became contaminated with PCBs from accidental spills and intentional dumping.”
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Feast, festival or parade. It’s time to party again!
Most of the city’s biggest events were canceled the past couple years, but they’re all back, with a few added surprises
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New Bedford sits in the middle of Southeastern Mass. ‘abortion desert’
Nowhere in Greater New Bedford, Fall River or Cape Cod is there a single clinic or hospital that performs abortions
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Chapman Dickerson, CEO of Bask, talks about the future of cannabis
“I think it [cannabis] hasn’t plateaued yet, and there’s always new people getting into it. … They realize how good it made them feel in college. And they’re like, ‘hey, I want to feel like that again,’ and so they’re exploring it.” — Chapman Dickerson
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Historian Timothy D. Walker helps tell story of Underground Railroad’s maritime route
“Sailing to Freedom,” which has a companion exhibition opening May 20 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, examines the critical role that coastal water routes played in enslaved persons’ successful escapes from the South.
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Tune in tonight for the second meeting of the Fine Arts Club
Another meeting, another chance to see fabulous art by local artists and get the chance to purchase a work of your very own. Tonight, starting at 7 on Zoom, The […]
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Local abortion rights groups brace for possible overturn of Roe v. Wade
While abortion would still be legal in Massachusetts, advocates and providers say bans in other states could drive up the need for more resources locally, with some already expanding services.
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Pocasset Tribe fights to gain control of Fall River land they were given 300-plus years ago
‘You can’t even have right of passage to go on your own burial grounds. You have to ask for a key to open a gate. To go visit your ancestors.” — Donna Page, a medicine woman for the Pocassets.