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Spillane on the radio
Columnist Jack Spillane discusses the issues of the moment every Monday at 11 a.m. on The Tim Weisberg Show, and regularly on Sunday at 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. on WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday. You can find audio files of Jack’s appearances on our Lightcast page, along with a roundup of other multimedia content.
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Letters to the Light: Not everyone sees eye-to-eye on migrant story, immigration
Reader: They don’t belong here, have no rights and need to be on a plane back to Mexico or Venezuela. What part of illegal don’t you understand?
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City advises using air-conditioned libraries for relief from extreme heat
“I encourage everyone over the next several days to stay vigilant and check on elderly neighbors, children, and those with health conditions that could put them at risk.” — New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell
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Opinion: It’s time to end the era of billion-dollar ‘sealords’ and heed the fishermen
Congress must listen to the voices that for nearly 30 years have consistently sounded the alarm about management schemes that privatize fishing rights, industrialize the ocean, and undermine our public commons.
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Opinion: First, ground fishing takeover — next is the scallop industry
“We as fishermen pour our hearts out to the (scallop leasing) committee. And they sit there with a straight face like they have already made their decision.” — Fishing Captain Justin Mello
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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane discusses the Dartmouth Indians controversy, playground parking and more on WBSM
Jack Spillane appears on WBSM Radio’s Townsquare Sunday on April 24 to discuss the controversial Dartmouth High logo and nickname, parking controversy at Noah’s Place Playground on Pope’s Island, the […]
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Threatened over Indian logo vote, one Dartmouth School Committee member refused to blink
In the end, the School Committee narrowly followed the Defend Dartmouth demand to keep the logo, giving the nod by just a 3-1-1 vote with Shannon Jenkins the only member with the courage to stand up against the recall threat.
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Community Preservation Act could fuel 3 affordable housing projects
These government incentive-grants have enabled the preservation and reuse development of historic structures across the city for what New Bedford greatly needs right now — a larger and better-quality affordable housing stock.
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Lack of education may be the root of New Bedford’s COVID struggles
Both local and national talk radio, along with powerful national cable television shows, pump out a constant stream of conspiracy stories about the vaccines and masks.