Massachusetts charter schools must ensure local residents receive preference in the enrollment lotteries. The process for giving local families preference could be unintentionally keeping homeless students out.
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Posted inEducation
New Bedford makes quiet investments into school security systems
The security camera debate comes after similar questions in February about the administration’s decision to spend $35,000 to study the installation of metal detectors in New Bedford High School.
Posted inOffshore Wind
Offshore wind proposals help New Bedford focus its workforce development
Officials and researchers on the waterfront have a clearer vision of the future after last week’s new round of bids.
Posted inHousing
Legislature’s inaction on ‘home equity theft’ hinders city tax foreclosures
The city isn’t filing any new tax foreclosures until the state Legislature passes a new law that allows homeowners to keep their leftover equity.
Posted inPolice and Courts
New Bedford man charged with setting Hawthorne Country Club fire
Shawn Lee Medeiros, 31, was arrested by state police on Thursday and arraigned in Bristol County Superior Court. He was charged with one count of burning a building in connection with a fire that destroyed the long-vacant country club on May 7 last year.
Posted inFishing industry
True North Seafood to shut down city plant
“It’s never good news when a company like this shuts down, especially for the workers.” — Gordon Carr, executive director of the New Bedford Port Authority
Posted inCommunity Voices
Opinion: In memoriam of Blue Harvest — private equity giveth, and it taketh away
Private equity looks for companies in their strike zone that fit a certain profile, and in this case Blue Harvest was it.
Posted inOffshore Wind
New proposals would alter New Bedford’s role in offshore wind
Andrew Saunders, president of the New Bedford Foss Marine Terminal, said Vineyard Wind 2’s proposal for an operations hub in New Bedford would be a “huge economic benefit.”
Posted inCommunity Voices
Women belong at the Feast: A call for inclusion
“Denying women the opportunity to serve on the committee sends a damaging message to the young girls and women in our community. It tells them that their contributions are not valued and that their aspirations are limited by their gender.” — Carmen Amaral, Women’s Fund SouthCoast
Posted inCulture
Sources: Feast organizers to vote next month on women as members
Earlier this month, women of Madeiran heritage sent the club a letter through their lawyer, alleging gender discrimination and threatening legal action if the club does not amend its rules.
