Take an aerial gander at the tracks that will carry passengers from the South Coast to Boston’s South Station via the Middleborough line.
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Key points on the route to South Coast Rail
An earlier version of this timeline was published by The New Bedford Light on Aug. 7, 2023. Sept. 5, 1958: The last train to Boston leaves New Bedford After about […]
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Join The Light’s Community Conversation: What’s next for transit?
New Bedford Light transportation reporter Grace Ferguson will be joined by State Rep. Bill Straus and officials from the SRTA, South Coast Rail and the Realty Association of Southeastern MA.
Posted inJack Spillane column
Remembering the Songman of New Bedford
Paul Clayton, the man whom Bob Dylan once described as a “medium” that channeled the very essence of traditional songs from the sea and the mountains was born right down the road.
Posted inCity Hall
City councilors set to hear more on plan for downtown business district
Opponents point to a count of owners that were omitted from the signed petitions that proponents have presented, showing that the BID has about half the required support, at least for now.
Posted inOffshore Wind
MassCEC pays $10M for New Bedford parcels, signs SouthCoast Wind as tenant
The acquisitions are all properties surrounding MassCEC’s Marine Commerce Terminal, which is currently leased to Vineyard Wind and stacked with the massive components for the nation’s first large-scale offshore wind farm.
Posted inCity Hall
State unlikely to enforce city’s paused ban on ‘nip’ bottles
It appears city liquor stores will be free to sell tiny liquor bottles, or “nips,” after Aug. 1, when a citywide ban was due to take effect.
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Liquor store owners win partial reprieve from city ‘nips’ ban
A judge ruled that until the case is resolved, the city cannot enforce the ban on ‘nips’ adopted by the New Bedford Licensing Board, but the state is not barred from doing so.
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Focus shifts to possible failures of DA in case of judge’s alleged affair
Bristol District Attorney’s Office must respond next week to the Supreme Judicial Court about allegations of misconduct by former Judge Darnbrough.
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Philip H. Beauregard invests in people, ‘true believers’
“We are entrusted by some of the most wonderful, smart, and amazing people in the world to invest their money into very, very early-stage companies. … Google and SpaceX and Amazon all started small. And so we hope to be the people that find those upstarts and play a small part in their story.”