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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane discusses the Star Store, Peter Muise, 50’s Night and private equity on the waterfront

by The New Bedford Light July 25, 2022July 25, 2022

Jack Spillane appeared on WBSM’s Town Square Sunday on July 24 to discuss his recent columns, including one on the Star Store, which houses UMass Dartmouth’s College of Visual and […]

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The Light on Radio: Abortion in New Bedford, Jan. 6 hearings and driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants

by Jack Spillane July 15, 2022July 21, 2022

Jack Spillane discusses his recent Chat session on the lack of abortion services around New Bedford, the Jan. 6 congressional hearings, driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants on WBSM’s TownSquare Sunday […]

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Watch The Chat: Abortion rights in Greater New Bedford

by The New Bedford Light June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

The New Bedford Light’s Jack Spillane was joined by women leaders from across South Coast to talk about abortion rights in Greater New Bedford after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

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Ballot question looms, but immigrants who fought for driver’s licenses say they are not going away

by Jack Spillane June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

“We pay taxes, we do the labor work, we do the hard jobs. If they take our money to build the roads, we should be able to use the roads.” — Alicia Cortez

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The Chat: Chief Oliveira reflects on his first year in office

by The New Bedford Light June 15, 2022June 16, 2022

New Bedford Police Chief Paul Oliveira, who marks his first year in office on June 16, sat down with Jack Spillane for The Chat. Watch the interview here.

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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane talks PCB pollution, housing issues, city employee health care and more on WBSM

by The New Bedford Light June 14, 2022June 14, 2022

Jack Spillane joins Jim Phillips on WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday on June 12, 2022, to discuss the Light’s one-year anniversary, as well as Jack’s columns on PCB pollution in the Acushnet […]

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New Bedford City Council ignores effect of health care costs on city budget

by Jack Spillane June 8, 2022June 9, 2022

Mitchell as far back as 2018 supplied the council with facts and figures about the alleged benefits of the health care plan, including that in the first few years of accepting the state law, Fall River saved $3.7 million; Dartmouth $511,000; Fairhaven $540,000; and Acushnet $190,000.

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New Bedford looks to end its 40-year environmental nightmare

by Jack Spillane June 1, 2022June 2, 2022

“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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New Bedford sits in the middle of Southeastern Mass. ‘abortion desert’

by Jack Spillane May 25, 2022June 28, 2022

Nowhere in Greater New Bedford, Fall River or Cape Cod is there a single clinic or hospital that performs abortions

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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane talks elementary school playgrounds, the plight of the Pocasset tribe and more on WBSM

by The New Bedford Light May 25, 2022May 25, 2022

Jack Spillane joins Jim Phillips on WBSM’s TownSquare Sunday to discuss the efforts to improve elementary school playgrounds across New Bedford, as well as the struggles of the Pocasset Tribe […]

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