Federal regulations, the new Trump Administration, the economy, climate, and offshore wind all play a part in the livelihood of South Coast scallopers and the most lucrative port in the nation.
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‘We need to build all forms of housing’
What’s being done at the city and state level to combat the housing crisis? State Sen. Mark Montigny, Reps. Chris Hendricks and Antonio Cabral, and New Bedford’s Office of Housing and Community Development Director Josh Amaral joined The Chat to discuss.
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‘Housing is a human right’
Housing advocates join host Jack Spillane in a conversation about what they say is an inadequate approach to a crisis, possible solutions, and as City Councilor Shane Burgo said, “hope” for the future.
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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane talks homelessness solutions, sober houses and a memorial with no home
New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane joined WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday to discuss homelessness solutions and other hot-button issues facing New Bedford.
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The Light on Radio: Breaking down the battle over the New Bedford Retirement Board
The New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane joined Jim Phillips on WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday to talk about key issues that matter to the city.
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The Light on Radio: Absent landlords, women and the Feast and New Bedford’s role in offshore wind
The New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane joined Jim Phillips on WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday to talk about the issues that matter to the city.
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‘I want all of the schools in the state to have librarians’
The Light gathered librarians, directors, and school administrators to discuss the state of school libraries and their future. They are unified. Libraries offer “a social and emotional support space in the school.”
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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane on libraries, homeschooling and rising sea levels
New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane joined Jim Phillips on WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday to talk about the importance of school libraries, homeschooling in New Bedford, and how rising seas will affect the SouthCoast in the coming years.
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Former Mayor Bullard: Art students ‘being pushed out by their own protectors’
The Chat tackles the Star Store issue. Former Mayor Lang: “These are world renowned artists and we have shut the door on them by allowing an unstable university system with intransigent leaders coming into our area and telling us what’s good for us. I am tired of people treating us like a colony.”
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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane updates the ongoing Star Store debacle
The New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane has been digging deep into the abrupt closure of UMass Dartmouth’s College of Visual and Performing Arts Star Store campus, and he dropped […]