New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane discusses Keith Hovan, Mayor John Mitchell, the local Guatemalan immigrant population’s struggles to receive Covid aid, the new city council committee appointments, masks in city council chambers and a former fire chief who was allegedly scamming the city of money while out on disability.
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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.
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Innovators Charter School sparks now-familiar struggle in New Bedford
There is nothing quite so discouraging to the hopes for the future of New Bedford as this never-ending, always acrimonious debate over each new charter school as they open or expand.
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Hovan takes advantage of closed hearing and connected lawyers
People who live here would want to know why Keith Hovan has chosen to accumulate all these guns and ammunition in a town that is more and more like a suburb than a rural community.
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The Light on radio: Jack Spillane on the Keith Hovan case, City Council inauguration
New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane talks with WBSM’s Jim Phillips about the latest hot topics in New Bedford, including Keith Hovan, city councilors riding limos to inauguration, the council presidency, the sheriff’s race, the state of Covid testing in New Bedford and more.
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The Light on radio: Spillane discusses The New Bedford Light’s mission
New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane joins Jim Phillips to discuss the nonprofit news organization’s mission, as well as offering up insight on the major local news stories such as the New Bedford municipal election and the charges against Ward 3 Councilor Hugh Dunn.
