For decades, the Buzzards Bay Coalition has worked on and off to restore Marsh Island in Fairhaven to coastal wetland. Two radio towers are keeping half of the project on hold.
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Posted inChasing the Muse
The South Coast’s best art of 2025 — Part 1
These exhibits and cultural events had plenty to say. And we should listen.
Posted inHealth
Commonwealth in new conflict with feds over SNAP benefits
The benefits provided to recipients are fully funded by the federal government and are not being withheld, but disrupted administrative funding could slow benefit delivery.
Posted inTreasures
Fantasy meets reality on Palmer’s Island
A six-acre patch of sand and stone, reachable only at low tide, delivers charm, curiosity, and an unexpected twist.
Posted inHealth
‘Worst of the worst’: Fall River nursing home repeatedly cited
Fall River Healthcare has been cited for mistreating residents, even after it was placed on a special enforcement list and its parent company was accused of deliberate understaffing.
Posted inelection 2025
Recount affirms Scott Pemberton’s Ward 2 victory
Thursday’s election recount confirms the challenger’s narrow victory. Ward 2 will have a new councilor for the first time since 2017.
Posted inStatehouse
Legislature revisits bills to criminalize sexual misconduct by school staff
The state remains one of 11 nationwide that does not prohibit sexual misconduct between staff and students who are 16 and 17 years old.
Posted inPolice and Courts
One year in, body cameras helping New Bedford police and defense attorneys
The camera footage plays a role in internal affairs investigations and with defense attorneys who submit footage that they say benefits their clients.
Posted inEducation
School Committee member Bruce J. Oliveira dies at 72
On Friday, New Bedford learned of the passing of the School Committee and Housing Authority board member. “Bruce had more friends than anyone in the City,” Mayor Jon Mitchell wrote.
Posted inCommunity Voices
Opinion: Hunger should never be the price of higher education
When a student is forced to choose between buying food and paying for textbooks, that’s not a personal budgeting failure — it’s a public policy failure.