Will Sennott / Reporter
Will is a staff reporter for The New Bedford Light, covering housing court, education, offshore wind and the fishing industry. He was lead reporter on the team that founded the news organization in June of 2021.
Sennott graduated from UMass Amherst in 2019, where he studied history and creative writing. Before The Light, he worked for The Vineyard Gazette. Sennott’s reporting has been featured on NPR, The Boston Globe and The New York Times.
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Stories by Will Sennott

Neo-Nazis on South Coast: Local LGBTQ+ group concerned but says ‘we will move forward’
The neo-Nazi group is based mostly in Greater Boston. But in recent months, it has expanded its presence in the South Coast — targeting library events known as “Drag Queen Story Hour,” in which drag artists read books to children.

Grant targets offshore wind work: ‘Our residents are not the ones getting the jobs’
“We are going to put our people in these unions. This is a new industry, but we don’t want the same, old problems. The historic discrimination. If we’re at the table, that won’t happen. But right now, we’re not.” — John “Buddy” Andrade, executive director of the Old Bedford Village Development Corp.

Healey touts clean energy opportunities in visit to UMass Dartmouth
“We’re about Massachusetts competing,” the governor said of the state’s approach to offshore wind. “We think this is an area where we can compete hard. And we want to win.”

Mayor, city leaders call on Healey to fight for offshore wind business
Letter: “Every East Coast state is now actively competing for investment, and nearly all of their governors have proclaimed that their state will become the industry’s epicenter.” And, other states “have competed more aggressively than Massachusetts.”

Straus: State Pier development deal ‘done entirely in the shadows’
Behind the scenes, state legislators have been largely critical, not just of the proposal but of the eight-month selection process that they described as lacking in transparency and circumventing their authority in managing the use of the state-owned property.

Markey, Moulton push for national fund to compensate fishermen for losses due to offshore wind
Fishing groups have been critical of the current approach, saying the government’s lack of clear requirements gives the offshore wind industry the upper hand in compensation negotiations.

New Bedford’s waterfront smokestack survives … for another week or so
“The explosives contractor arrived in the morning but he didn’t bring any dynamite with him. … That’s when he let people know he had a problem with his insurance.” — Andrew Saunders, president of the Foss Marine Terminal.

Westport State Rep. Schmid wins rematch with Republican Gendreau
Six-term incumbent Democrat stressed his support for education, offshore wind and commuter rail to South Coast.

Keating re-elected to Congress, topping GOP challenger Brown
Keating campaigned on environmental efforts, specifically infrastructure projects like offshore wind and coastal resiliency, which have the potential to boost the local economy while combating climate change.

13, including a child, rescued from sinking New Bedford fishing vessel
The F/V Tremont, a 115-foot squid boat ported in New Bedford, was involved in a collision with a 1,000-foot Panamanian-flagged container vessel, MSC Rita, about 60 miles off the northern coast of Virginia.
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