On Friday, the Western New England Polling Institute released a statewide poll on Boston’s 2024 Summer Olympics bid. It found that 46% of Massachusetts voters oppose the bid while only 40% of voters support it. When the poll looked at all … [Read more...]
Archives for April 19, 2015
Corporate Owners Shrink New Bedford Standard-Times, Literally This Time
My local New Bedford Standard-Times has been shrinking for years, laying off nearly half of its newsroom staff since 2005, and now it's again shrinking physically. I woke up a month ago to find my morning paper had lost an inch off each … [Read more...]