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...]
Our Towns Are Not War Zones: Police Militarization in MA
The debate on police militarization, rumbling for years, has been thrust into the national spotlight after protests in Ferguson, Missouri were met with heavily armed and armored police forces acting more like combatants than peacekeepers. … [Read more...]
Corporate Profit Drive Squeezes Out New Bedford Standard-Times Editor
Local newspapers provide a valuable public service that I want to support. But how many newsroom layoffs does it take to make subscription fees feel more like a corporate subsidy than a common good? Bob Unger, universally respected … [Read more...]
How Baker’s Fish Tale Exposed Democrats’ “Us Too” Fishing Failure
Charlie Baker deserved every bit of mockery he got in the final days of the governor's race for making up his fish tale either in part or in whole. But whether it's true or not, Baker's attempt to position himself as one of the harvesters … [Read more...]
It’s OK To Hit Pedestrians As Long As You’re Not Paying Attention
Via NewBedfordGuide.com Exactly how much leeway should drivers get when they hit a person trying to cross the street? [New Bedford Police Det. Capt. Steven] Vicente said the victim was heading west from Tedeschi's and across Brock … [Read more...]
New Bedford Wind Energy Plan Would Save Taxpayers $20 Million
UPDATE 4/25: The New Bedford City Council briefly threatened to turn an easy touchdown into a fumble, but they managed to approve the contract. A proposed wind power contract for New Bedford isn't just feel-good - it's … [Read more...]
Immigration, Transit Policies Fail New Bedford Workers
New Bedford's fish processing plants pay workers low wages for dangerous work, employing many undocumented workers. The plants are located on the waterfront downtown, but there's little housing there, so many workers live in the … [Read more...]
Did You Feel Today’s Tiny SouthCoast Quake?
A very small earthquake centered just north of New Bedford gently shook the SouthCoast region at 10:52am today. I happened to be doing some work in our utility room here in Fairhaven, MA and felt the 1.9 magnitude quake give the floor a … [Read more...]
GOP’s Race War Still Dividing the Working Class
From Richard Nixon's efforts to divide poor whites & blacks to Ronald Reagan's open "Cadillac welfare queens" race-baiting to the Romney/Ryan 47% and makers/takers, using race to divide working-class whites from working-class blacks has … [Read more...]
Not One But Two Oil Spills Foul New Bedford Harbor
I've covered oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and in Arkansas, but today the oil came to me. Thursday morning a local journalist alerted me to reports of an oil spill right down the street from me in New Bedford Harbor. I headed down and … [Read more...]
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