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SouthCoastToday.com
February 27, 2018
NEW BEDFORD — Geoff Diehl cruised around the Port of New Bedford in an RV Tuesday that maneuvered in and out of small entrances and exits. The red, white, and blue mobile home featured the slogan of the Republican U.S. Senate candidate, “The Real Diehl,” as he looked to learn the reality of theÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
February 27, 2018
NEW BEDFORD — The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released its annual data today on graduation and dropout rates across Massachusetts, noting that New Bedford High School “had 98 fewer students drop out in 2016-17 than in 2011-12, a 57 percent decrease.” In a newsÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
February 27, 2018
NEW BEDFORD -- The John B. DeValles Elementary School will be getting some Chromebooks thanks to a $15,000 grant from the New Bedford Education Foundation. The fifth grade class was ... It is supported by funding through the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts. Learn more atÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
February 27, 2018
NEW BEDFORD — The Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts anticpates awarding $460,000 in financial aid to area students. Students can apply online by clicking the “Scholarships” page on the Community Foundation website, www.cfsema.org. Scholarships for students from throughoutÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
February 26, 2018
The New Bedford fishing vessel Mirage heads into New Bedford Harbor in 2016. ... But the prospect of drilling off the Massachusetts coast also brought together advocates on Monday who are often at loggerheads but are now pulling in the same direction, against the Trump administration's plans. DecadesÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
February 26, 2018
BOSTON — Electric car ownership is surging in Massachusetts and New Bedford's city departments are among the leaders, MassPIRG staff attorney Matthew Casale told a gathering recently outside the Statehouse flanked by two of the newest electric car models. “All signs point toward electricity being theÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
February 19, 2018
During the an investigation on Sunday, Massachusetts Environmental Police Officers in New Bedford took possession of 100 pounds of shucked Atlantic ... Jim Kendall, a former fisherman and now executive director of New Bedford Seafood Consulting, said he believes the incidents stem back to the earlyÃÂ ...
NECN
February 19, 2018
3 People Injured in Multi-Building Blaze in New Bedford, Massachusetts. By Marc Fortier and ... The fire was reported just before 3 p.m. Monday on Granfield Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. ... Three people were injured Monday in a blaze involving multiple buildings in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
SouthCoastToday.com
January 26, 2018
NEW BEDFORD — When students at Holy Family-Holy Name School need help in any way, they know immediately where to turn. Principal ... She later graduated from UMass Dartmouth, (then Southeastern Massachusetts University) with a double-major in Portuguese and Elementary Education. In 1977ÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
January 26, 2018
FAIRHAVEN — The last request of murder victim Chantel Bruno, killed early Monday in New Bedford's near North End, was to save her “small lovable pet,” her cousin Brandon Estrella said Thursday. Bruno owned Lolita, a 9-year-old Shih Tzu, since she was a puppy and the dog was her faithful companion,ÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
January 26, 2018
She was awarded the 2014 Portuguese Heritage Award, presented by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Portuguese American Legislative Caucus; the 2013 Financial Services Champion presented by the Massachusetts District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration; the 2009 John BraytonÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
January 26, 2018
The Massachusetts Cultural Council's tagline is “Arts Matter.” Between us, I think that's kind of lame. Arts don't matter — they are essential. They define us as people, as a community and...as a city. The definition of New Bedford is changing — and a variety of its residents are helping to write a new one everyÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
January 26, 2018
NEW BEDFORD — A New Bedford-based offshore wind proposal by Deepwater Wind has been passed over for a state contract in favor of hydroelectric ... has been selected to provide power to Massachusetts in the first of two competitive bidding processes created by the state's 2016 energy diversity law.
SouthCoastToday.com
January 25, 2018
This summer will mark 25 years since a nesting pair discovered in Lakeville became the first in Southeastern Massachusetts in 85 years. Winter is a great time to see eagles, said Wayne Petersen, director of the Important Bird Areas program at MassAudubon. Some move here from points north, adding toÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
January 24, 2018
“We got about a half of million dollars, which surprised me,” New Bedford Chief Financial Officer Ari Sky said. “New Bedford's not Newton. New Bedford's not Brookline, but there was quite a bit of interest.” The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act caps state and local tax deductions at $10,000. In Massachusetts, in 2015,ÃÂ ...
CBS Boston / WBZ
January 23, 2018
NEW BEDFORD (CBS) — A woman was stabbed to death overnight in New Bedford, police said Monday. ... The Bristol County District Attorney's Office called Chantel's death a homicide and said New Bedford Police, Massachusetts State Police, and Homicide Unit prosecutors were looking into it.
MassLive.com
January 23, 2018
The Bristol District Attorney's Office said Chantel Bruno was found in an Ashley Boulevard triple decker at about 1:20 a.m. and transported to St. Luke's Hospital. She was pronounced dead about an hour later. New Bedford police and Massachusetts State Police detectives attached to the district attorney'sÃÂ ...
Boston Herald
January 20, 2018
... ICE raid in New Bedford a decade ago to prepare for the potential of renewed sweeps as rhetoric ratchets up between federal officials and other states. “During New Bedford, we put together a toolkit for how to deal with these situations,” said Eva Millona, executive director of the Massachusetts ImmigrantÃÂ ...
WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
January 20, 2018
“Many people aren't successful the first few times.” He also said the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has a Smoker's Helpline at 1-800-QUIT-NOW. The fire was investigated by members of the New Bedford Fire and Police Departments and state police assigned to the state fire marshal's office.
SouthCoastToday.com
January 19, 2018
Members of the working group and CPM and DRA were to meet with the Massachusetts School Building Authority team on Jan 4. “This new group will be with us as the plans and specifications are completed and we go through construction.” Looking ahead and hoping to avoid unnecessary disruption toÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
January 19, 2018
It has been our honor and privilege to serve the employees and retirees of the state of Massachusetts for many years. The Harvard Pilgrim team will work with the GIC to ensure a smooth transition for the members we have served so proudly while we continue to introduce innovative products, programs andÃÂ ...
Boston Business Journal
January 18, 2018
After raising one of the biggest rounds of financing for a local biotech in 2017, gene editing startup Homology Medicines has signed a lease for a new headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts that is nearly triple the size of its current office. A spokesperson for Homology confirmed that the privately held firmÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
January 18, 2018
The recordings are linked to Wong's work as a self-employed cleaner of homes and businesses in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the statement says. Massachusetts state police arrested him in New Bedford on Jan. 5. He is scheduled to return to the Falmouth court for a pretrial hearing FebÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
January 17, 2018
NEW BEDFORD — Four volunteers returned from Puerto Rico on Thursday with a sharper understanding of why people have fled to New Bedford ... just over $36,000 by the end of December, according to Ethan Kehoe, director of development at the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts.
SouthCoastToday.com
January 16, 2018
NEW BEDFORD — For the anniversary of the Women's March, a city councilor and two local women have organized a march downtown among a forum, ... Ribeiro, Bethany Fauteux of #NBW3: The Ward 3 Project and Ruth Chicca, president of Action Together Massachusetts, organized a forum, luncheon,ÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
January 16, 2018
Jean went to the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth, to take a business degree in management and graduated summa cum laude in 2004. After graduation, she was hired by Home Depot as a kitchen designer and worked there for fourteen years. She designed kitchens for many families in the areaÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
January 16, 2018
“As the global fish supply dwindles, the industry faces crises on all sides — including crooked moguls, dubious imports and divisive regulations,” according to the description of Episode 6 “Cod Is Dead.” The show interviews fishermen, environmentalists and other stakeholders in New Bedford, includingÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
January 16, 2018
... where he was later pronounced dead. Police identified him as 21-year-old Jiram Ortiz. According to sources, the family had just moved to Hartford from New Bedford, Massachusetts, last week. Police say Ortiz's 17-year-old brother was at the scene when officers arrived and has been charged with murder.
The Manual (blog)
January 8, 2018
This line from Herman Melville's classic Moby-Dick is inscribed on a bronze and granite statue across from the New Bedford Free Public Library. In simple terms, it meant: “It's either you or the whale. What's it gonna be?” For the city's sailors, whalers, and deckhands, it was an even more stark mantra:ÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
December 31, 1999
MATTAPOISETT — A 44-year-old New Bedford woman died Friday morning when her car went off the road and struck a tree on Interstate 195, state ... road, are under investigation by Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police, the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, the State PoliceÃÂ ...
MassLive.com
December 31, 1999
A New Bedford woman was killed when the car she was driving slammed into a tree alongside I-195 in Mattapoisett at about 8 a.m. Friday, Massachusetts State Police said. The 44-year-old woman apparently lost control of her 2006 Mazda as she traveled in the eastbound lane of the highway and the carÃÂ ...
Turn to 10
December 31, 1999
Medical records were found dumped in New Bedford, sparking concern in the community. ... The records belonged to MD Medical Spa and Wellness Center in Hyannis and Norwell, Massachusetts. ... Robert Munro said he was involved with the facility and hired a man named Dave in New Bedford to shred the documents.
SouthCoastToday.com
December 8, 2017
Steve Bannon, the former Trump Svengali who proudly peddles the ideological wares of the extreme right, inadvertently clarified the stakes at a Moore rally in south Alabama Tuesday night with a malicious and spiteful attack on Romney. The former Massachusetts governor tweeted this week that having ...
SouthCoastToday.com
December 8, 2017
FALL RIVER — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has appointed Dr. Samir K. Bhattacharyya, head of health economics and market access at DePuy Synthes, a Johnson & Johnson Company, as a member of the Bristol Community College Board of Trustees. Bhattacharyya has 19 years of global ...
SouthCoastToday.com
December 8, 2017
Much of southeastern and central Massachusetts could receive up to 6 inches of snow this weekend, according to the National Weather Service in Taunton. ... New Bedford, Cape Cod and southern coastal areas are expecting about 2 inches before precipitation changes over to rain, said National Weather ...
Rhode Island Public Radio
December 7, 2017
For weeks after Hurricane Maria, Cynthia and Vanessa Melendez were trapped in their village in Humacao, Puerto Rico. They had no water and were running out of food. They eventually made their way out, along with their eight children, resettling in New Bedford. The sisters and their children have joined ...
SouthCoastToday.com
December 7, 2017
Cheri Lindsey is no stranger to making days brighter for people in southeastern Massachusetts. For years, she has sponsored scholarships to enable students to pursue their education, and study the arts. An advocate for people with disabilities, Lindsey is passionate about supporting people who dedicate ...
SouthCoastToday.com
December 7, 2017
NEW BEDFORD — Ocean conditions in the area where fishing vessel Misty Blue sank were still too rough to allow divers to enter the water to search for the vessel Thursday. The Massachusetts State Police Dive Team had to postpone its scheduled dive until Saturday, according to State Police a ...
NECN
December 7, 2017
A Massachusetts man has been accused of sexually assaulting residents at a New Bedford nursing home. A spokeswoman for the Bristol County District Attorney's office told WJAR-TV on Wednesday that Jacob King, 57, of Fall River, has been charged with three counts of rape in relation to incidents at the ...
WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
December 6, 2017
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A Fall River man is accused of raping two residents at the rehabilitation facility where he was a licensed practical nurse. According to court records, Jacob King, 57, is charged with three counts of rape involving two victims. The dates of offense were listed as Sept. 10 and ...
The Providence Journal
December 5, 2017
NANTUCKET — Two crew members of a New Bedford-based clammer were rescued and two remain missing Monday night, as the Coast Guard continues its ... The vessel is owned by Atlantic Capes Fisheries Inc, which is headquartered in Cape May, New Jersey and operates facilities in Massachusetts, ...
SouthCoastToday.com
December 3, 2017
McFee's contribution is a portrait of a seated soldier from the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. The black soldier faces the viewer with a revolver in a skeletal hand on his lap, a heart placed in the other hand. A revolver held on the lap was a custom in military portraits in early days of photography in the 19th ...
SouthCoastToday.com
December 3, 2017
The state Department of Energy Resources credits the city with having the highest percentage of electric vehicles of any municipality in Massachusetts, according to Scott Durkee, the director of the city's energy office. There are three public charging stations at the Zeiterion parking garage, one at the Elm ...
SouthCoastToday.com
December 2, 2017
She is a longtime member and past president of the Rotary Club of New Bedford. She also serves as a director for the Veterans Transition House and is a former director of the Southeastern Massachusetts Association of Realtors. Silveira is a Dartmouth resident and is genuinely devoted to her Clients, ...
SouthCoastToday.com
December 1, 2017
BOSTON— Ongoing budget woes are creating an environment of anxiety at the University of Massachusetts Boston, students told UMass trustees as they asked for an immediate infusion of funds to give the campus a window to develop a long-term plan. “We can't move forward by destroying our university ...
SouthCoastToday.com
November 30, 2017
NEW BEDFORD — A 28-year-old man was charged Tuesday with furnishing alcohol for a teenager, police said. Eric Jones of 12 Granfield St., Apartment 2, New Bedford, was charged with selling/delivering liquor to a person under the age of 21, according to the New Bedford Police Department logs.
SouthCoastToday.com
November 30, 2017
It will lease a portion of the space to ARL Healthcare Inc., a not-for-profit registered marijuana dispensary in Massachusetts. “It's not unlike businesses in the park that make medical devices,” Executive Director of New Bedford's Economic Development Council Derek Santos said. “From our perspective, it's ...
SouthCoastToday.com
November 28, 2017
... Massachusetts, The Women's Fund of Southeastern Massachusetts, United Way of Greater New Bedford, Immigrants' Assistance Center and ...
SouthCoastToday.com
November 27, 2017
Despite threats that funding would be eliminated in President Donald Trump's preliminary budget, the state's home heating program will ...
WLNE-TV (ABC6)
November 27, 2017
DARTMOUTH, MA (WLNE) — A Massachusetts man is dead following a single vehicle accident early Sunday morning. Around 4:30 a.m. ...
