Opinion

By Joanne Mendes Thomas Wolfe once wrote, “I have to see a thing a thousand times before I see it once.” Sometimes you need to step away from a place before you can truly appreciate all that it has to offer. This certainly is true about my relationship with New …

By Laura Pedulli There was a great Washington Post slogan from about 15 years ago: “If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.” We need another slogan—but scaled nationally. Since that came out, subscriptions are falling, newspapers are shuttering, and too many of us take for granted the information and …

by Jordis Brown In our short-sighted way of existing, we as a society have lost the realization that our actions – even those in private – do affect the world around us. We all carry burdens and many of us possess unseen scars from our day to day life. This …

By Joyce Rowley Isn’t it nice to go out to dinner with friends to a place that has something for everyone? And with spring officially here, some of us are a little more conscious about sticking to a healthy diet to shed a few. Eateries with the Healthy Dining New …

Youth Court is a program where troubled teens and pre-teens are sent for bad behavior. We receive cases about habitual school offenses, larceny, assault and battery and even small drug cases. Every Tuesday a group of specially trained attorneys, like myself, meet at the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High …

By Keith Lovett, Director of Buttonwood Park Zoo The Buttonwood Park Zoo’s Asian elephant program has made a lot of headlines recently. In an incident this January two keepers failed to properly padlock a door, resulting in Ruth, our 55 year-old elephant, being exposed during a winter storm. Ruth’s exposure …

  On March 13th, Councilors Rebeiro and Carney posted a motion to the city council to repeal the 44% pay raise that the City Council voted for two years earlier. It caused some major friction in the City Council chambers as the other nine city councilors verbally beat up the two …

My name is Jane Doe, I am 27 years old and a mother of three children: Kelly, Danny, and Marcus. Kelly and Danny’s father and I, were together for several years. In the final year of being together, I found out that he had an addiction to opiates. I found …

by Joyce Rowley Ever want to know what the development down the street will do to the neighborhood? How much traffic it will bring or whether the lights will keep you up all night? But you don’t want to ask at a public hearing because you might be seen as …

by David Eaton It’s been the winter to test even the saltiest of New Englanders. We’re supposed to be used to the cold weather, the snow and the icy roads. We’re not supposed to complain about the cold because, well, it gets cold here every year! I think this winter …