Politics

Four people get to skip the New Bedford school committee preliminary election in October and to face off for three school committee seats on November 7th. At least seven candidates were needed to have a preliminary election. Incumbent Josh Amaral and new faces John Oliveira, Colleen Dawicki and Richard Porter …

Earlier this year, Massachusetts legislators voted to increase their pay and judges pay by $18 million. It was vetoed by Governor Baker but quickly overturned by the legislators. The pay raise was mostly on party lines – no Republicans supported the pay raise bill and nine House Democrats and three …

Five New Bedford residents have committed to running for the Ward 5 New Bedford City Council seat vacated by Kerry Winterson. In February, Winterson cited his wife’s health and personal reasons for not seeking re-election. The five candidates are David Sullivan, Kate Towers, Nelson Macedo, Paul Chasse and Scott Lima. …

Incumbent New Bedford Ward 4 City Councilor Dana Rebeiro will face two challengers in this year’s race. Former Ward 4 councilor Joseph Jo-Jo Fortes and Kenneth Gilbert are challenging Rebeiro who will be seeking her third term in office. Ward 4 contains much of downtown, the waterfront and the New …

In a letter to his army just prior to the end of the Revolutionary War, George Washington stated the importance of any person being able to voice their opinion, especially when the stakes are high. “… if Men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter…reason is …

This week ESPN removed Asian-American announcer Robert Lee from covering University of Virginia’s home opener football game “simply because of the coincidence of his name.” Apparently, ESPN thinks he’s a statue and needs to be taken down. The past few weeks Confederate statues have been covered or taken down in …

Three candidates have turned in enough signatures before the August 15th deadline in the New Bedford’s Ward 2 City Council race. Long time Ward 2 City Councilor Steven Martins is vacating the city council seat to run against Martin “Marty” Treadup for Assessor. Carlos Pimentel Felix and Edwin Cartagena have …

In what will likely be the most competitive race in this year’s New Bedford elections, Steve Martins is taking on Martin “Marty” Treadup for one of the New Bedford Assessor positions. Steve Martins is vacating his Ward 2 city council seat to run against long time assessor Martin Treadup who …

Here are the results for the final New Bedford municipal election as of November 4, 2009. At-Large New Bedford City Council (top 5 elected to office) David Alves (I): 6,212 Brian K. Gomes (I): 6,843 Deborah Coelho (I): 5,961 Denis Lawrence, Jr.: (I) 5,607 John T. Saunders (I): 5,567 Naomi …

by Craig DeMelo While receiving his Nobel Prize, the late Elie Wiesel—who nearly died at the hands of the nazis—famously said, “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor…” The incident in Charlottesville and the subsequent fallout have presented what should be the simplest dichotomizing of good and evil, …