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Jan 9, 2025 | 
oceanstatestories.org | Adam Goldstein
This story was originally published in The New Bedford Light, a publication partner of Ocean State Stories. WESTPORT — This past spring, the Environmental Protection Agency announced new national drinking water standards to limit “forever chemicals” linked to birth defects and cancers. In 2025, nine public water systems in Westport, Dartmouth, and parts of Wareham will be looking into addressing PFAS contamination in their water.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
newbedfordlight.org | Adam Goldstein
This past spring, the Environmental Protection Agency announced new national drinking water standards to limit “forever chemicals” linked to birth defects and cancers. In 2025, nine public water systems in Westport, Dartmouth, and parts of Wareham will be looking into addressing PFAS contamination in their water. Testing shows levels of those chemicals — which can be found in myriad products like nonstick pans and mascara — may be above the new EPA standards.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
newsobserver.com | Adam Goldstein
In the ongoing fight against obesity, a growing epidemic with grave medical consequences, a new class of weight loss medications offers unprecedented hope. Drugs like semaglutide (Wegovy, Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) have shown remarkable efficacy in helping individuals achieve significant weight loss, and combined with behavioral counseling can lead to sustainable long-term decreases in weight.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
oceanstatestories.org | Adam Goldstein
This story was originally published in The New Bedford Light, a publication partner of Ocean State Stories. NEW BEDFORD — New England scallopers are looking at another tough year in 2025, as they prepare for a set of federal regulations to protect both their livelihoods and the Atlantic Ocean’s scallop populations.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
newbedfordlight.org | Adam Goldstein
New England scallopers are looking at another tough year in 2025, as they prepare for a set of federal regulations to protect both their livelihoods and the Atlantic Ocean’s scallop populations. If approved by NOAA Fisheries, the new rules, called Scallop Framework 39, will reduce the number of times that full-time vessels can go drag in some federally-managed scalloping grounds — called “access areas” — in the 2025 fishing year.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
newbedfordlight.org | Adam Goldstein
Growing up in New Bedford, Dan Goulart spent many summer days down by Buttonwood Brook. He would dip his hands in its crystal-clear waters, which flowed from New Bedford into Dartmouth and to productive shellfish beds in Apponagansett Bay. Nowadays, the water in the brook is murky. Signs around Buttonwood Park tell people not to touch it. Those shellfish beds are degraded, and often closed. This has become the new normal for Buttonwood Brook, as the surrounding area has developed.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
newbedfordlight.org | Adam Goldstein
MATTAPOISETT — About a year ago, the former cranberry bogs off Acushnet Road in Mattapoisett looked like a construction site. Heavy machinery and trailers dotted the 55-acre plot as contractors worked on the land. Now those crews are gone. Long-dormant grasses and wetland vegetation have emerged from the earth. Four ponds ripple and shimmer in the sun. Boardwalks and bridges connect an enhanced two-mile trail network around the ponds.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
newbedfordlight.org | Adam Goldstein
MATTAPOISETT — About a year ago, the former cranberry bogs off Acushnet Road in Mattapoisett looked like a construction site. Heavy machinery and trailers dotted the 55-acre plot as contractors worked on the land. Now those crews are gone. Long-dormant grasses and wetland vegetation have emerged from the earth. Four ponds ripple and shimmer in the sun. Boardwalks and bridges connect an enhanced two-mile trail network around the ponds.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
law.com | Adam Goldstein
Who Got The Work Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
newbedfordlight.org | Adam Goldstein
Bristol and Plymouth counties are experiencing “critical” drought conditions amid an unprecedented statewide dry spell this fall. The South Coast has been feeling its impacts, though local farmers and water suppliers say they do not yet see any cause for alarm. Massachusetts officials upgraded the drought designation for Southeastern Massachusetts to level 3, or critical, last Tuesday. Low levels of rainfall and stream flow led to the decision to reclassify the regional drought.
