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OPINION: New Bedford Deserves Better: Let’s Stop Handcuffing the People Trying to Help

1 week ago | newbedfordguide.com | Michael Silvia

The following is an opinion piece submitted to New Bedford Guide. Have an opinion? Send your op-ed to [email protected]. Let’s talk about New Bedford. A city with a deep, rich history. Once the richest city in the world. Now a place where you need a miracle, a lawyer, and possibly a therapist just to open a business or host a fundraiser for kids. I say that only half-joking.
PACE Is Hiring A Case Manager For Its Housing Opportunity Center

1 week ago | newbedfordguide.com | Chris Lisinski

The Housing Opportunity Center is expanding its growing housing program to better respond to the needs in the Greater New Bedford and Bristol County area.
Big health insurer cites losses in push for 13% average rate hike in Massachusetts

1 week ago | newbedfordguide.com | Chris Lisinski |Michael Silvia

Economy, Latest, Politics By Chris Lisinski, State House News ServiceHealth insurers on Tuesday defended the steep rate increases they have planned as an unfortunate but necessary response to rising pressure, seeking to pin the blame on care providers and the pharmaceutical industry.
FREE swim lessons now open for registration at Massachusetts pools

2 weeks ago | newbedfordguide.com | Michael Silvia

Announcements, Causes, Latest, Press Release “As part of the agency’s ongoing work to promote water safety at state beaches and pools, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation (DCR) is once again offering free swim lessons to children at DCR pools across the state through its Learn to Swim program.
Illegal alien, MS-13 member caught in Massachusetts thanks to use of cell phone while driving

2 weeks ago | newbedfordguide.com | Colin Young

“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation apprehended a 24-year-old, illegally present Salvadoran national and documented member of the notorious MS-13 criminal gang. Officers with ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston working with agents from ICE Homeland Security Investigations New England and FBI Boston arrested William Alberto Villalobos-Melendez May 14 in Brockton.
President Trump targets health care payments that “game the system”

2 weeks ago | newbedfordguide.com | Colin Young |Michael Silvia

By Colin A. Young, State House News Service As the U.S. Senate prepares to take its own crack at legislation that includes hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, the president late last week made his thoughts on one provision clear and it could impact how Massachusetts and other states finance public health care.
Massachusetts Lawmakers Delay Decision on Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill Amid Heated Debate

3 weeks ago | newbedfordguide.com | Chris Lisinski |Michael Silvia

By Chris LisinskiRepresentatives on one legislative committee are not ready to decide whether one of the most controversial proposals on their plate should move forward early in the lawmaking term. Legislators last week asked for a 30-day extension on a bill that would authorize physician-assisted suicide (H 2505), according to the House clerk’s office, keeping it idling in the Public Health Committee through a Tuesday event that drew both supporters and opponents of the long-debated policy.
Star Store Building in downtown New Bedford on Path to Redevelopment

3 weeks ago | newbedfordguide.com | Michael Silvia

Mayor Jon Mitchell and the New Bedford Economic Development Council (NBEDC) announced Monday that agreements are in place to reopen the former Star Store building under new ownership as a regional arts hub.
City of New Bedford addresses the recent rat problem

1 month ago | newbedfordguide.com | Michael Silvia

THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT FROM THE CITY OF NEW BEDFORD ON HARVEY WASTE & RECYCLING SERVICES RODENT CONCERNS:The City received reports this weekend that numerous rats were seen in an industrial area along Shawmut Avenue. The rats emanated from a municipal waste transfer facility owned by Harvey Waste & Recycling Services, which experienced a major fire last week.
A 21-year-old shot and killed in New Bedford Monday night

1 month ago | newbedfordguide.com | Michael Silvia

Crime, Latest Bristol Count District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn, III announced that Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’sOffice, New Bedford Police Detectives and Homicide Unit prosecutors have begun a homicide investigation in New Bedford.