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A slaughterhouse in Westport
When Meatworks opened in 2018, Sarah Cogswell was one of the first animal producers to show up:. "I raise about three or four pigs a year, and when Meatworks opened up, it was just an amazing opportunity for small farms. Like I could drive the animals myself. I didn't have to hire anyone or to transport far away, and really get to know the facility."
New Bedford mayor hosts National League of Cities for walking tour
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WJAR) — New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell hosted a contingent from the National League of Cities and held a walking tour Thursday morning. The mayor’s office said the tour highlighted the city’ housing developments and growth of the downtown area. A ceremony was also...
'He asked me to be his alibi': Witness testifies to drug binge before Rock Street murder
FALL RIVER — Nelson Coelho told a woman he’d recently met and shared crack cocaine with that he was involved in the deadly robbery that killed 54-year-old convenience store owner Lal Kishor Mahaseth during an attempted armed robbery and that it was an accident, prosecutors alleged. And they said Coelho, 40, asked the woman if she would be his alibi as police searched for Mahaseth’s shooter. ...
Former Old Colony teacher accused of raping student gets new court date
WAREHAM — A former Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School teacher accused of raping a student has received a new date to return to court. Andre Arsenault appeared in Wareham District Court Thursday, May 2 on charges of rape and indecent assault and battery on a person age 14 or over — offenses allegedly committed towards an Old Colony student, according to reports.
Local officials admit CVPA not coming back to New Bedford
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Even the T-shirts that the ceramics graduate students are selling now say “Remember the Star Store” instead of “Save the Star Store,” as they did last fall. Nine months after UMass Dartmouth abruptly closed its graduate school in downtown New...
Faculty gather on Green in response to protestor arrests, petition for emergency faculty meeting
At 12:30 p.m. on May 2, Dartmouth faculty and staff held a walkout on the Green in response to the arrests of 90 community members during the May 1 encampment protests. Approximately 100 professors, staff and students gathered to condemn last night’s mass arrests and the police response to the peaceful protestors.
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