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Middleboro to support legal fight against MBTA housing mandate
MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro has joined the legal battle against the state’s mandate that communities in the MBTA service area allow multi-units housing near MBTA transit areas. Attorney Jonathan Murray of KP Law, the town’s legal counsel, will draft an amicus brief, also known as a “friend of the...
Several Fall River streets closed for construction
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — The Ferreira Corporation will be doing work on several Fall River streets this week, which will be contingent on weather. Union Street, from Columbia Street to Williams Street. Hope Street, from Union Street to Broadway. Drivers are asked to schedule their commutes accordingly and...
Several restaurants are on the Fall River real estate market. Why are they not selling?
FALL RIVER — The city has long had the reputation of having fantastic dining. It’s also currently in the midst of a scorching hot real estate market with several long-beloved eateries for sale. But selling restaurants isn’t easy. On the market right now are Fall River landmarks like Patti’s Pierogis, Mee Sum and O Gil, longstanding hotspots whose multicultural cuisine reflects the city’s history as a haven for immigrants. Newer eateries with promise, like Towne House and...
Dartmouth Student Government discusses how to handle GOLD-UE strike
On April 28, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met for its fifth weekly meeting of the spring term. Led by student body president Jessica Chiriboga ’24, the Senate discussed how to inform undergraduate students about a potential student worker strike organized by the Student Workers Collective at Dartmouth and the Graduate Organized Laborers of Dartmouth-United Electrical Workers, the College’s graduate workers’ union.
Long may they wave: Volunteers place flags on veterans graves
MIDDLEBORO — Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, brand new American flags are adorning veterans’ graves in Middleboro, a sign of respect in the weeks before Memorial Day. On Saturday, April 27, volunteers visited the St Mary’s, Central, Purchade and Titicut cemeteries to place flags on the final resting places of veterans.
Crews battle Wareham house fire
WAREHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Fire crews battled a fire at a Wareham house Monday afternoon. Flames came up through the roof, along with black clouds of smoke. Firefighters doused the fire with water from all sides. No other information was immediately available. This is a developing news story; stay with...
Who's ADF — the influential Christian law group behind Middleboro free speech case?
MIDDLEBORO — The Alliance Defending Freedom is a conservative, Christian-based legal organization at the forefront of some of the most controversial legal cases of this generation. They're most well-known for helping to draft and argue the "Gestational Age Act," a Mississippi law outlawing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the "Gestational Age Act" in 2022, they overturned their landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that federally protected a woman's right to an abortion. ...
Fall River's nonprofit Veterans' Kitchen moving to new home at the Liberal Club
FALL RIVER — For the past five years, the Veterans’ Kitchen has been serving up free lunches and companionship for locals who have served their country, along with their friends and families, first at the Corky Row Club and more recently at the Blessed Trinity Church. Now the...
Fall River to receive $8 million in opioid settlement funds
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — Fall River will receive $8 million from $900 million worth of settlements with opioid distributors, pharmacies and drugmakers to go toward prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery services in Massachusetts. Fall River will receive the money over the next 15 years, and as of...
Little Theatre, Narrows Center team up for first time with 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
This team-up is going to rock. It’s going to rock so much, in fact, that only a rock opera could possibly express how much. Little Theatre of Fall River and the Narrows Center for the Arts have teamed up to present “Jesus Christ Superstar,” the beloved musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
Federal license allows turbine testing in Cape Cod Canal to continue
The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative has been awarded an eight-year pilot license by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to test marine renewable tidal turbines at the Bourne Tidal Test Site at the Cape Cod Canal. The canal facility is the only tidal test site in the country with a license...
Man pleads not guilty to drunk driving manslaughter charges in fatal Christmas night crash
FALL RIVER — Adam Gauthier, formerly of Somerset, accused of killing three family members on Christmas night on the Veterans’ Memorial Bridge in an alleged drunk driving accident, pleaded not guilty to related charges on Wednesday in Bristol County Superior Court. Gauthier, 41, was indicted last month by a Bristol County grand jury on three counts of manslaughter while operating under the influence and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. ...
New Bedford Senior Center returning to Buttonwood, social day care shifting to Brooklawn, Hazelwood
“NEW BEDFORD – Buttonwood Park will once again be home to a traditional senior center. The New Bedford Council on Aging is shifting Adult Social Day Care services from Buttonwood Park to the Brooklawn Community Center in the North End and the Rosemary Tierney Community Center at Hazelwood Park in the South End. The Buttonwood Senior Center will revert to a traditional senior center and feature activities like bingo, wellness instruction, social gatherings, and educational offerings. The changes take effect May 13.
Club Madeirense votes to open membership to women
The Club Madeirense passed an amendment on Sunday, allowing women to join. Members of the club are responsible for organizing New Bedford's Feast of the Blessed Sacrament each year. The vote passed 116 to 21. The New Bedford Light reported a group of women threatened to sue the club back...
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