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Arrested students will not face suspension or expulsion
Students arrested at the May 1 protest will not face suspension or expulsion, College President Sian Leah Beilock announced during the May 20 faculty meeting. According to Beilock, the College has now concluded its disciplinary process for the arrested students. Students will also not face changes to their scholarships or...
How loud will a solid-waste facility in New Bedford Business Park be? State is checking.
NEW BEDFORD — A state decision on a solid waste processing facility's suitability in the New Bedford Business Park has been postponed six times and there's currently no decision deadline. A negative ruling will end the process. But if it's approved, the site assignment process would move to the New Bedford Board of Health,...
Spacious Dartmouth Colonial sells for nearly $950K: Weekly home sales
One of this week’s top-selling homes is a Colonial in Dartmouth - full of amenities and minutes from beaches and Padanaram Village - that sold for $947,500. Located at 14 Marial Drive, the 3,392 square-foot home sits on a 0.47 acre lot on a nice tree-lined street. Built in...
Swansea sewers clear a hurdle at town meeting, but saving a historic house didn't
SWANSEA – Installation of business district sewers got a thumbs up from voters while the Preserved Gardner House was likely issued a death sentence during a town meeting doubleheader on Monday night at the Joseph Case High School auditorium. The four-plus-hour gathering consisted of the annual town meeting preceded,...
Want to discover the healing powers of nature? Visit Wild Heart Herb House in New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD -- For years, Nico Lebreux has been a community herbalist, yoga teacher and self-care advocate, and now is the proud owner of Wild Heart Herb House located inside the Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens. “In the past, people would always ask me ‘Where can I get herbs?’ and the closest place would be a pharmacy in Providence, where I have done a lot of my education and training. I didn’t really have a good answer...
Dartmouth faculty censures school president over police response to encampment
Faculty at Dartmouth have voted to censure school President Sian Beilock over the college’s response to pro-Palestinian protests earlier this month, according to the college’s newspaper, The Dartmouth.
Who will be Fall River's next superintendent? Search narrowed down to 4 finalists
FALL RIVER — The Fall River School Committee announced the names of the four superintendent candidates who will now be vetted publicly. The School Committee members voted unanimously Monday night to accept the four recommendations of the superintendent search committee headed by Glenn Koocher, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees. Out...
Power outage on Cape Cod? There's an Eversource office in New Bedford that's keeping track
NEW BEDFORD — At the Eversource facility in the New Bedford Business Park in the city's far North End, there's a high security room of the utmost importance. It's so secure, even the vast majority of the hundreds of Eversource employees who work at the site will never see inside, New Bedford Eversource Systems Operations Center Manager Erik Shott says.
Vote for the SouthCoast High School Softball Player of the Week for May 13-19
The winner of last week’s Softball Player of the Week poll was Dartmouth’s Paige Martins. She had more than 27,000 votes (45%) to receive the honor. Wareham’s Madison Nereu was second (44%). Martins went 3-for-6 with three RBIs in a 12-inning loss to Bridgewater-Raynham. Previous winners were Fairhaven’s Stella Zangao, Dartmouth’s Paige Martins and...
President of Tiverton's firefighters' union sues the town and fire chief. Here's why.
PROVIDENCE – The president of the Tiverton firefighters’ union is suing the fire chief and the town over their attempts to fire him. Fire Captain David McGovern sued Fire Chief William S. Bailey III after he says he complained about the treatment of employees and members voted no confidence in the department's leadership. “The...
Ex-mayor Jasiel Correia wants out of prison; Robin Murphy gets parole: Top stories
As we kick off a new week, let's take a look back at the week that was. Manny Papoula, the former Durfee High School and Boston College basketball player who gave much of his time and a good deal of his money to help others, died recently at age 80. He not only established and funded scholarships, he performed other labors of love throughout a life of service.
ICE arrests DR national convicted of drug trafficking crimes
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has recently apprehended a 33-year-old man from the Dominican Republic following the completion of his prison sentence. Identified as Yeury Francisco Rodriguez, the individual was captured in Central Falls, Rhode Island by deportation officers from the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston’s Providence, Rhode Island field office.
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