“On the afternoon of March 9, 2024, Trooper Jonathan Blanchard, a member of the State Police-Springfield Barracks, was conducting patrol on Armory Street at Route 291 in Springfield. It was then, that Trooper Blanchard saw a Nissan Altima drive past with no front plate, and the operator holding an electronic …
Read More »Massachusetts Senate approves budget that allows Gov. Healey to spend $840 million on migrant assistance
“BOSTON: The Massachusetts Senate voted 32 to 8 to allow Gov. Maura Healey’s administration to spend a one-time use expenditure of $840 million on the migrant housing issue. Massachusetts currently spends $75 million per month on the 7,500 migrant families that are living in emergency shelters across the state. That …
Read More »New Bedford roadwork sites for the upcoming week of March 25, 2024 – March 29, 2024
“The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of March 25, 2024 – March 29, 2024, and they are as follows: Eversource will be working on gas main relays and services on: • Main relay on Acushnet Ave from Phillips Rd to Bowles St • Main …
Read More »How politicians distract you from America’s $1 trillion annual national debt interest
Did you hear that Americans now pay $1 trillion in interest on the national debt? No? That is by design. There is nothing more important to America’s future than our crushing national debt yet Joe Biden and congress distract us with global warming, Russia, Israel, and Trump trials. Look at …
Read More »New Bedford’s bookmobile to deliver library services across the city
“NEW BEDFORD – The New Bedford Free Public Library recently debuted its new outreach vehicle, the Mobile Library. An expansion of the Bookmobile program, the Mobile Library delivers books, materials, and other services to patrons who are unable to visit the library, such as those who are homebound, have mobility …
Read More »Tractor-trails rollover dumps battery acid on Massachusetts Turnpike
On Wednesday morning around 12:10am, a tractor-trailer driving on the Massachusetts Turnpike flipped onto its side, breaking open, dumping some of its cargo of approximately 700 car batteries onto the highway. The broken and burst car batteries subsequently spilled the sulfurci acid onto the road. The Interchange 90 on-ramp to …
Read More »Merging storms to bring sleet, snow, and rain to the South Coast
A storm in the southern U.S. and another close to the Canadian border in the north formed 1,000 miles apart Tuesday night then began to move on a collision course. The combined storms will eventually merge and arrive on the eastern seaboard and dump an absolute mess on the South …
Read More »Florida Gov. DeSantis favors idea of shipping unlawfully present Haitians to Martha’s Vineyard
On Wednesday, at a press conference, Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) “We do have our transport program also that’s going to be operational. So, Haitians land in the Florida Keys, their next stop very well may be Martha’s Vineyard.” In the first week of March, DeSantis deployed resources to the …
Read More »New Bedford Police charge south end man with cocaine trafficking
“NEW BEDFORD – Narcotics detectives have seized over 100 grams of cocaine from a south-end apartment. On March 18th, Det. Nathaniel Almeida concluded his investigation into a cocaine distribution operation being conducted out of 12 Roosevelt St., #2. The target of the investigation was JOSE SOTO-TORRES, 46. A search warrant …
Read More »Massachusetts Migrant Work Permits Stagnant Since December
By Sam Drysdale State House News Service Gov. Maura Healey has frequently pointed to getting more migrants authorized to work as a key step in moving people out of the state’s overwhelmed emergency family shelter system, but the number of new arrivals who have work authorizations has stagnated since December. …
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