Chris Van Buskirk and Michael P. Norton State House News Service House Speaker Robert DeLeo plans to create an “omnibus” piece of legislation before Aug. 1 that’s likely to address policing and other equity issues, he said Wednesday as Gov. Charlie Baker made it clear he does not support defunding …
Read More »New Bedford High School Evening Extension Class of 2020 celebrate with curbside commencement
New Bedford High School Evening Extension celebrated its 57th annual commencement and first Virtual Graduation on Thursday evening, June 10. Eighty-four graduates received their credentials in a curbside ceremony held in the circular drive of New Bedford High School’s main entrance. Graduates queued up along Hathaway Boulevard in their decorated …
Read More »Dartmouth Police arrest homeless man after assaulting officers
On Friday, June 12, 2020 at approximately 6:45 p.m., Dartmouth Police were dispatched to the area of Walgreens on State Road to check on the welfare of a man lying in the grass. Upon arrival, officers identified the man as Denis Alekseyevich SHELAGIN, 36, homeless. After SHELAGIN was advised that …
Read More »Massachusetts Environmental Police and MassWildlife rescue and rehabilitate bald eagle
Approximately three weeks ago, a juvenile Bald Eagle was reportedly found injured in a backyard. Officers from the Massachusetts Environmental Police, along with personnel from MassWildlife, captured the bird without incident and transported it to Tuft’s Veterinary Medical Center in Grafton for further evaluation. It was determined the Eagle’s flight …
Read More »New Bedford to receive $1.5 million, Fall River $1.2 million to fight homelessness
United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) and Lori Trahan (D-MA-04), announced that the …
Read More »OPINION: A resurgence of the Black Panther Party is what this nation needs
By Lisa White We as a nation have failed the black community. White supremacy ideologies are woven into every service, department, and system of the United States government. We have created racism, defined it, perpetuated it, and then held the black community responsible for correcting it. But this is not …
Read More »Kennedy and Markey Take #NoCopMoney Pledge
Matt Murphy State House News Service U.S. Sen. Edward Markey and U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy have been unable to come to terms on a pledge to keep outside money from being spent in their primary race for U.S. Senate, but both Democrats agreed on Wednesday not to accept contributions from …
Read More »Pressley: Equity agenda should extend beyond police reform
Chris Lisinski State House News Service American leaders must address not only police violence but also a slew of other social and political issues that stem from centuries of structural racism, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley told business leaders on Friday. During a virtual appearance before the New England Council, Pressley described …
Read More »New Bedford High School softball field ribbon cutting celebrates latest improvement to campus
New Bedford Public Schools staff and City officials hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to inaugurate New Bedford High School’s new state-of-the-art varsity softball field on June 12. While a first game will have to wait until public health guidelines allow, a uniformed contingent of Whaler athletes was on hand to …
Read More »Massachusetts State Police Air Wing and Haverhill Police taken suspects into custody in Lynn following Rte. 93 pursuit
At 9:08 a.m. today Troop A dispatch received information from Haverhill Police Department that they were looking for a black Mercedes that was stolen from a dealership in Haverhill. Haverhill Police had the vehicle stopped when the operator fled at a high rate of speed onto Route 495. At 9:20 …
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