Opinion

We Americans love our automobiles and hitting the road. New England is one of the densest regions in the nation with people commuting in massive numbers. We love to drive the biggest car possible – usually empty of passengers, and we’ll take the car to go as far as the …

Since the start of the Stop & Shop strike, I have not gone grocery shopping at any of the Stop & Shop locations. It was my grocery store of choice before the strike, but I always give the workers of any strike the benefit of the doubt until they prove …

“Dear Facebook Juries, How quick we are to judge. How quick to convict, condemn and crucify. In fact, how quick we are to jump on any bandwagon. What is this insatiable need to stick our two cents in before we even have any facts? This urge is nothing new but …

In response to our ‘Apathy is the main problem with New Bedford, not crime’ article posted to our Facebook page, Lois Wiseman posted her thoughts on how New Bedford is different than her new hometown in Canada. I no longer live in New Bedford. I married and moved to Canada. …

“Let me give you guys a crash course on the monument that’s preventing the opening of Whisk and Jane’s shop at 161 Pope’s Island. Prince Henry the Navigator, has the dubious distinction of being a founder of the Atlantic slave trade. He sponsored Nuno Tristao’s exploration of the African coast, …

“Diagonally across from Ellen Hathaway school on the Union Street side is a vacant lot that parents have used to park to pick up their kids at least since my grandsons have been going to the school (5 years). I am not sure when it happened, but this morning I …

“I was wondering about out of state license plates. My street has at least 5-10 out of state plates (some as far away as Pennsylvania) and they have parked on my street for 2-5+ years, with some having expired tags/stickers. I got a ticket when I forgot to get my …

In an email dated Feb 13, 2019, Worley Beds Factory Outlet owner Martha Worley voiced her opposition to New Bedford City Council President Linda Morad. “I would like to express in the strongest terms my opposition to the efforts being made to accommodate a recreational cannabis business at 161 Popes …

A grandmother shared how grateful she was for workers and strangers at the Stop & Shop on Dartmouth Street in New Bedford for helping her autistic granddaughter who lost her special doll: “Yesterday my autistic granddaughter lost her special doll named Sandy. I would like to give a shout out …

Is it time to bring rent control back to New Bedford? A member of the New Bedford Facebook group thinks so: “I think it’s time rent control makes a comeback. The house my sister lives in was just sold. The new landlord wants to go up $140 a month on …