Opinion

Are you for arming teachers? Chris Resendes and Craig DeMelo had a live conversation on Craig’s recent article ‘Arming teachers is a terrible idea‘. Subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes here or search ‘New Bedford Guide’ where you listen to podcasts!

Many city residents received a post in the mail recently describing the street sweeping program that will run from April 5th to November 1st. “There will be no parking on both sides of the street overnight from midnight Thursday to 6am Friday. Failure to follow the posted street sweeping signs …

Need a local example of why voting matters? This past Saturday, 2% of Freetown’s population got their way and banned marijuana retail sales in town. In a special election on Saturday, the town of Freetown voted to prohibit the sales of retail marijuana by 24 votes. If 13 voters voted …

How often do you hit a major pothole? The following was posted in the New Bedford Political Group on Facebook: “This pothole was reported a week ago. Took out two tires yesterday on Peckham St. Off Acushnet Ave. hopefully my rims and suspension ok. No car all weekend. Reported to …

By Rev Eric Paul Dorman In response to the homeless shelter OP/ED that made the statement that the homeless shelters ‘are just support chambers for alcoholics, crack addicts, and heroin addicts. You guys give them a nice warm bed, a hot meal, a place they can do their drugs.” First …

There is a great deal of excitement in southeastern Massachusetts about resuming Commuter Rail service via South Coast Rail. MassDOT has filed an updated environmental document for Phase 1 service to begin in late 2022 via the Middleborough route. Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack met with business and community leaders at …

“These homeless shelters in New Bedford are just support chambers for alcoholics, crack addicts, and heroine addicts. You guys give them a nice warm bed, a hot meal, a place they can do their drugs and whatever else you give them so they don’t have to get up and look …

“I am a little disgusted with this store and how they have our city looking like this. It’s very disconcerting that they don’t have a dumpster for their recycling. It’s also blocking the doorway to the apartment building in the photo. The apartment that they did this to is on …

“Thank God it’s Friday. It was a day. I’m tired. There were some very difficult meetings today. We need more support with mental health in our school systems. I think all teachers in the National Education Association and Massachusetts Teacher’s Association need to stand up for mental health care support …