Opinion

Finally some good news on the overdose front: New Bedford drug overdoses are down 9% in the first three quarters of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. According to the New Bedford police statistics, there were 378 drug overdoses in New Bedford from 1 January to 30 September …

By Bruce Ditata Fiscally conservative Massachusetts Governor, Charlie Baker, finds himself on another shopping spree, spending his political capital, promoting the questionable Empowerment Zone model to the legislature. His efforts at education “reform” are reminiscent of the Ill-fated, charter school cap lift back in 2016. Who could EVER forget Baker, …

“New Bedford’s three middle schools have been remade. The students, parents and educators at those schools, along with the whole community, should feel proud and excited as they begin the new school year. So it was extremely disturbing to hear Mayor Jon Mitchell portray teachers as roadblocks when it comes …

Three weeks ago I wrote an article titled ‘How do you fix the worst New Bedford streets? Start with the problem landlords’ discussing how the landlords are at the root of the problem when it comes to problem properties and neighborhoods in New Bedford. North Front Street is a perfect …

Your ignorance is not representative of the majority of New England sports fans. Your burning of Isaiah Thomas’s #4 Celtics jerseys is nothing more than disrespectful. And if you paid your own hard earned money to then burn the jerseys to the ground, so be it. But know this; your …

In a letter to his army just prior to the end of the Revolutionary War, George Washington stated the importance of any person being able to voice their opinion, especially when the stakes are high. “… if Men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter…reason is …

This week ESPN removed Asian-American announcer Robert Lee from covering University of Virginia’s home opener football game “simply because of the coincidence of his name.” Apparently, ESPN thinks he’s a statue and needs to be taken down. The past few weeks Confederate statues have been covered or taken down in …

I attended the free speech rally in Boston on August 19th with the sole purpose of capturing what it felt like just being there. What it felt like being around thousands of Americans that were burning so much inside that they decided to show up to be apart of a …

by Craig DeMelo While receiving his Nobel Prize, the late Elie Wiesel—who nearly died at the hands of the nazis—famously said, “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor…” The incident in Charlottesville and the subsequent fallout have presented what should be the simplest dichotomizing of good and evil, …

The mayor, or chief executive of the City, wields a lot of power. He or she appoints the chief of police, has major influence on the discretionary part of the $300 million city budget and has full veto power of the city council. The mayor also appoints most of the …