“Hello my name is Renee Randall, a single mother of two girls: one 20-years old and the other 14-years old. We’ve been living in housing for almost 15 years and I have never had any major issues till this past year. Ever since housing got a new manager my rent …
Read More »OPINION: New Bedford woman’s family sick with COVID, feels school was out of line for reporting it as negligence
“IS THERE A WAY I COULD POST THIS ANONYMOUSLY PLEASE. I WOULD Love to know what people thought I should have done. But people are so mean. Could we not put my name please? My husband recently caught COVID, the week the kids were to return to school after Christmas …
Read More »OPINION: “Dartmouth’s Jim Mathes supports a scheme that would take money from New Bedford schools”
“I recently read an article “Charter school proposal roils South Coast” by Michael Jonas published by CommonWealth Journal of Politics, Ideas, & Civic Life. In it I was troubled to learn that Jim Mathes from South Dartmouth is using his voice to advocate and defend the shady “Mattapoisett Boy’s Club” …
Read More »New Bedford mom frustrated with lack of help for her and her disabled daughter after snowstorm
“My youngest daughter uses a ramp van because yes she’s disabled. Today I had her all dressed and ready to go and the handicap van can’t put the ramp down because of all the snow. Okay. So I call housing, housing says they can’t help me it’s not they’re issue. …
Read More »OPINION: “City of New Bedford is extorting us and did nothing but violate my rights and degrade me!”
“I went to 51 Elm Street where you pay your parking ticket and was denied their service due to my payment method. I was using quarters to pay for a $25 dollar ticket. They pointed to a sign that said they could only take a limited amount of coins. I …
Read More »New Bedford woman seeks advice in dispute with ex over custody of dog
“My ex and I split up in the beginning of November. When he left he left a dog we had in my home. The dog had a vet bill that I paid for back from September. The agreement was for him to pay half of the vet bill ($175) to …
Read More »OPINION: New Bedford waitress fired over offering patrons plastic spoons to eat dessert
“I wasn’t going to really touch on this subject but… I have to because this is just ridiculous. Yesterday I got a call, being ‘let go’ from one of my jobs over a review. The review stated that they spent $200 and got served dessert with plastic spoons $95 of …
Read More »OPINION: “COVID hit SouthCoast restaurant industry is hurting, if you aren’t going to tip, tell your server!”
“Some things I wish people knew about the restaurant industry and what it’s like to be a server. Being a server is not all that bad, it’s a great job to keep as a side job, or a seasonal job, even as a full-time job. As a server, we want …
Read More »OPINION: “New Bedford’s Normandin School does nothing to protect our kids when it comes to bullying!”
“Something has to be done about Normandin School and their administration! They do NOTHING to protect these kids at all. I’m about to go to the superintendent as well because this is absolutely ridiculous already!! These kids bully my son who is bald because of alopecia so bad that they …
Read More »OPINION: “Why does it take so long to stop drug activity in front of the same New Bedford locations??”
A perennial question that has no simple answer. How do we put an end to it? Is it one thing in particular or a number of them? Where are the problem spots in your neighborhood? _______________________________________________________________ “Why does it take so long to stop drug activity??? Throughout the year, there’s …
Read More »