Opinion

“Hello, New Bedford Residents, For those of you who may have loved ones at Sacred Hearts Cemetery on Mount Pleasant near the airport: I just found out that graves are not allowed to have metal decorations at the gravestones. Apparently, for years now, the items that were placed at my …

How are your kids handling schooling during the pandemic? These are unprecedented times and what our youth and teachers are going through while trying to maintain grades is something we’ve never gone through. There is not only stress and anxiety about contracting COVID-19 but for students, there is a significant …

Your child is 10, maybe 15 years old. They post a picture on Instagram —someone else makes a rude comment — all hell breaks loose. Fists are thrown, authorities are called, and a criminal record follows them for years. The unfortunate truth is that this could be your child if …

“Please take up the issue of poor logistics at motor and vehicle registration service centers in Massachusetts, especially nearby centers Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton! Thousands of people threatened with license suspension! The only ones responsible are the authorities and representatives of those centers, the main door guarded by …

“So in the past several months we have had multiple visits from animal control, health department, and city infrastructure regarding animal feces. We have a 13 yr old dog that we clean up after EVERY poop! We use to have nice rose bushes in our front ‘yard’ but gave up …

“I have known this was an issue but thought it would be figured out in a reasonable amount of time. I was wrong! So so wrong! My husband is a disabled combat veteran (Vietnam) with advanced MS due to agent orange exposure. He has been home-bound for over a year …

In a recent Boston Globe article it was reported that the top 48 salaries for the Commonwealth were taken by UMass Administrators – to of whom make over $1 million annually. Furthermore, the majority of the next 50 slots are also UMass admins. Yet, for the past few years, UMass …

“Something to think about: If parents want to keep politics out of schools how do we explain things like the branches of government, the different types of governments, the constitution, the declaration of independence, the bill of rights, the civil war, the revolutionary war? You cant say you want politics …

Let me preface this article by saying that I was raised in a secular household – one free from any religious input. I am not pompous enough to think I am authorized to write an article on the deeper religious meaning behind Christmas, so I won’t even go there. My …

“So I am going to vent and I hope this makes it to one of our councilors or our mayor!!! I apologize ahead of time for this but this needs to get out!! My mother woke with shortness of breath so my brother called 911. My mother started calling out …