Here’s some original spoken word called ‘Rising up from the Ruins’ with a powerful message for our youth from New Bedford High School teacher and musician Craig DeMelo.
Read More »PODCAST: Should Teachers Be Armed?
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!
Read More »New Bedford Guide launches podcast series starting with Thomas Anderson
New Bedford Guide has officially started to Podcast! You can find us on iTunes and other popular Podcasting directors by searching ‘New Bedford Guide‘. Our Podcast homepage can be found at http://newbedfordguide.libsyn.com/ and out iTunes page here. Our RSS feed can be found here. Please take a moment to give …
Read More »OPINION: New Bedford Street Sweeping program is not well-thought out at all!
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 …
Read More »Freetown votes to prohibit marijuana sales by 24 votes
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 …
Read More »Opinion: New Bedford woman blows out tires on pothole she reported weeks earlier
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 …
Read More »Opinion: Stop painting homelessness with a broad brush
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 …
Read More »Opinion: Let’s ALL Get on Board South Coast Rail
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 …
Read More »OPINION: homeless shelters in New Bedford are just support chambers for alcoholics, crack addicts, and heroine addicts
“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 …
Read More »OPINION: Resident disgusted with small city dump in front of house
“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 …
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