Did you know that gay men and women were arrested for being gay in the 50’s? On last week’s The LGBTQ Voice episode, the LGBTQ youth and elders shared their coming out stories. Watch the full episode here: https://www.newbedfordguide.com/the-lgbtq-voice-show-episode-2-youth-and-elders/2018/01/14 Catch The LGBTQ Voice on New Bedford Guide’s Facebook page every …
Read More »New Bedord’s Martin Luther King Jr. award winning essay “Let Your Voice Lead the Change”
Here’s Roosevelt 8th grader Kahja Williamson’s 1st place Martin Luther King Jr. essay called “Let Your Voice Lead the Change.”
Read More »The LGBTQ Voice show – Episode 2 – Youth and elders
Join The LGBTQ Voice for their second episode! In this episode, host Dan Everton will randomly ask questions to LGBTQ elders and youth so we can gain insight into generational perspectives. Catch The LGBTQ Voice on New Bedford Guide’s Facebook page every Tuesday at 7pm.
Read More »OPINION: Employee Health Insurance plan shouldn’t come at the expense of public employees
The following was submitted to us by Rick Porter: “I do have a question that is not answered in your article,“Mayor Mitchell and Councillors Push To Rein In Employee Health Insurance “Budget Buster”. I come at this as a taxpayer (I’m not a city employee), but I also have a …
Read More »Opinion: Use New Bedford’s parking ban ticket money to fund panhandler work projects
In preparation for snow storms the City of New Bedford institutes a citywide parking ban so their plow drivers can easily access the streets. New Bedford police issued 593 $50 parking tickets during yesterday’s parking ban totaling $29,650. $100,000 to $200,000 in total tickets wouldn’t be out of the ordinary …
Read More »OPINION: Fake News Brethren : Fox News and Trump
By Bruce C. Ditata In author Ray Bradbury’s nightmarish view of the twenty-fourth century, Fahrenheit 451, Donald J. Trumpism and his symbiotic propaganda network, Fox News, have effectively won the final media war. Other real news outlets have been quashed, silenced by government media control; books have been banned and …
Read More »YouTube Star Records Man Hanging For Children To Watch
By Tyler Bizarro Famous YouTuber and former Vine star Logan Paul made national headlines recently after posting a video exposing an unknown suicide victim in a Japanese forest. The video has been removed from Paul’s channel, but not before reaching YouTube’s trending page and amassing more then 6 million views. …
Read More »Do’s and Don’ts of New Year’s Resolutions
By Tyler Bizarro 2017 could be described by many as a trying year, to say the least. And as the calendar year comes to an end, the opportunity is presented to us to reflect back on the highs and lows. Given these reflections, we are able to look forward to …
Read More »New Bedford Guide’s Top 25 Stories of 2017
It’s been an interesting year in New Bedford. We had municipal elections and a spike of homicides year-over-year to include a double-murder and a 16-year old murder suspect. Click on the title to read the story. Here are the top 25 New Bedford Guide stories of 2017 based on readership: …
Read More »OPINION: Roy Moore Loses Alabama Senate Race
By Bruce Ditata In a historic special election to choose a United States Senator, the people of Alabama responded decisively against reactionary politics as well as racism by voting, albeit narrowly, for Democratic candidate, Doug Jones over embattled Roy Moore. In the latter stages of the contentious battle for US …
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