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The billion-dollar cleanup of New Bedford Harbor should be finished in about three years after almost four decades of work, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said during a visit to the city Tuesday.
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Speaking to community leaders, city department heads and others gathered at New Bedford High School, he said that over the last decade, the city has changed how it views itself.
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A few days before the last day, a woman inside is talking to a customer about Moniz’s work. It’s Cheryl Moniz, whose name is in the gold lettering on the door, right beside her husband’s.
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The New Bedford City Council was sworn in for a new term Monday night — and it’s a younger group than usual. Both first-time councilors are in their twenties and aim to bring a fresh perspective on issues like opioids and homelessness.
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In philanthropy, the people who hold the purse strings are mostly white. And historically, organizations led by people of color haven’t received the support they deserve from foundations or donors, advocates say.
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Scallop populations remain strong off the coast of Massachusetts despite an overall drop this year across the Eastern Seaboard, according to a release from the New England Fishery Management Council.
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Refugees from Afghanistan are heading to New Bedford. Up to five families will resettle in the South Coast city once local agencies are able to secure housing for them.
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It's been two decades since the transformation of the Star Store, a 19th century department store, into UMass Dartmouth's College of Visual and Performing Arts. The change helped jump-start a period of renewal for downtown New Bedford.
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This past April, a fire in New Bedford’s North End killed two and displaced more than three dozen residents. It also destroyed the headquarters of one of the city’s grassroots non-profits: the Community Economic Development Center (CEDC), which serves New Bedford’s growing Central American immigrant population. Even without a permanent home, the organization hasn’t missed a beat in getting back on its feet and into the community.
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An outdoor pop-up market at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House in New Bedford Saturday will showcase Black-owned businesses from across the South Coast.