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The state’s Department of Elementary and secondary Education held a hearing to gather input about the Innovators Charter School. If approved, the school would enroll more than 700 students from Fall River and New Bedford in grades 6-12.
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A cleanup of lead- and PCB-contaminated soil in Dartmouth’s Bliss Corner Neighborhood will begin in spring of 2022, according to state and federal officials who spoke at a virtual public meeting last night.
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It was a tough year for Massachusetts cranberry growers.Most farmers saw below-average crops yields—some by as much as 40% according to Hilary Sandler, Director of the UMass Cranberry Station in Wareham.
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In an outbreak that began in late October, 78 people incarcerated and 23 staff at the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth have tested positive for COVID-19.
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Falconry — the practice of hunting with trained birds of prey — developed thousands of years ago in the Middle East and Central Asia. Joe Gomes is one of Massachusetts’s 40 permitted falconers currently hunting with birds like peregrine falcons, red-tailed hawks, great horned owls and other raptor species.
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Nick Bernier, a lawyer and former prosecutor for the Bristol County District Attorney, will run to become Bristol County Sheriff in next November’s election. He hopes to unseat 24-year incumbent Thomas Hodgson, who ran unopposed in the last sheriff’s election in 2016.
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Amid a housing shortage in the region, refugee resettlement agencies have struggled to secure places for incoming families to live. Helena DaSilva Hughes runs New Bedford’s Immigrant Assistance Center. She said people who own summer homes on the South Coast could help by renting out their houses for the winter months.
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Earlier this month, the president and CEO of Southcoast Health, the major hospital group in the region, was arrested on domestic abuse charges and illegal ammunition charges. Keith Hovan has taken a paid leave of absence and is due in court next week on a stage will bring us up to speed here.
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New Bedford and Fall River are set to remain in separate congressional districts — at least for another ten years. The Massachusetts house and senate voted Wednesday to finalize the state’s once-per-decade redistricting plan.
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Fifty-three people at the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Monday. That total includes 47 people incarcerated and six security staff. Some at the jail say Bristol County isn’t doing enough to contain the outbreak, which began about three weeks ago.