Jennette Barnes
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State: City on a Hill broke law by failing to investigate bullying
NEW BEDFORD — Years before declining enrollment and other problems at the City on a Hill charter school in New Bedford led to its impending closure → Read More
Last site in New Bedford Business Park up for sale with RFP
NEW BEDFORD — In the coming weeks, the city of New Bedford plans to issue a request for proposals for the last open parcel in the New Bedford Business Park. The RFP for the former Poylply property will go out at the end of January or early February, according to Michele Paul, director of the Office of Environmental Stewardship. The highly visible lot at 241 Duchaine Blvd. sits at the end of the… → Read More
'Not safe': New Bedford installs more angled stones to stop panhandling
NEW BEDFORD — Continuing a city initiative to curb panhandling and other pedestrian use of medians on busy roads, city workers installed Belgian blocks at a 45-degree angle Monday and Tuesday in the Route 6 median near Route 140. The project divided city councilors when the Mitchell administration launched it at a different intersection last year. Some called it inhumane, while others supported… → Read More
Tribe wants to talk to Dartmouth: Wampanoag leaders say Indian symbol should be reconsidered
DARTMOUTH — Public controversy over the Native American mascot at Dartmouth High School has gone quiet, but that doesn’t mean members of the region’s Wampanoag tribes are happy. In the two months since a slim majority of the Dartmouth School Committee voted not to consider replacing the Dartmouth “Indian,” several tribal members have told The Standard-Times they oppose Native American mascots or… → Read More
More Bliss Corner properties test positive for toxic waste
DARTMOUTH — More Bliss Corner properties have tested positive for PCBs, lead, or other toxic compounds in the soil. New state tests, following testing on other properties earlier this year, have found that one or more of those contaminants exceed residential standards on several properties in the Dartmouth neighborhood. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection began examining… → Read More
Ransomware Delays Grants in New Bedford, Mass., by Months
City organizations that depend on reimbursements from the Community Development Block Grant program have waited months to get their money because of the ransomware attack that hit New Bedford, organizational leaders say. → Read More
Planned closure of Tobey maternity unit to get DPH hearing
WAREHAM — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health will hold a hearing Wednesday on the planned closure of the Tobey Hospital maternity unit. → Read More
Straus proposes state office to study fisheries and offshore wind
MATTAPOISETT — The House has passed a budget amendment that would create a new state office to study how offshore wind infrastructure affects fisheries and marine mammals.Rep. William Straus, D-Mattapoisett, who sponsored Amendment 15, said he wants to establish a primary point of contact on the interaction between wind energy and marine life. He said he does not oppose offshore wind but… → Read More
With no more universal free meals at Voc-Tech, are students going hungry?
NEW BEDFORD — Universal free breakfast and lunch ended this week at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School, and right away, sophomore Madison Deluca noticed a problem: Her friend wasn’t eating.“I was kind of shocked that, like, not everyone could get lunch,” she said.School administrators say every student who went through the cafeteria line got food, whether or not they… → Read More
Dartmouth native wins highest computer teaching honor
DARTMOUTH — Dartmouth native Melissa Zeitz has received the government’s highest honor for teaching mathematics or science in grades K-12. → Read More
Carmine's restaurant to reopen in November, with changes
NEW BEDFORD — Carmine's is back — but different.The restaurant in the former Candleworks building at 72 North Water St. plans to reopen in November. It closed May 31.A Carmine’s representative tells The Standard-Times the management is reworking the menu. They promise to bring back “some of everyone's favorites.” The menu has not been finalized.Sunday brunch will be coming back, and the… → Read More
High winds topple tree onto Jonathan St. home
NEW BEDFORD — Gusty winds ripped one side of a forked tree off its trunk and tossed it against a house on Jonathan Street Friday morning."It sounded like a bomb going off," neighbor Lawrence Greenwood said.He had stepped into the wind-blown rain to put away some things in his backyard, to make sure they didn't get blown away. It was mid-morning. Looking across the fence, he saw a tree from a… → Read More
Convicted embezzler John George Jr. allowed to leave prison early
DARTMOUTH — Former Select Board member and farmer John George Jr., who was serving more than six years in federal prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a public bus service and concealing some $2.5 million in cash, has been allowed to leave a Philadelphia prison four months early and return to the community.The 73-year-old George was placed in community confinement — which… → Read More
Markey and Melissa Costa will face off again in Ward 1
NEW BEDFORD — It’s a rematch of William “Brad” Markey and Melissa Costa for the Ward 1 City Council seat in November.Markey, → Read More
Baptiste, Fortes advance in Ward 4 City Council race
NEW BEDFORD — Derek Baptiste or Joseph “Jo-Jo” Fortes will be the next New Bedford city councilor from Ward 4.Each got 287 votes in → Read More
Neighbors cooperate to protect baby terrapins at Marion 'turtle garden'
MARION — In this garden, turtles do the planting, and their human neighbors tend the crop.This summer marked the fourth year that a small group of Marion neighbors has cooperated to guard the nests of diamondback terrapins, a brackish-water turtle listed as threatened in Massachusetts.To do it, they created a "turtle garden," a plot of sand where they shield eggs and hatchlings from… → Read More
VIDEO: Nail-biter as Dani Ryan takes second on Ink Master
ACUSHNET — In a nail-biter of a finish decided by the final judge, Acushnet's Dani Ryan placed second in the Ink Master finale that aired Tuesday → Read More
Acushnet's Dani Ryan competes in 'Ink Master' tattoo finale
ACUSHNET — If you haven't watched Ink Master, you still have time to see Dani Ryan shine.Ryan, 28, of Acushnet, has earned one of the top three spots in the reality competition show for tattoo artists. Tuesday night, fans will find out if she won it all — $100,000 in prize money, a profile in Inked magazine, and of course, the title of Ink Master.“I have a lot more gray hair now than when I went… → Read More
Cybersecurity World Watched New Bedford, Mass., Attack
Industry websites and experts have monitored the New Bedford ransomware story, largely agreeing that in the wake of the incident the city seemed to have followed best practices in limiting the impact of the attack. → Read More
3 offshore wind bids released
NEW BEDFORD — We have three bidders for Round 2 of offshore wind.The bid evaluation team for Massachusetts’ second offshore wind farm released bids Thursday from three familiar names: Bay State Wind, Mayflower Wind and Vineyard Wind.As expected, their prices and certain other particulars have been redacted.In New Bedford, which has sought to position itself as a hub for offshore wind, Mayor Jon… → Read More