Mayor Jon Mitchell is joining the Attorney General and AVX Corporation in asking a Federal Court to approve a $366 million settlement with AVX to remove pcb's from New Bedford Harbor.
The funding, if approved, would enable the cleanup to be finished within five to seven years, compared to 40 years without it
Two "historic" votes Monday by the Fairhaven Board of Selectman and the Board of Health concering the town's wind turbines.
Because of a flood of complaints about noise from the turbines, the Board of Health voted to shut down the turbines at night, from 7pm to 7am, effective immediately.
Authorities in Texas now believe a pregnant actress who told FBI agents that her husband had mailed letters tainted with ricin had really carried out the scheme herself.
The letters were sent to President Barack Obama and to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and to his gun-control group in Washington
