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A Massachusetts business group is strongly backing the Cape Wind offshore wind project, after two other business groups recently attacked the project in newspaper ads.
 
    The Alliance for Business Leadership called Cape Wind ``an historic opportunity'' in a statement Wednesday

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Congratulations to the Class of 2013 at Greater New Bedford Voke Tech High School. 

482 Seniors received diplomas Wednesday night during graduation ceremonies at the Janiack Field House. 

Supt

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The debate over "the election that won’t go away" in Fairhaven will continue for awhile longer. 

On Monday, Superior Court Judge Robert Kane ruled that a contested ballot previously declared a vote for incumbant Peter De Terra, was a blank

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Katherine Knowles is "out" as Chief Executive Officer at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center.

The Z's Board of Trustees announced Wednesday, that the position of C-E-O had been eliminated as part of an overall long-term financial plan

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Imagine having a tiny radio tower in your head that could pick up audio frequencies that no human ever could.  That's some of the technology surrounding the bionic ear. According to   Medical News Today,

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The Bronspiegel Auditorium at New Bedford High School was packed Tuesday night, as the Evening School held commencement exercises.

138 students were part of the Class of 2013, the 50th in the night program's history

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The Fairhaven Fire Department has acquired a 25 foot Defender class rescue boat from the U.S. Coast Guard.  Now firefighters are looking to raise some money to purchase motors and other equipment

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Dartmouth Town Meeting members completed their annual Town Meeting in about six hours on Tuesday.

Town meeting approved a $73 million budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1st.

The spending plan included hefty raises for top officials

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Jury selection has begun in the trial of reputed gangster James ``Whitey'' Bulger.
 
    The 83-year-old Bulger is charged in a broad racketeering indictment with a long list of crimes, including participating in 19 murders. He

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A regional sound expert is weighing in on Fairhaven's wind turbines.

Sound engineer Stephen Ambrose made a strong case to the Board of Selectmen Monday for shutting down the two turbines, based on his research at similar facilities in Falmouth, Kingston and his home state of Maine

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