Income equality and other hot-button issues will be discussed in a forum that is open to only women Saturday at the downtown Bristol Community College campus.
A long-time activist in the Cape Verdean community has passed away.
Tom Lopes died Wednesday at the age of 70, after battling a lengthy illness.
Lopes was a well-known New Bedford resident, having served as a two-term state representative from 1975 to 1978, and serving as the owner and operator of Cape Verdean News for over thirty years...