New Bedford recently uprooted a traffic island and replaced it with cobblestones that look, and act, like the teeth of Jaws the shark to stop panhandlers.
The City of New Bedford has constructed a stone barrier to obstruct people from standing on a traffic island on Route 6. The island is now an ankle breaker.
The number of homeless people in New Bedford has increased slightly, according to data collected in January by the city's Homeless Service Providers Network.
Reverend David Lima says the count in 2017 was about 350 people living in shelters and on the street, but this year the numbers went up a little, to 398...