WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » Ma. http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:21:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Falmouth To Decide Whether To Tear Down Wind Turbines http://wbsm.com/falmouth-to-decide-whether-to-tear-down-wind-turbines/ http://wbsm.com/falmouth-to-decide-whether-to-tear-down-wind-turbines/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:06:02 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=68775  

A Cape Cod town is now considering becoming the first community in the country to tear down its wind turbines.

Falmouth's two turbines have been controversial since the first one was installed in 2010.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/falmouth-to-decide-whether-to-tear-down-wind-turbines/feed/ 0 flickr Mitchell Seeks Sister City Agreement With European Wind Hub http://wbsm.com/mitchell-seeks-sister-city-agreement-with-european-wind-hub/ http://wbsm.com/mitchell-seeks-sister-city-agreement-with-european-wind-hub/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:37:58 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=59786 New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is asking the City Council to approve a Sister City agreement with Cuxhaven, Germany. 

Mitchell says Cuxhaven has a history similar to New Bedford, a fishing port always dealing with a tough economy

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]]> http://wbsm.com/mitchell-seeks-sister-city-agreement-with-european-wind-hub/feed/ 0 flickr Pilgram Plant Shut Down http://wbsm.com/pilgram-plant-shut-down/ http://wbsm.com/pilgram-plant-shut-down/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:39:52 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=49646 The operators of a Plymouth nuclear power plant have shut it down to investigate what they called a minor leak at a valve on a pipe that carries steam.
 
    The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station shut down the plant at about 5:45 a

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]]> http://wbsm.com/pilgram-plant-shut-down/feed/ 0 flickr - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station New Bedford Man On Trial In Maine For 2011 Double Murder http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-man-on-trial-in-maine-for-2011-double-murder/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-man-on-trial-in-maine-for-2011-double-murder/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:27:50 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=45190 Jury selection is getting under way in Maine for the murder trial of a Massachusetts man charged with fatally shooting the mother of his four children and his longtime friend.

Thirty-year-old Joel Hayden of New Bedford is charged in the deaths of 27-year-old Renee Sandora of New Gloucester, Maine, and 28-year-old Trevor Mills, also of New Bedford

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