WBSM News Director Taylor Cormier was asked to leave a women's only forum that the press was invited to cover, but female reporters were allowed to stay.
For nearly an hour in New Bedford's City Council Chambers Tuesday night, city officials current and former reflected on the career of Jim Phillips, who retired from broadcasting last month after 45 years in the field.
During the presentation, Phillips received accolades from councillors and past mayors, including Fred Kalisz, who painted Jim as fair journalist who asked the questions that mattered