WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » newtown 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 04:10:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Florida Atlantic University Professor Thinks Newtown Massacre Was a Gun-Control Conspiracy Theory http://wbsm.com/florida-atlantic-univeristy-professor-thinks-newtown-massacre-was-a-gun-control-conspiracy-theory/ http://wbsm.com/florida-atlantic-univeristy-professor-thinks-newtown-massacre-was-a-gun-control-conspiracy-theory/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:22:39 +0000 BJ Ragone http://wbsm.com/?p=47044 A professor at Florida Atlantic University is stirring up some controversy with his remarks that the massacre was all just a set up by the Obama administration.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/florida-atlantic-univeristy-professor-thinks-newtown-massacre-was-a-gun-control-conspiracy-theory/feed/ 0 Getty Images Area Residents Honor Newtown, Conn. With Walk, Fund Raiser http://wbsm.com/area-residents-honor-newtown-conn-with-walk-fund-raiser/ http://wbsm.com/area-residents-honor-newtown-conn-with-walk-fund-raiser/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:26:38 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=45305 Residents of Fairhaven and surrounding communities are remembering the victims and survivors of the shooting rampage last month at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.  A group of Fairhaven residents sponsored a walk at Cushman Park on Saturday, and collected donations for the people of Newtown

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]]> http://wbsm.com/area-residents-honor-newtown-conn-with-walk-fund-raiser/feed/ 0 tsm - walkers at Cushman Park Sandy Hook Students Return To School http://wbsm.com/sandy-hook-students-return-to-school/ http://wbsm.com/sandy-hook-students-return-to-school/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:27:41 +0000 BJ Ragone http://wbsm.com/?p=44966 Just a few weeks after the tragic events in Newtown, CT the students of Sandy Hook Elementary School returned to school.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/sandy-hook-students-return-to-school/feed/ 0 YouTube Fairhaven Plans Newtown Memorial Event http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-plans-newtown-memorial-event/ http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-plans-newtown-memorial-event/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 03:38:08 +0000 Bryan Booker http://wbsm.com/?p=43616 A fundraising event to benefit families and others affected by the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting is taking place in Fairhaven.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-plans-newtown-memorial-event/feed/ 0 Ferdinand1977,flickr New York Newspaper Publishes Gun Owner Map On Website http://wbsm.com/new-york-newspaper-publishes-gun-owner-map-on-website/ http://wbsm.com/new-york-newspaper-publishes-gun-owner-map-on-website/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:28:50 +0000 Pete Braley http://wbsm.com/?p=43289 Would you want to know if your neighbor has a gun? A newspaper in upstate New York  has come under heavy criticism from many of its readers after it went ahead and published the identities of all of the people with handgun or pistol permits in its coverage area last Sunday.

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Mayor Jon Mitchell says increased security around New Bedford schools will continue when students return their classrooms following the holiday vacation.  Mitchell says increased police patrols around the elementary schools will continue, as well as the uptick in surveillance by School Resources Officers in the high school and three middle schools.  A

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]]> http://wbsm.com/mitchell-says-drills-school-security-will-continue/feed/ 0 CityOfNewBedfordMA, youtube NRA Holds Press Conference: Wants Armed Guards At Schools http://wbsm.com/nra-holds-press-conference-wants-armed-guards-at-schools/ http://wbsm.com/nra-holds-press-conference-wants-armed-guards-at-schools/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:42:19 +0000 BJ Ragone http://wbsm.com/?p=42718 The National Rifle Association broke it's silence earlier this week and said they would hold a press conference on Friday.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/nra-holds-press-conference-wants-armed-guards-at-schools/feed/ 0 Getty Images More Wakes and Funerals in Newtown, CT Lead to Scams http://wbsm.com/more-wakes-and-funerals-in-newtown-ct-lead-to-scams/ http://wbsm.com/more-wakes-and-funerals-in-newtown-ct-lead-to-scams/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:57:32 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=42527 The lowest-of-the-low surface during times of grief and suffering. Please be aware that scam artists are exploiting the Newtown, CT massacre for their own profit.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/more-wakes-and-funerals-in-newtown-ct-lead-to-scams/feed/ 0 Getty Images Hundreds Gather In Mattapoisett To Remember Victims In Connecticut School Shooting http://wbsm.com/hundreds-gather-in-mattapoisett-to-remember-victims-in-connecticut-school-shooting/ http://wbsm.com/hundreds-gather-in-mattapoisett-to-remember-victims-in-connecticut-school-shooting/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:03:36 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=42347  

Several hundred people crowded in front of the gazebo at Shipyard Park in Mattapoisett last night, to remember the children and adults killed in the shooting rampage at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.  S

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