Two New Bedford Pocket Parks Spared for Now [OPINION]Two New Bedford Pocket Parks Spared for Now [OPINION]Pocket parks on New Bedford's Acushnet Avenue have been given a new lease on life, at least for now, while officials determine if they are worth saving.Barry RichardBarry Richard
New Bedford Police Need to Step It Up at Pocket Parks [OPINION]New Bedford Police Need to Step It Up at Pocket Parks [OPINION]New Bedford Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro must formulate a plan to drive the scourge out of the pocket parks and make them safe once more for families.Barry RichardBarry Richard
Time to Close New Bedford's Pocket Parks [OPINION]Time to Close New Bedford's Pocket Parks [OPINION]New Bedford's pocket parks have become havens for drug dealing, open prostitution, public defecation, and are littered with needles.Barry RichardBarry Richard
Approve Pocket Park Signage [OPINION]Approve Pocket Park Signage [OPINION]Failure to support Gomes' motion would be nothing more than politics.Barry RichardBarry Richard
Post Rules at Pocket Parks [OPINION]Post Rules at Pocket Parks [OPINION]This has to be among the dumbest debates to emerge from the New Bedford City Council chamber in some time.Barry RichardBarry Richard