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Massachusetts Republican Rep. Considers Senate Run

By Taylor Cormier February 5, 2013

Republican state Rep. Daniel Winslow says he's ``99 percent'' sure he'll run in a special election for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Winslow formed an exploratory committee on Tuesday to test the waters for a possible candidacy

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Category: Local News Tags: john kerry, Massachusetts, representative, senate, special election

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Quinn Wants to “Speed Up” Fisheries Science

By Jim Phillips September 27, 2012

Former State Rep. John Quinn of Dartmouth has just about completed his first three-day meeting as a member of the New England Regional Fisheries Management Council.

The meeting took place in Plymouth, and Quinn says the validity of scientific data dominated most of the discussion

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Category: Articles, Local News Tags: council, dartmouth, data, fisheries, john, management, Massachusetts, meeting, new england, quinn, representative, scientific

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Former State Rep., Activist Tom Lopes Passes Away

By Taylor Cormier September 12, 2012

A long-time activist in the Cape Verdean community has passed away.

Tom Lopes died Wednesday at the age of 70, after battling a lengthy illness.

Lopes was a well-known New Bedford resident, having served as a two-term state representative from 1975 to 1978, and serving as the owner and operator of Cape Verdean News for over thirty years

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Category: Local News Tags: activist, away, cape, cape verde, community, dead, lopes, new bedford, passed, passes, representative, state, thomas, tom, tommy, verdean

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Traffic Lights Installed at Dangerous New Bedford Intersection

By Taylor Cormier September 12, 2012

One of the most dangerous intersections in New Bedford is now much safer.

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Category: Local News Tags: accidents, cabral, county, cove, dangerous, intersection, light, Massachusetts, new bedford, representative, signal, state, street, streets, tony, traffic

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Former State Representative and Cape Verdean News Publisher Tom Lopes Dies

By Taylor Cormier September 12, 2012

Former New Bedford state representative and publisher of the Cape Verdean News Tom Lopes has passed away.

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Category: Local News Tags: activist, cape, community, editor, lopes, Massachusetts, new bedford, news, publisher, rep, representative, state, thomas, tom, verdean

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New Bedford Commemorates 9/11

By Taylor Cormier September 11, 2012

This year's remembrance of September 11th, 2001 served as a call to community volunteerism in New Bedford.

City and State officials gathered in front of City Hall today, before a sizeable crowd, recalling the events of that day and the aftermath that has transformed the nation

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Category: Local News Tags: 11, 11th, 9, 9/11, ceremony, city, city hall, council, debris, flag, ground zero, keiko orrall, Massachusetts, mayor, mitchell, new bedford, president, representative, september, steve martins, terrorist, tony cabral

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