WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » representative http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Fri, 24 May 2013 19:59:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Massachusetts Republican Rep. Considers Senate Run http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-republican-rep-considers-senate-run/ http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-republican-rep-considers-senate-run/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:23:24 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=54112 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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]]> http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-republican-rep-considers-senate-run/feed/ 0 affiliatemedia, flickr Quinn Wants to "Speed Up" Fisheries Science http://wbsm.com/quinn-wants-to-speed-up-fisheries-science/ http://wbsm.com/quinn-wants-to-speed-up-fisheries-science/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:40:46 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=18588 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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]]> http://wbsm.com/quinn-wants-to-speed-up-fisheries-science/feed/ 0 }{enry/flickr Former State Rep., Activist Tom Lopes Passes Away http://wbsm.com/former-state-rep-activist-tom-lopes-passes-away/ http://wbsm.com/former-state-rep-activist-tom-lopes-passes-away/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:30:57 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=14725 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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]]> http://wbsm.com/former-state-rep-activist-tom-lopes-passes-away/feed/ 0 letouj/flickr Traffic Lights Installed at Dangerous New Bedford Intersection http://wbsm.com/traffic-lights-installed-at-dangerous-new-bedford-intersection/ http://wbsm.com/traffic-lights-installed-at-dangerous-new-bedford-intersection/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:20:20 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=14722 One of the most dangerous intersections in New Bedford is now much safer.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/traffic-lights-installed-at-dangerous-new-bedford-intersection/feed/ 0 foto footprints/flickr Former State Representative and Cape Verdean News Publisher Tom Lopes Dies http://wbsm.com/former-state-rep-cvn-publisher-tom-lopes-dies/ http://wbsm.com/former-state-rep-cvn-publisher-tom-lopes-dies/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:31:18 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=14608 Former New Bedford state representative and publisher of the Cape Verdean News Tom Lopes has passed away.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/former-state-rep-cvn-publisher-tom-lopes-dies/feed/ 0 druss2007/dwr,flickr New Bedford Commemorates 9/11 http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-commemorates-911/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-commemorates-911/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:51:22 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=14429 
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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