Masks will be required for Dartmouth Public School students when they return in September after the School Committee decided against changing last year's masking policy.
The outspoken school committee member was temporarily silenced following a letter sent to him by Mayor Mitchell and the rest of the committee last month.
Ross Grace, Jr. ran for the New Bedford School Committee and he almost won. In fact, he did win numerous precincts against a field of qualified incumbents.
The New Bedford City Council must end the practice of giving residency waivers to people who want to work in city schools but refuse to join the community.
Just two weeks into his new role as Superintendent of New Bedford Public Schools, Thomas Anderson made his first School Committee meeting as the official head of the city's school system.