WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » taunton 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 23:26:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New Plans For Taunton Casino http://wbsm.com/new-plans-for-taunton-indian-casino/ http://wbsm.com/new-plans-for-taunton-indian-casino/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 10:28:01 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=78876 The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has unveiled a new design for a resort casino it hopes to build in Taunton if the tribe wins state and federal approvals for the project.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-plans-for-taunton-indian-casino/feed/ 0 Getty Images Gaming Commission To Vote On Opening Southeast Region To Commercial Developers http://wbsm.com/gaming-commission-to-vote-on-opening-southeast-region-to-commercial-developers/ http://wbsm.com/gaming-commission-to-vote-on-opening-southeast-region-to-commercial-developers/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:41:33 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=71205  

The Mass. Gaming Commission is meeting Thursday, and is expected to vote on whether to allow commercial developers to bid on the casino license for Southeastern Massachusetts. 

The State's casino bill calls for a Native American tribe to have first preference in bringing a casino to this region. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/gaming-commission-to-vote-on-opening-southeast-region-to-commercial-developers/feed/ 0 ragingwire,flickr Gaming Commission Set To Approve Commercial Developers For Southeast Region http://wbsm.com/gaming-commission-set-to-approve-commercial-developers-for-southeast-region/ http://wbsm.com/gaming-commission-set-to-approve-commercial-developers-for-southeast-region/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:27:20 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=67626 The state gambling commission appears poised to end the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's exclusive right to develop a casino in southeastern Massachusetts.
 
    But the Massachusetts Gaming Commission declined to vote Tuesday on opening up the region to bids from commercial casino developers

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]]> http://wbsm.com/gaming-commission-set-to-approve-commercial-developers-for-southeast-region/feed/ 0 Gaming Commission Chair Stephen Crosby - Getty Images Man Convicted In 2010 Slaying Of Taunton Teen http://wbsm.com/man-convicted-in-2010-slaying-of-taunton-teen/ http://wbsm.com/man-convicted-in-2010-slaying-of-taunton-teen/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:29:37 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=66463 A former Taunton man has been convicted of second-degree murder for his role in the 2010 stabbing death of a teenager. 
 
    Twenty-seven-year-old Erving Cruz was convicted Monday in Fall River Superior Court and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years

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]]> http://wbsm.com/man-convicted-in-2010-slaying-of-taunton-teen/feed/ 0 p 1 lawyer,flickr Taunton Man Gets Life Term http://wbsm.com/taunton-man-gets-life-term/ http://wbsm.com/taunton-man-gets-life-term/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:50:19 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=65781 A Taunton man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole for the shooting of a passenger in another moving car on Route 24.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/taunton-man-gets-life-term/feed/ 0 p 1 lawyer,flickr Questions Over Taunton Casino Arise http://wbsm.com/taunton-casino/ http://wbsm.com/taunton-casino/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:44:34 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=65348 Questions over exactly what land the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is eying in Taunton has prompted an amendment to the deal reached between the tribe and the city.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/taunton-casino/feed/ 0 Getty Images Gov. Deval Patrick: State And Tribe Making Progress On Compact http://wbsm.com/patrick-state-and-tribe-making-progress-on-compact/ http://wbsm.com/patrick-state-and-tribe-making-progress-on-compact/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:10:27 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=60672 The state and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe may be moving closer to finalizing a revised casino compact.
 
    Gov. Deval Patrick said Monday that officials from his administration and representatives of the tribe discussed a framework for a new compact with the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington last week

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]]> http://wbsm.com/patrick-state-and-tribe-making-progress-on-compact/feed/ 0 Getty Images Gov. Patrick Finalizing Compact With Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe http://wbsm.com/patrick-finalizing-compact-with-mashpee-wampanoag-tribe/ http://wbsm.com/patrick-finalizing-compact-with-mashpee-wampanoag-tribe/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:56:36 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=59445  

Gov. Deval Patrick says he is close to finalizing a new casino compact with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe but plans to run it by federal officials before submitting it for final approval.

The governor is trying to avoid a repeat of last year's event, when an agreement he signed with the tribe was approved by the Legislature, only to be rejected later by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/patrick-finalizing-compact-with-mashpee-wampanoag-tribe/feed/ 0 ragingwire,flickr Massachusetts State Rep. Posts Confederate Flag Bikini Clad Snowman Photo http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-state-rep-posts-confederate-flag-bikini-clad-snowman-photo/ http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-state-rep-posts-confederate-flag-bikini-clad-snowman-photo/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:30:58 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=55908 A Massachusetts state representative says she meant no offense when she posted a photo online of a snowman wearing a Confederate battle flag bikini top.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-state-rep-posts-confederate-flag-bikini-clad-snowman-photo/feed/ 0 Facebook Report: Mashpee Tribe Has Ties To Taunton http://wbsm.com/report-mashpee-tribe-has-ties-to-taunton/ http://wbsm.com/report-mashpee-tribe-has-ties-to-taunton/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:11:30 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=51643  

A report prepared for the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe finds historical evidence of the tribe's links to land on which it hopes to build a $500 million casino.

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