Commentary

Phil Paleologos recounts the daring escape from slavery of Henry 'Box' Brown, and why the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass was against it.

The people of New Bedford must decide for themselves about whether to be vaccinated, and not because they are mandated to in order to provide for their family.

New Bedford's Crapo Hill landfill is getting filled more and more each day, and eventually the city will have to move to a 'pay as you throw' system for trash.

It's the same con game: impose a new tax on the distributor, who then passes it on to you in the form of higher prices. The state collects at both ends.

Market Basket freezer cases, normally brimming with frozen turkeys this time of year, are not and the store has yet to begin taking orders for holiday birds.

Phil Paleologos offers a mea culpa to the SouthCoast after inadvertently referring to his third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as a 'booster' shot.

The median price of a single-family home in Massachusetts is up almost 18 percent so far this year, and that's on top of an 11 percent gain last year.

This is not the time to raise taxes while so many are hurting. Voters already made it abundantly clear they do not favor an increase in the state's gas tax.

Massachusetts cannot continue to fund the pop-up vaccination clinics in New Bedford forever. It's time people began taking responsibility for themselves.

How many administrations will it take to understand that people do not want to park in the Elm Street Garage and walk uphill into downtown New Bedford?