Politics

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.

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?

A write-in campaign for Henry Bousquet in New Bedford's Ward 3 makes perfect sense.

The likely finalists for governor visited New Bedford, seeking Mayor Jon Mitchell's endorsement and praising the effort to attract wind-related business.

City Councilor Brian Gomes regularly delivers straight talk to his fellow councilors and the people of New Bedford, who have been electing him for decades.

Register by tonight's deadline, New Bedford, and then get out and vote on election day. This is your circus, and these are your monkeys, so get involved.