With our congressional delegation serving on both Armed Services Committees, Lockheed Martin should be thriving. But they don't like military contractors.
The recent loss of defense industry jobs, the ongoing attack on the fishing industry, the hollowing out of manufacturing – the SouthCoast needs a champion.
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin is pulling out of Marion next year, with 400 fewer high-paying jobs and millions less circulating in the local economy.
Like all cities, New Bedford has a great history and some terrible history. The highway serial killer of the 1980s is among the most interesting and unsolved.