poverty

Rep. Elijah Cummings needs to answer for the neglect of his district.

New Bedford recently uprooted a traffic island and replaced it with cobblestones that look, and act, like the teeth of Jaws the shark to stop panhandlers.

The City of New Bedford has constructed a stone barrier to obstruct people from standing on a traffic island on Route 6. The island is now an ankle breaker.

Education is the key to success.

Now that the headline has grabbed your attention, let me add that I believe most of crime is not only a lack of spirituality, but the lack of parental attachment, unsafe, unstable homes and broken marriages. But for now, I want to have you think about the spiritual part of my argument...

With Federal budget cuts on the table, New Bedford's anti-poverty agency, PACE is facing some difficult times ahead. WBSM's Jim Phillips speaks with Pace Director Bruce Morrell on Townsquare Sunday. Townsquare Sunday with Jim Phillips can be heard each Sunday at 10am on WBSM 1420 and WBSM...

WBSM and FUN107 joined with the United Way of Greater New Bedford, Feed The Children, employees of PriceRite and volunteers to help distribute food to 800 local families Tuesday. The parking lot of the supermarket was cordoned off with yellow tape tied to shopping carts to provide a large area for cars to drive through so volunteers could load a 25-pound box of food, a 10-pound box of Avon essenti

Mother Teresa said the most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved. When local folks need a helping hand, many times they turn to agencies like PAACA, Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction. The need to help support PAACA is greater than ever, with the huge spike in opioid cases reported...

Red noses were purchased by people across the country and across the SouthCoast Thursday in support of Red Nose Day

Studies show that about half the households in New Bedford and Fall River are lead by single mothers and half of those single mothers are living in poverty.