SouthCoast Voices is our “letters to the editor” feature that allows people in the community to have their voices heard on WBSM.com. To submit a SouthCoast Voices piece or to find out more, please email Digital Managing Editor Tim Weisberg at tim@wbsm.com.
SouthCoast Voices
Now Is the Time to Stand with Our Local Black-Owned Businesses [SOUTHCOAST VOICES]
In this guest opinion piece, Justina Perry shares a list of Black-owned businesses you can frequent to help support their cause.
Changes Needed to Candidate Signature-Gathering Process [SOUTHCOAST VOICES]
Guest writer Evan Gendreau and other political candidates are calling on the state to change the current methods and dates for signature-gathering.
New Bedford Group Seeks Help Making Medical Masks [SOUTHCOAST VOICES]
Guest writer Bonnie Boerl, MD and her community organization are looking for volunteers to help sew cloth masks for healthcare workers and others.
Somerset Needs to Postpone April 13 Election [SOUTHCOAST VOICES]
Guest writer Melissa Terra implores Somerset officials to postpone the upcoming election because of the COVID-19 coronavirus and social distancing.
New Bedford Residents Violated by Tickets? [SOUTHCOAST VOICES]
Guest writer Lisa White takes a look at how the City of New Bedford tickets its residents as a revenue source.
How to Fully Fund the New Bedford Fire Dept. [SOUTHCOAST VOICES]
Guest writer Lisa White offers some solutions for ending blackouts of fire apparatus in New Bedford and returning to a fully-funded fire department.
Buddy, Is That You? [SOUTHCOAST VOICES]
Guest writer Jessica Machado examines the parallels and the differences between Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia and former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci.
Who Voted for Jasiel? [SOUTHCOAST VOICES]
Guest writer Jessica Machado looks at how the court of public opinion has already convicted Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia.
Innocent Until Proven Political? [SOUTHCOAST VOICES]
Guest writer Jessica Machado looks at how the court of public opinion has already convicted Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia.
Keep the Developmentally Disabled Working [SOUTHCOAST VOICES]
David Botting, President and CEO of Community Connections, Inc., shares why it's important to keep those with developmental disabilities employed.