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Offshore Wind Is the Future of the SouthCoast Economy [OPINION] On Thursday, elected officials and community leaders had the opportunity to tour the site of what will be the National Offshore Wind Institute (NOWI), spearheaded by Bristol Community College. The site was barren as production is yet begin, but NOWI provided visuals that allowed the attendees to conceptualize what will be a groundbreaking facility that will foster economic growth in the form of career opportunities and continuing ...

Try out for a musical Falmouth Theatre Guild will hold in-person auditions from 6 to 9 p.m. May 19 and 20, and 2 to 5 p.m. May  22 for the lead roles in its planned fall production of the musical “Carousel.” Individual try-outs will be held at Highfield Theater, 58 Highfield Dr., Falmouth. The show is due to run Oct. 22 to Nov. 7, and all involved with the production will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. While other auditions will be in August, the five leads in this r...

BOSTON — House lawmakers made clear to the Baker administration Thursday that they want more information about how the discretionary portion of $71 billion in one-time aid thats already come to Massachusetts has been spent and want to have greater say around how another $40 billion in federal stimulus money thats on the way will be spent. After ceding some of its power through the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic as the governor flexed his executive authority around public health, the...

New Bedford City Council Snubs Warren [OPINION] U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren came to New Bedford on Wednesday for a photo op at a soon-to-be-open COVID vaccination center for seafood industry workers. The center, fully funded with federal money, is expected to be operational on April 10. Since there is nothing of significance happening on Beacon Hill at the moment, three members of the local legislative delegation – Rep. Paul Schmid, Rep. Tony Cabral, and Rep. Chris Hendricks – were able t...

Chris Hendricks Paramedic and nurse Chris Hendricks has been in EMS since 1994 when he joined the Ortley Beach First Aid Squad. When he authored this article, he was a field instructor with Pridemark Paramedics Services in Boulder, CO. He now works as a paramedic and ER nurse, and serves with the Wyoming Air National Guard as a flight nurse. He will be receiving his Masters of Science in Nursing Education in summer 2011 and is a certified emergency nurse and a certified forensic nurse.

With so many people unemployed, the time is not right to accept a legislative pay raise, said Rep. Chris Hendricks.

Four of the six statewide elected officials on Beacon Hill have rejected bumps in their salary this year, despite being entitled to increases worth as much as...

Not many members of the Massachusetts Legislature will refuse to accept a recent pay raise. Only two members, Democrat Representatives Chris Hendricks of New Bedford and Anne Gobi of Spencer, have indicated that they will not take the pay raise. Several others plan to take the money and donate it to charity. Four of the six statewide elected officials – Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Attorney General Maura Healey, and Treasurer Deb Goldberg – have also declined the pay raise. Un...

ROCK SPRINGS — The second group of 10 Wyoming National Guard members will end their assignment at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County on Friday. Members of the Wyoming Military Department recently were requested by the Wyoming Department of Health, and activated by Gov. Mark Gordon, to temporarily assist with voluntary contact tracing efforts and other associated administrative tasks at healthcare facilities across the state. This is the second group dispatched to help provide relief at Sw...

the public square and the culture in the political arena on those issues. >> host: you have a background working here in politics in washington, d.c. you worked as a capitol hill aid to former mississippi congressman gene taylor. >> guest: yes. i started as an intern with congressman taylor and worked in various roles for a period of four or five years. great memory and friendship. >> host: what do you see as a role religion should play in politics? >> guest: it deals with ultimate mat...