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NEW BEDFORD — The states environmental office earlier this month issued a certificate stating the final environmental impact report submitted by Parallel Products for its proposed expansion into a solid waste processing facility did not adequately and properly comply with state policy. Kathleen Theoharides, secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), said the report did not comply with the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) and as a r...

ITV Weather Team 2019 Credit: ITV Weather Aisling Creevey - ITV News Anglia and UTV Weather Presenter - Aisling Creevey Credit: ITV Weather Aisling has loved clouds and weather since she was a little girl. She says she was always curious why the weather was different every day and why it was never warm in Ireland in the summer! Many years later, she completed a Masters in Meteorology in UCD and then came to the UK to start a career as a weather forecaster with MeteoGroup UK. Three years later s...

Guts Up, Mayor Mitchell, and Stand With the Police [OPINION] Lets see some guts, Mayor Mitchell. The New Bedford Police Department is under attack by a left-wing collection of Boston-based social warriors. Will you stand with the police, or will you kneel? Boston Globe say the local police, primarily 10 officers, most of whom belong to the gang unit, focus unfairly on Black and Latino youth. CJJJ spokesman Leon Smith told the Globe, "There are clear and significant patterns of racial bias in ...

New Bedford Police Union Denounces Racial Profiling Report The New Bedford Police Union has responded to a scathing report that alleges the department stopped, frisked or questioned Black people at significantly higher rates than white people, calling the reported “slanted” and “prejudiced.” The report, entitled "We Are the Prey: Racial Profiling and Policing of Youth in New Bedford," was compiled by a youth advocacy group, Citizens for Juvenile Justice. It used data gleaned from nearly...

New Bedford police stopped, frisked, or questioned Black people at significantly higher rates than white people, report says By Shelley Murphy Globe Staff,Updated April 13, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell (at the podium) said in a statement that the city "will closely review the report and take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that policing in our city is evenhanded.”Barry Chin A scathing new report alleges that New Bedford police stopped, frisked, ...

Racial Profiling By New Bedford Police Alleged in New Report A new report from a youth advocacy group, Citizens for Juvenile Justice, alleges that New Bedford Police stopped, frisked, or questioned Black people at significantly higher rates than white people. The data was gleaned from almost 5,000 field incident reports compiled from 2015 to June 2020. The reports were obtained through a public records request. The report, entitled "We Are the Prey: Racial Profiling and Policing of Youth in New...

This morning, New Bedford School Committee member John Oliveira joined Brian Thomas on WBSM’s Chris McCarthy Show to discuss Monday night’s upcoming meeting. The conversation focused mostly on school choice, and what it means if the committee approves the program for another year in New Bedford schools. At the start of the discussion, Thomas casually asked Oliveira, who is in year three of his four-year term, if he planned to run again for school committee. “I’m not sure if I’m going...

Prices of diesel used cars reached a new high during the first quarter of this year, according to Autorola’s latest online remarketing report.

Demand for used diesel cars drove prices to record hights during the first quarter of 2021, according to Autorola.

Date: 12 April 2021   |   Author: Sean Keywood Prices of used diesel cars hit a new high during the first quarter of 2021, according to remarketing firm Autorola. It said the average sale price of the vehicles was £14,769, a 6.6% increase on the fourth quarter of 2020, with average age and mileage at 33 months and 25,437 miles.  Wholesale diesel sales also reached record levels for the second successive quarter, comprising 43.6% of all used cars Autor...