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New Bedford Police Need to Step It Up at Pocket Parks [OPINION] New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is opposed to closing two so-called pocket parks on Acushnet Avenue despite calls from several members of the city council to shut them down. The parks, one at Nye Street and the other at Phillips Avenue, are hot spots for crime, prompting Ward 2 Councilor Maria Giesta to seek out alternative uses for the property. Giesta and At-Large Councilor Deb Coelho, who lives near the Nye Street park, said drug dealing, sex acts, prostitution, and all sorts of illicit behavior are rampant in the parks after d...

New Bedford's pocket parks have become havens for drug dealing, open prostitution, public defecation, and are littered with needles.

Hattiesburg councilwoman working to restore Ward 2 Hattiesburg councilwoman working to restore Ward 2 By Karrie Leggett-Brown | February 8, 2021 at 10:04 PM CST - Updated February 8 at 10:33 PM HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - For Black History Month, WDAM 7 is highlighting African Americans making real change in their communities. This changemaker is someone who is trying to make life better for the people who call east Hattiesburg and the borders of the Leaf River and Bouie River home. Hattiesburg City Councilwoman Deborah Delgado has represented the folks of Ward 2 for five terms now. For ...

OKG: Tell us a little bit about yourself and your year compared to normal years? James Cooper: I serve as OKC’s Ward 2 Councilperson. I also teach as an adjunct professor in Philosophy and Film Studies at Oklahoma City University and as an adjunct professor in English at University of Central Oklahoma. Before I took office in April 2019, I served in Oklahoma City Public Schools, specifically as an AVID middle school college preparation teacher. By January 2020, I was learning to balance council responsibilities with university work, excited to teach on college campuses and se...

Proud Boys settle in at D.C.'s oldest hotel and its bar Joe Heim and Marissa J. Lang, The Washington Post Dec. 27, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Harry's Bar at Hotel Harrington in Washington on Dec. 18, 2020.Photo for The Washington Post by Craig Hudson WASHINGTON - Located five blocks from the White House, the Hotel Harrington is the city's oldest continuously operating hotel and has a long-standing reputation as one of the most affordable hotels in the heart of the District of Columbia. But over the past few months, the Harrington has been gaining a new reputation: Proud Boys hangout. The mili...