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  31. <title>Star Store will become a downtown arts hub once again</title>
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  43. " data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Mayor Jon Mitchell and Jim Grace, Executive Director of the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston, take a photo with a &#8216;Remember the Star Store&#8217; T-Shirt. Credit: Colin Hogan / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
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  45. <p>A Boston nonprofit has purchased the former university arts center for $1, ending a long dispute over the building.</p>
  46. <p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/star-store-will-become-a-downtown-arts-hub-once-again/">Star Store will become a downtown arts hub once again</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  49. " data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Mayor Jon Mitchell and Jim Grace, Executive Director of the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston, take a photo with a &#8216;Remember the Star Store&#8217; T-Shirt. Credit: Colin Hogan / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  50. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_8470-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_8470-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1" /></figure><p class="has-drop-cap">The once-shuttered doors of the Star Store opened to the public on Monday morning for the first time since the College of Visual and Performing Arts abandoned the building in August 2023. The nonprofit Arts &amp; Business Council of Greater Boston has purchased the former UMass Dartmouth arts center and one-time department store and announced plans to redevelop the building into a downtown arts hub.</p><p>Walking into the building for the first time in almost two years, the student-turned-advocate Fallon Navarro said she was overcome with both painful memories and hopeful excitement. “The last time we were here, we were kicked out,” Navarro said.</p><p>Another former Star Store student, Anis Beigzadeh, said, “We’re getting back our home.” Her hands were shaking from emotion, Beigzadeh said, and she raised them up to show the tremors.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="585" data-attachment-id="164166" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/img_8475/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_8475-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1748865614&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.96&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0082644628099174&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG_8475" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Fallon Navarro and Anis Beigzadeh, former arts students in the Star Store, on hand for the announcement of the building&#8217;s purchase and redevelopment by the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston. Credit: Colin Hogan / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  51. " data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Fallon Navarro and Anis Beigzadeh, former arts students in the Star Store, on hand for the announcement of the building&#8217;s purchase and redevelopment by the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston. Credit: Colin Hogan / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
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  58. <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide reduce-bottom-margin"/></div></div><p>A&amp;BC, which bought the building for $1, will take full responsibility for fundraising for the Star Store’s rebirth, McArthur said: “Our creativity is stacking various sources of capital.” For the Lowell project, that included <a href="https://bluehubcapital.org/impact/impact-stories/western-avenue-studios-lofts">private investors</a> and <a href="https://investor.easternbank.com/news/news-details/2022/Eastern-Bank-Provides-14-Million-Loan-To-The-Arts--Business-Council-Of-Greater-Boston-For-Its-Landmark-Purchase-Of-The-Western-Avenue-Studios--Lofts-In-Lowell-MA/default.aspx">loans</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>“They are a perfect fit for this project,” said Mayor Jon Mitchell. He anticipated that first-floor retail, performance spaces, and specialized studios would all be part of the new Star Store — enhancing “the arts corridor here on Purchase Street” in proximity to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VomUSUBcSuk">new Zeiterion</a> and downtown.</p><p>The drawn-out political fallout of the Star Store’s closure also reared its head. Mitchell said the city tried for a while to get the state to reverse the university’s decision to leave the Star Store campus. He also said the city also looked into what it would take to develop the building into housing or offices, but that the infrastructure didn’t accommodate those solutions.</p><p>“I know it’s still painful for a lot of people here,” Mitchell said. He added, “It doesn’t matter if it was someone else’s fault; it is our responsibility to fix it.”&nbsp;</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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  60. </div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading">The deal that made the new Star Store possible</h3><p>The building’s previous owner, the real estate developer Paul Downey, was not present at Monday morning’s announcement. It was only last Thursday that the complex deal to sell the building was finalized among Downey, the city, and new owners A&amp;BC.&nbsp;</p><p>Tony Sapienza, board chair for the New Bedford Economic Development Council, said it took a year for everything to come together —&nbsp;and several agreements needed to be reached among multiple parties.</p><p>Years ago, Downey had originally agreed to sell the Star Store building for $1 to UMass Dartmouth at the conclusion of the university’s lease. That, of course, <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/unraveling-how-the-star-store-died/">never happened</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>In October, the city filed to foreclose on the Star Store in state Land Court, pursuing Downey for hundreds of thousands of dollars in back tax payments that it claimed he owed, <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/city-moves-to-foreclose-on-star-store-for-unpaid-taxes/">The Light reported</a>. Last week, a municipal lien certificate filed with the registry of deeds stated that Downey&#8217;s company had been billed $806,768 in taxes for 2023 to 2025, received $396,617 in &#8220;abatements/exemptions,&#8221; and resolved the debt with &#8220;payments/credits&#8221; of $406,702. The city moved to withdraw the Land Court case last week.</p><p>Mitchell said that Downey delivered a check to the assessors office to pay “approximately $500,000.” This amount represents a settlement agreement between the city and Downey that will avoid a lengthy adjudication process in court, Mitchell said. In return for this settlement, Downey agreed to sell the building to A&amp;BC for $1 — which Sapienza said was “keeping his pledge” to donate the building to the city.&nbsp;</p><p>As of Thursday, the city’s agreement with Downey, Downey’s sale to A&amp;BC, and a partnership agreement between A&amp;BC and the Economic Development Council were all finalized.&nbsp;</p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Reaction to Boston investment in New Bedford</h3><p>“For a lot of investors from Boston, [New Bedford] is seen as a place far afield,” said Mitchell during his remarks. But he told A&amp;BC representatives, “This is going to be the best investment your nonprofit has ever made.”</p><p>The prevailing attitude among those in attendance on Monday morning was excitement for the Star Store’s return. Bubbling underneath that, however, were the strains of skepticism and regional pride <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/an-arts-college-is-not-a-pit-stop/">that have marked</a> the Star Store saga.&nbsp;</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="585" data-attachment-id="164165" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/img_8465/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_8465-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1748862494&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.96&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0043859649122807&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG_8465" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Mayor Jon Mitchell proclaimed the Star Store would be “the best investment [A&#038;BC] has ever made.” Credit: Colin Hogan / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  61. " data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Mayor Jon Mitchell proclaimed the Star Store would be “the best investment [A&#038;BC] has ever made.” Credit: Colin Hogan / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
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  63. </figcaption></figure><p>“I’m fascinated by this because a Boston group is interested in New Bedford,” said Kat Knutsen, a local artist and <a href="https://thesirennb.com/">art commentator</a>. “What’s that relationship going to look like?”</p><p>Ethan de Aguiar, a founder of the New Bedford Film Festival, said he hopes the new Star Store is “for artists and by artists,” rather than run by “an organization that doesn’t care as much.”</p><p>He said he’s approaching the partnership with A&amp;BC with “cautious optimism,” but he said that faith in large institutions is what led to the Star Store’s demise. “We shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of the past.”&nbsp;</p><p>State Sen. Mark Montigny expressed his hesitations with the deal, though he had no hand in making it. “While this transfer is an encouraging step forward, I am writing to you as the original legislative sponsor of this arts campus to express caution,” Montigny wrote in a letter to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, which needed to formally approve the tax deal that precipitated the Star Store’s sale.&nbsp;</p><p>“I urge your department to carefully scrutinize the current arrangement to ensure taxpayers and the Commonwealth are protected,” Montigny wrote.&nbsp;</p><p>While the artists and politicians alike noted their hesitations, the overall mood could not be dampened.&nbsp;</p><p>Navarro, the former Star Store student who orchestrated much of the activism around the Star Store, said that she had been in touch with A&amp;BC when the campus first closed. She said she was excited that it was willing to take on the project.&nbsp;</p><p>And, for the first time in years, Navarro was back in the building she had so long worked to restore to the artists of New Bedford.</p><p>For those efforts, Navarro received an unexpected shoutout from the mayor during his remarks: “What you did was fantastic for a lot of the students who were effectively kicked out of here,” Mitchell said. “I want to thank you for your advocacy — it really did make a difference.”</p><p><em>Email Colin Hogan at </em><a href="mailto:chogan@newbedfordlight.org"><em>chogan@newbedfordlight.org</em></a></p><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"><hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/>
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  67. </div></div></div></div><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide"/><p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/star-store-will-become-a-downtown-arts-hub-once-again/">Star Store will become a downtown arts hub once again</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  76. <title>ICE defends May arrests of nearly 1,500 immigrants statewide</title>
  77. <link>https://newbedfordlight.org/ice-defends-may-arrests-of-nearly-1500-immigrants-statewide/</link>
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  81. <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 22:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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  87. <p>ICE’s acting director defends arrests and masked agents. Critics question his assertion that detainees are getting due process.</p>
  88. <p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/ice-defends-may-arrests-of-nearly-1500-immigrants-statewide/">ICE defends May arrests of nearly 1,500 immigrants statewide</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  92. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?resize=780%2C519&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-164172" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?resize=706%2C471&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2070-1024x682.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Exterior of the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light</figcaption></figure></div><p class="has-drop-cap">BOSTON — The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd Lyons, touted the success of a month-long immigration enforcement operation during a press conference Monday morning that resulted in the detention of nearly 1,500 immigrants across Massachusetts.</p><p>Also present at the John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse Monday morning were U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley and Patricia Hyde, the acting field office director in Boston for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations.</p><p>“Make no mistake: Every person that we arrested was breaking our immigration laws, but most of these individuals had significant criminality,” said Hyde. “They are criminal offenders who victimized innocent people and traumatized entire communities — murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, child sex predators and members of violent transnational criminal gangs.”</p><p>Hyde went on to say the operation, dubbed “Operation Patriot,” has protected residents of Massachusetts.&nbsp;</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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  94. </div></figure><p>“The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a safer place today,” said Hyde, who added that 1,461 people were detained over the course of the month, including 790 with “significant criminality” — meaning they faced criminal charges, notwithstanding the outcomes of cases. That leaves 691 with no significant criminal records.&nbsp;</p><p>“ICE is not going away,” she added. “We are coming for you.”</p><p>Officials said many faced criminal charges related to drugs, domestic violence, impaired driving, child sex abuse, sex trafficking, and more.&nbsp;</p><p>“It’s long past time for ICE to remove these dangerous criminals from our communities,” Lyons, ICE’s acting director, said during the conference. “While these operations were going on, more criminal aliens were being released into the community.”</p><div class="wp-block-group alignright"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide reduce-bottom-margin"/>
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  100. <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide reduce-bottom-margin"/></div></div><p>He added that federal officials were outraged at the hostility ICE agents have faced and that threats to their lives and their families’ lives is why they are often masked during operations.</p><p>“People are out there taking photos of the names and faces and posting them online with death threats,” Lyons said, before switching to a sarcastic tone. “I’m sorry if people are offended that they’re wearing masks.”</p><p>Lyons also insisted that agents had respected the civil and due process rights of all those detained.</p><p>“The whole due process thing,” a frustrated Lyons said in response to a question from the gathered press. “ICE doesn’t just scoop people up off the street and remove them.”</p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">New Bedford reacts to Operation Patriot</h3><p>Local advocates said the detentions they have seen over the past few months contradict such statements.</p><p>“That is contrary to what the community in New Bedford has experienced,” said Corinn Williams, director of the Community Economic Development Corporation of Southeastern Massachusetts, in a text message.</p><p>“They haven’t been respecting civil rights,” Adrian Ventura, executive director of the Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores, told The Light in Spanish. “The most egregious example of that is [the case of] Juan Francisco Méndez.”</p><p>Méndez was detained in a viral arrest in April when federal agents were filmed using<a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/lawyer-federal-agents-detain-guatemalan-man-29-with-no-criminal-record/"> an axe to break his car window</a> despite his invocation of his right to remain silent and calling his lawyer, Ondine Gálvez Sniffen, to come to the scene.</p><p>Authorities held Méndez in custody for over a month under multiple alien registration numbers and faced no charges until after an immigration judge in Chelmsford Immigration Court declared <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/judge-orders-release-of-immigrant-who-was-arrested-after-agents-smashed-his-window/">a failure to prosecute on May 8</a>. After Méndez was issued charging documents for illegal entry, another immigration judge <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/update-immigrant-freed-on-1500-bond-heading-home-to-new-bedford/">ordered his release on bail</a> on May 15.</p><p>Jonathan Darling, public information officer for the city of New Bedford, said in a Monday email that the city’s position about ICE operations has not changed.</p><p>“Our Police Department focuses on its core mission of ensuring public safety in New Bedford,” Darling wrote. “The NBPD does not withhold information from other law enforcement agencies.&nbsp;</p><p>“With respect to the federal government’s approach to the enforcement of immigration law,” he continued, “the Mayor has made clear that the focus should be on known criminals or others who pose public safety risks.”</p><p>The Light’s records show that 10 of the 28 confirmed New Bedford immigrants detained since President Trump’s inauguration were arrested in May. Based on reviews of Massachusetts court records, only one of the identified May detainees, <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/guatemalan-immigrant-in-u-s-for-30-years-arrested-by-federal-agents/">Juan Ramón Alegría Rodas</a>, had any criminal charges in the Commonwealth. Those stemmed from a criminal complaint filed in Framingham District Court by his wife, Patricia, in 2007. That charge was dismissed after both parties failed to appear for a court date.</p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Sanctuary and detainees without criminal histories debated</h3><p>“It is a stretch to conjure up the image of a hardened criminal from the ordinary immigrant workers who are working at a car wash or painting houses,” said Williams of the CEDC. “We would really have to do an analysis on this and how ‘significant criminality’ is defined: Driving without a license? A second entry at the border of an individual without any criminal record?”</p><p>Hyde acknowledged that many of the detained faced no criminal charges, but she said that state and local “sanctuary” jurisdiction policies mean that ICE officers need to go into communities and detain people with criminal charges — and that others are taken in the process. She argued that the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/massachusetts-maura-healey-demands-answers-milford-student-arrested-by-ice/">detention Saturday of Marcelo Gomes</a>, an 18-year-old undocumented Brazilian immigrant and senior at Milford High School, was an example of the negative impacts of sanctuary policies.&nbsp;</p><p>“He was not the target of the investigation,” Hyde said of Gomes, adding that agents were after his father. “But he’s 18 and in the country illegally.”</p><p>“Sanctuary policies put us in a position where we have to go out into communities and conduct these arrests,” she said. “We’ve been completely transparent” that those found to be in the U.S. without proper documentation beyond the targets would also be swept up.</p><p>Governor Maura Healey called Gomes’ arrest outrageous in a press release Sunday.</p><p>“I’m disturbed and outraged by reports that a Milford High School student was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice yesterday,” she said. “Yet again, local officials and law enforcement have been left in the dark with no heads up and no answers to their questions.”</p><p>“I’m demanding that ICE provide immediate information about why he was arrested, where he is and how his due process is being protected,” she continued. “The Trump Administration continues to create fear in our communities, and it’s making us all less safe.”&nbsp;</p><p>Neither New Bedford nor Massachusetts has a “sanctuary law” in place barring local and state officials from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. However, the <a href="https://www.mass.gov/decision/lunn-v-commonwealth">2017 Lunn decision</a> by Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court prohibits state and local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. Many advocates and law enforcement officials have argued such policies improve public safety by encouraging immigrant communities to interact with police and local officials.&nbsp;</p><p>Nonetheless, the Trump administration recently <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/politics/leaders-fire-back-after-dhs-releases-list-of-sanctuary-cities-counties-and-states/3728301/">included Massachusetts as a sanctuary jurisdiction</a> in a list published on the Department of Homeland Security website.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>“It’s a matter of semantics,” said Hyde. “But what do you call it when state and local operations don’t cooperate?”</p><p>By June 1, the list was removed from the site due to widespread criticism, according to an <a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-sanctuary-jurisdictions-list-a372c7501746e4f2b7e117ba22ebccac">Associated Press report.</a></p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Aftermath of operation</h3><p>U.S. Attorney Leah Foley said 50 of those detained over the course of the May operation were charged in U.S. District Court of Massachusetts with illegal re-entry. At least two of those men, Guatemalans <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/ice-impact-still-felt-in-new-bedford/">Mário López Sajvin</a> and <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/new-bedford-immigrant-pleads-guilty-to-illegally-reentering-the-u-s/">José DeLeón Ventura</a>, were New Bedford residents. Both pleaded guilty to the charge.</p><p>“My office will continue to prosecute those who are in the country unlawfully,” she said. “This is the land of opportunity, not the land for opportunists.”</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="439" data-attachment-id="164168" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/c0006-00_02_03_08-immagine004/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1440" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Leah B. Foley, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, speaks at the press conference. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  101. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004.jpg?resize=780%2C439&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-164168" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C1125&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C397&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-scaled.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/C0006.00_02_03_08.Immagine004-1024x576.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Leah B. Foley, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, speaks at the press conference. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light</figcaption></figure><p>The operation included agents from all over the country and several different federal agencies, including: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; Customs and Border Protection; Diplomatic Security Service; Drug Enforcement Agency; U.S. Coast Guard; Homeland Security Investigations; ICE; Internal Revenue Service the FBI; Federal Prison Service, and U.S. Marshals.&nbsp;</p><p>Though Operation Patriot may be over, local activists say the effects of the operation remain, with broken families and people trying to fix finances and move forward with their lives.</p><p>“This was a disaster for our community,” Ventura said. “Most of the community has been traumatized by the violence inflicted upon us.”</p><p>Ventura said that for those who have already been deported —&nbsp;such as Rodas, <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/two-guatemalans-detained-in-early-morning-ice-raid-in-new-bedford/">Miguel Ordoñez Socop and José Antonio Garcia Garcia</a> — what awaits them in their homeland is greater danger.</p><p>“They came here to escape violence in Central America,” he said. “All that awaits them there is death.”</p><p><em>Kevin G. Andrade can be reached at </em><a href="mailto:kandrade@newbedfordlight.org"><em>kandrade@newbedfordlight.org</em></a><em>.&nbsp;</em></p><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"><hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/>
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  125. <p>Two flights a day, each way, will launch Sept. 29. TSA checkpoints in New Bedford will make connections at Logan easier, the mayor says.</p>
  126. <p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/cape-air-plans-daily-new-bedford-to-boston-flights/">Cape Air plans daily New Bedford-to-Boston flights</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  129. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1922.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1922.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1" /></figure><p class="has-drop-cap">The MBTA recently launched train service that can get people from New Bedford to Boston in 98 minutes. Cape Air says it can do it in 35.</p><p>New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell trumpeted plans for the new direct daily flight travel option from his city to Logan Airport, with his office calling it “a new way to beat Boston traffic” and “high parking rates.”</p><p>The year-round flights are expected to begin Sept. 29, departing daily at 8:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. and returning from Boston at 1 p.m. and 6:40 p.m. The flights are on sale at <a href="https://www.capeair.com">Cape Air’s website</a>, with one-way tickets to Boston priced at $99.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>According to Mitchell’s office, passengers heading to Boston to start a longer journey will be able to pass through a U.S. Transportation Security Administration checkpoint in New Bedford, making it easier for them to connect to domestic and international flights when they get to Logan. Parking near the airport’s main entrance costs $10 per day.&nbsp;</p><p>“New Bedford Regional Airport’s best days are ahead,” New Bedford Regional Airport Manager Scot Servis said. “We’re expecting more passengers this year with the new flights to Boston, and the increased interest will surely drive more carriers to explore opportunities in New Bedford.”</p><p>New Bedford Regional Airport, one of nine commercial service airports in Massachusetts, supports 300 direct and indirect jobs, according to Mitchell’s office.&nbsp;</p><div class="wp-block-group alignright"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide reduce-bottom-margin"/>
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  135. <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide reduce-bottom-margin"/></div></div><p>At the airport, early work has begun on a new control tower and terminal, a project estimated at up to $76 million, which city officials hope will draw new tenants. The state would pay for nearly all of the project, if the city contributes $3 million.</p><p>Cape Air, the lone passenger carrier at the airport, has lost about three-quarters of its outbound New Bedford passengers in 10 years,​​ <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/could-change-be-in-the-air-for-new-bedfords-airport/">The Light reported last month</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>The airline currently operates flights from New Bedford to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.&nbsp;</p><p>It plans to offer more flights to the islands this summer than last summer. The new mid-June to mid-October schedule, shared with The Light, shows four flights to Nantucket four days a week, and two trips three days a week. The Martha’s Vineyard schedule shows two flights a day two days a week, one trip on five days.</p><p><em>The Light contributed reporting to this story.</em></p><p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/cape-air-plans-daily-new-bedford-to-boston-flights/">Cape Air plans daily New Bedford-to-Boston flights</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  144. <title>Pam Kuechler keeping PACE in a difficult time</title>
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  148. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean McCarthy]]></dc:creator>
  149. <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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  153. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?resize=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?resize=706%2C397&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="163884" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/kuechler-for-homepage/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1920,1080" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Kuechler for homepage" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;PACE Executive Director Pam Kuechler: &#8220;We provide a space for people to receive help in a dignified way.&#8221; Credit: Sean McCarthy / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
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  155. <p>“My ambitions for the organization are to see us come out the other side of these funding struggles and the challenges that we’re faced with right now to be as strong as possible.” — PACE executive director</p>
  156. <p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/pam-kuechler-keeping-pace-in-new-bedford-during-a-difficult-time/">Pam Kuechler keeping PACE in a difficult time</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  159. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Kuechler-for-homepage.jpg?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1" /></figure><p class="has-drop-cap">There are a number of reasons why an individual or a family finds themselves struggling with poverty. And with the poverty rate in New Bedford higher than the national average, organizations such as People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE) are crucial to supporting those who are the least fortunate among us. And according to PACE Executive Director Pam Kuechler, when people facing economic challenges receive the necessary support, the results benefit all of us.</p><p>Formed in 1982, PACE has grown to meet the expanding needs of the region and today has 11 different programs, including Fuel Assistance, housing, job training, Head Start, and childcare subsidies to assist working parents. Located at 166 William St. in downtown New Bedford, the organization is federally funded, much of which is funneled through the state. PACE serves more than 30,000 people each year.</p><p>But all of this could change dramatically. The most recent federal budget proposed by President Donald Trump aims to cut approximately half of the funding for PACE’s programs, threatening its very existence.</p><p>Despite its dynamic outreach, these are tenuous times for PACE and the other regional organizations they partner with. Additional PACE programs include a community food center, the Health Access program that helps people get health insurance, a tax preparation program that served 350 people this year, and the Department of Public Health’s lead prevention program which provides support and services to families with children who have been diagnosed with high lead levels.</p><p>Today PACE has a staff of 178 and 50 volunteers. It describes its mission as “delivering innovative and effective services and programs to members of the Greater New Bedford Community in their pursuit of brighter futures.”</p><p>Kuechler (pronounced “keech-ler”) has devoted her entire professional career to helping others, and has been the executive director at PACE since 2018. Her previous work includes a stint with the Key Program, where she helped at-risk youth in Fall River. That was followed by more work with at-risk youth in the Newport school system with the Stopover Services organization. In 1995, she joined PACE to run the Family Center at the Hayden-McFadden School in New Bedford. Five years later she became the program director at PACE’s Childcare Works program, which provides family support programs and subsidies for families in the area. In 2012, she became the executive director of the Massachusetts Head Start Association, an organization that supports the Head Start programs throughout the state. Head Start provides early education, health, and social services to low-income children and families, with the aim of creating school-ready children.</p><p>Born and raised in Fairhaven, Kuechler graduated from Fairhaven High School before earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with minors in sociology and justice studies, from the University of New Hampshire. Today she lives in Fairhaven with her husband Doug, her mother Peggy, her son Alex and her dogs Sam and Jasmine. Her daughter Alison lives in Norwood. A lover of the outdoors and open-air recreation, Kuechler is also an avid reader and spends&nbsp; as much time in New Hampshire as she can.</p><p>In an interview with The Light, Kuechler talked about the contributions of PACE and its effects on the community, partnering with other local organizations, what success looks like for the organization, how programs such as PACE are effective, the potential effects of President Trump’s budget proposal, and the future of PACE.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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  161. </div></figure><p><strong>New Bedford Light: </strong><em>Why is there a need for PACE?</em></p><p><strong>Pam Kuechler: </strong>Sixty years ago, Community Action agencies were created as a program of President Johnson’s “War On Poverty.” As one of the 1,000 Community Action agencies across the country, PACE, and its predecessor ONBOARD, was created to provide support for folks living in poverty in ways that would empower them to be able to move towards sustainable self-sufficiency goals within their own families and their own individual situations.</p><p>The conditions of poverty haven’t changed, but the amount of poverty over time has changed. New Bedford has a higher poverty rate, at 20%, than our national average of 12.4%, so the challenges still exist in our community. Even while we are seeing economic changes locally, there are still a number of people in our community that have not been able to avail themselves of the opportunities available. We have found over time there’s always folks who run up against something that could change their situations quickly, and that was never more obvious than when we went through COVID and the number of people that were served through our Food Center and through Fuel Assistance, as well as the many other programs we offer. So the need for the agency is comprehensive because we provide comprehensive opportunities to help.</p><p><strong>NBL: </strong><em>What is the overall effect that PACE has on the community?</em></p><p><strong>PK: </strong>We provide a space for people to receive help in a dignified way. And really to try to provide that space so folks can feel that they can receive assistance if they need it. We try to approach every aspect of our work in that manner where we believe that every person deserves an opportunity. We believe that every person deserves to be treated with respect. And we believe that every person deserves to have the tools to help them move beyond any challenges that they’re facing.</p><p>Our community becomes stronger if the people who live in it become stronger, and we’re really here to try to provide opportunities for folks to strengthen themselves, their situations, their families, their living situations, all of the above.</p><p><strong>NBL: </strong><em>Does helping the less fortunate help all of us? And if so how?</em></p><p><strong>PK: </strong>I do feel that helping the less fortunate benefits all of us because when folks who are struggling receive assistance that helps to lessen their struggle, our community is stronger for that. It’s multi-faceted. Many of the people who came through our programs who are now volunteers often will say to us, “We received help at one point and we want to give back.”&nbsp;</p><p>And because of the nature of our work, we provide opportunities for people to do that. So there’s a multi-pronged impact. If children receive opportunities early on that really support their development then their chances for long-term success improve exponentially. And that’s what things like our Head Start program provides. We also provide the early childhood subsidies to all of the other high-quality childhood programming that we have in this community. The vouchers that families receive so their children can go to high-quality settings to set them up to be really successful once they hit public school.</p><p>The long-term impact of helping people move out of situations where they’re struggling is not something that has been able to be quantified well. I really think that when members of our community are succeeding, then our communities are stronger for that.</p><p><strong>NBL: </strong><em>Why has PACE expanded its programming and its reach?</em></p><p><strong>PK: </strong>Our expansion of the work that we do hasn’t really happened by mistake. Every three years we are required to do a community needs assessment that’s really, really comprehensive. We ask folks who are receiving our services, we talk to key stakeholders across the community, we hold public forums, we have a needs assessment that we put out there. We ask folks to provide their feedback, and we try to engage the community as much as possible to really try to identify the top needs in our community.</p><p>Once that data is compiled, we’ll take a look at the things we’re offering already, where we maybe need to make adjustments and how we can do that. And in the areas where we don’t actually fit right in the box or provide those services we look at where we have partnerships with agencies and other people within the community that offer certain things that we can help to strengthen their work so that they can meet additional needs identified.</p><p>So much of our work has been born of those identified areas. As you might imagine, the top needs that we are seeing over the last few years from the needs assessments have been housing, food insecurity, childcare and mental health issues. We try to take a look at what particular programmatic opportunities, or even partnerships with other agencies, to see if it’s a fit for us, and can we maybe be a value add to the work being done in that area. We also consider if we could help to pull the community together to maybe meet that need.</p><p>As a result, you see our expansion in our food programming, there’s been an expansion in our Housing Opportunity Center, and our housing services to provide people with support to try to find housing or to stay in their housing to prevent homelessness. You see expansion in our Head Start programming in that we shifted and increased the number of infants to toddlers that are served because we see that demand in our community. Our childcare voucher program has expanded in part because of the way it’s being done across the state. But also, because the state has increased the number of vouchers that are available to us down here from past years. We have even expanded our Workforce Development options based on the needs of the wind industry and demand for workers.</p><p>We try to take a look at opportunities that come up and see how it matches with what our mission is and what our strategic plan is, and if it fits into what we’re doing then we take a look at who we partner with to do some of these things with. Which things should we be doing on our own? Or how do we support our partners that are doing this work to boost the work that they are doing?</p><p><strong>NBL: </strong><em>How long, on average, does a person receive assistance from PACE?</em></p><p><strong>PK: </strong>We don’t typically track that because the majority of our services are based on income, so it varies from person to person. People could be participating in multiple services for a variety of amounts of time. We have people who come to our Food Center once and we have children in Head Start which is a time-limited program, so children are eligible to be in it from birth up until going into kindergarten. Same thing with our childcare subsidies for the length of time children are eligible to be in childcare for as long as the family’s income allows them to be eligible for the subsidies. It really, really varies. It’s hard to pinpoint a time frame.</p><p>We will have folks that use our services for a period of time we don’t see for several years and they may come back. A perfect example is folks who retire and go on a fixed income and then run into a situation where their house is sold that they’re renting from and a new owner makes it impossible for them to stay. They hike the rent up so high. So they may come back to our Housing Opportunity Center. They may not have received any support from PACE for many, many years but they need help finding a new place to live. So the amount of time people participate really varies.</p><p><strong>NBL: </strong><em>You’ve devoted your entire professional career to helping the less fortunate. Can you say that these programs have an impact? Are they benefitting the people who need them?</em></p><p><strong>PK: </strong>Without a doubt. Really it runs the gamut — everything from children who have gone through Head Start or have gone through some of our family support programs who have gone on to do incredible things in their own lifespan of school, careers and going on to college and doing some really remarkable things; to folks getting assistance with fuel and making a huge difference in their ability to be able to remain housed, which keeps them from becoming homeless. There are so many reasons why programs like this are important to help give people the opportunity to make their resources stretch as far as they can so that they can successfully meet their basic needs and continue on a path whereby they are meeting their goals.</p><p>Giving people workplace development opportunities to be able to go into new employment opportunities or advance to careers. Our Clemente Course, three or four years ago, a person who went through that free college program was the valedictorian of Bristol Community College.</p><p>There are numerous things to point to that have really made a difference. We’ve had people come back as volunteers who give back to our community. When they come in to apply they say, “Many years ago my family got help through PACE and I just want to give back.”</p><p><strong>NBL: </strong><em>How might PACE be affected by the president’s proposed budget cuts?</em></p><p><strong>PK: </strong>So short-term, we run a Head Start program which, if anyone’s seen the news lately, was at risk of not making it into the president’s budget. Since then that has changed a little bit. We also run the Community Services Block Grant, which is our base funding, and the Fuel Assistance program, both of which in the president’s skinny budget that just came out were zeroed out, eliminated. So we are concerned about the impact of cuts like that, of programs like those being gone, the impact both on the people that we serve as well as economically. A program like Fuel Assistance benefits the clients that we’re serving and vendors that receive the funds to help pay for fuel. Many of our clients heat with oil and those oil vendors benefit from the fact that their clients are being assisted to pay their bills.</p><p>That’s just one example. Our food bank is supported by the CSBG funds that are right now proposed to be zeroed out. And again, it’s the president’s budget. Congress still has to put its budget together and move it through the system. The concern is that, because of the way that Congress is made up right now, they will follow in line with the president’s proposals. It’s really our job to make people understand the impact could really be vast if things move forward and CSBG and Fuel Assistance are not funded.</p><p><strong>NBL: </strong><em>What would the real-life consequences be if this budget is passed?</em></p><p><strong>PK: </strong>If the president’s budget cuts take place and all things remain as proposed, we would lose all the funding for our Fuel Assistance program. We have 17,800 utility payments that would not be made. We’re talking about slightly over 10,000 households – not people, just households that would not be able to heat their homes throughout the entire course of the winter. You could extrapolate that. Say each house has more than one person in it. Of these households, over 50 percent of these folks are elderly. So folks living on a fixed income who have worked their whole lives, they receive this benefit, it helps them get through the difficult winter, and that opportunity would be gone.</p><p>If our Community Services Block Grant were not funded it would very much impact our Food Center, which currently serves over 10,000 people in a year. Food insecurity is a real problem in our area and it would vastly reduce our capacity to be able to have access to food, to be able to address food insecurity as well as reduce our ability to remain open on any kind of regular basis to give people access.</p><p>… In theory, if the Head Start program were not to be funded, it would mean that about 204 children would not get the high quality services and their families would not get the wrap-around services and support they receive as part of the Head Start program.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="587" data-attachment-id="163885" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/pam2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Pam2-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1928&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1928" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Celero5G SC&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1746115463&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;389&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033334&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Pam2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;PACE Executive Director Pam Kuechler: &#8220;Our community becomes stronger if the people who live in it become stronger, and we’re really here to try to provide opportunities for folks to strengthen themselves, their situations, their families, their living situations, all of the above.&#8221; Credit: Sean McCarthy / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
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Every single aspect of the work we do is done in partnership with other folks who do the work. So while you might think that Head Start is just Head Start, but Head Start works collaboratively with Early Intervention and other early childhood programs, with the public schools to make sure that the complement of work they’re doing is seamless and that all children are being served the way they need to be served based on their needs and where they’re at. We work collaboratively with other folks who do the same kind of work among all of our programs. We all work together. We do joint trainings and things of that nature for our staff and we work really closely with other nonprofits and community programs that have similar missions to help the community.</p><p>We participate in the Bristol County Continuum of Care, working to address homelessness and housing access, working collaboratively with all the folks who are either working with people who are homeless or people who are running housing programs to try to get people re-homed in a secure way.</p><p>In the food ecosystem, we run a large grocery-style food pantry. But we don’t do that in a vacuum. We work collaboratively with some of the smaller pantries to try to help them because we have a truck to give them access to additional food by helping to distribute food to them. And working with them to complement what they’re doing so that we’re all trying to meet that demand for additional food security support.</p><p>We work in collaboration just talking about trying to address problems in the community. We have partnerships with Southcoast Health, with the Community Health Center. We work closely with the United Way, Child &amp; Family Services, Meeting Street School. Our partnership list is long and it’s dependent on the work that we’re doing. Our whole Workforce Development work that we’re doing includes working closely with Mass Hire and Bristol Community College. We really try to work collaboratively so that we can support the efforts of our partners and vice versa. They do the same for us.</p><p><strong>NBL: </strong><em>How do you determine the success of a program?</em></p><p><strong>PK: </strong>Well it varies. We have 10 different programs so it looks different in each program. We are successful if we serve all of the folks who apply for fuel assistance in the course of a fuel assistance year. If everybody who’s qualified who comes through our door and we’re able to get them the assistance, then we’ve done our job for that year. Same thing with our childcare subsidies — that’s based on what the state has available and how many we’re able to put forth. If we’re able to get families connected to early childhood providers, if we’re able to give them subsidies to help them pay for care so they can go to work, that’s success. If we are able to maintain our numbers and respond to the demands and the ability of the state to support these efforts.</p><p>In our Food Center we see success as providing everybody that walks through the door with some sort of relief in the food space, so they have the ability to spread their resources more widely and be able to meet all of their basic needs.</p><p>It’s interesting with food insecurity. You take a look at the numbers that you serve and you say, “Oh my gosh, we’re serving even more people.” That is not necessarily success. It’s success if we’re serving them, absolutely. We’re providing them with relief. It might be a situation that allows them to do more with their resources and ultimately being successful in doing more going forward in their situations, but it’s telling that many of the people in our community are dealing with food insecurity.</p><p>So there’s a lot of different ways to measure success. Success is, on the one hand, that we do a really good job with everybody who walks in the door and provide them with something that they need, a tool in their toolbox to help them do what they need for their families. I think the ultimate success would be that there isn’t any poverty.</p><p>The reality is that poverty happens for a variety of reasons. There’s not one story that belongs to everybody that is living in poverty. That’s the real truth of it.</p><p><strong>NBL: </strong><em>Why is it important to help children?</em></p><p><strong>PK: </strong>Research tells everybody that children do best when they have a solid foundation — educationally, basic needs being met, the whole nine yards. It’s critical to try to help families with small children as soon as they’re born, to try to help create a situation, an environment, where they’re supported from birth and it sets them up for success as they move forward. It’s just critical for Head Start kids to have a positive start, so that’s why it’s important.</p><p>There are long-term benefits as well. If you give children that solid foundation initially, they’re set up to be ready to go to school, they’re ready to manage the more difficult things they may encounter. The long-term benefits from investments in children are exponential and probably have never been fully researched because it’s so hard to know what the alternative might be. Given the right foundation of the things that they need that helps their development occur in the way that it should, it sets them on a path.&nbsp;</p><p>It’s incredibly important for children to have that opportunity to head down that path, and give them the tools that they need to be successful in life.</p><p><strong>NBL: </strong><em>How do you determine a person’s qualifications for assistance?</em><em><br></em><em><br></em><strong>PK: </strong>Each program has varying requirements based around the poverty level — 200% of the poverty level and beyond, depending on the program. The benefit amounts for fuel assistance could be higher than, for example, where you might qualify for childcare. In some programs, you may qualify based on the census tract you live in. So it varies by program. We encourage people to reach out and apply if they have a particular need. If we can’t assist, we can get people connected to someone who can.</p><p><strong>NBL: </strong><em>What is in the near future for PACE? What are your ambitions for the organization?</em></p><p><strong>PK: </strong>I’d like to remain open. I chuckle but it’s not really funny. We would like to be able to come out of this challenging funding time as strong an organization as possible, continuing to support the needs in our community.</p><p>Our future really is uncertain at this moment, and it’s uncertain as to how many of our programs will be impacted by some of the actions that are moving forward. The next five months are going to be critical to determining how that plays out.</p><p>My ambitions for the organization are to see us come out the other side of these funding struggles and the challenges that we’re faced with right now to be as strong as possible. To meet the demands of the community and to look at other opportunities as needed to keep the work we’re doing up and running and making sure that we are continuing to support the community in every way possible. So that’s my ambition for the next couple of years — to just really keep staff intact, continuing to provide the support to the community, continuing to be what the community needs us to be, and to do a good job at it.</p><p><strong>NBL: </strong><em>What do you wish more people knew about PACE?</em><em><br></em><strong><br></strong><strong>PK: </strong>One of the things we don’t talk about a lot is the fact that we have the ability — our staff really reflect our community. We have the ability to work with folks in their native languages in just about every single one of our programs. People should not be shy if they feel that that might be a barrier. That’s a fun fact about our agency.</p><p>I wish that people realized that we do such a wide variety of work. Don’t be afraid to come through the door because we might be able to help you. Maybe we can’t do it directly with one of our programs, but we have such a talented staff, they’re unbelievably compassionate people who just care so much about this community. Anybody who walks through the door, if we don’t find a way to provide them with assistance internally, we have relationships across the community with our partners that they’ll do their best to make sure that people get connected. Nobody walks away without some kind of direction to go in that may be helpful to them.</p><p>The agency is really defined by the people that work for it, and they’re really the bread and butter, the heart and soul of what we do. Everybody is such a believer in our mission. We couldn’t do what we do without such a widely talented group of people that work for us. That would be something that I would want more people to know about PACE. We’re in it for the long haul. We’re still open for business, we’re still working until there’s no ability for us to work. Don’t hesitate to reach out.</p><p><em>If you need assistance, visit </em><a href="https://paceinfo.org/contact-us/"><em>PACE’s Contact Us page</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><em>Sean McCarthy is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to The New Bedford Light.</em></p><p><em>This interview has been edited for length and clarity.</em></p><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide"/>
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  190. <p>Several New Bedford immigrants – mostly Guatemalans – have been deported, pleaded guilty to re-entry or released on bail.</p>
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  193. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?resize=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?resize=706%2C397&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="157223" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/1647-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?fit=1800%2C1012&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1800,1012" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1738589184&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;350&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="&#8211;1647" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;For use with Immigration 2025 series&lt;/p&gt;
  194. " data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;The Department of Homeland Security flag waves outside the facility in Burlington. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  195. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1647-edited.jpg?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1" /></figure><p class="has-drop-cap">New Bedford continues to feel the effects of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations that have so far detained at least 28 men, mostly from Guatemala, in the city since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.&nbsp;</p><p>The Light has been unable to confirm whether any resident was arrested in an <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/28/metro/nantucket-ice-arrests/">operation Tuesday where agents detained 40 immigrants</a> on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. That operation came as ICE and Homeland Security Investigations face a leadership shakeup and an <a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-border-trump-ice-6fecdf2313788bd889b51adfb003ca7a?fbclid=IwY2xjawKmr-JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFSU05rem9SSURwck5ENHlZAR6Ge0HEC_0hKPScb6nWqAukTq328DL0Ub63fyZXsyToUmOl-HBvWLT7KMVjyQ_aem_Xi6ff5V-oX4xLYUZBN7d8w">administration announcement of a 3,000 daily national immigration arrest goal</a> as part of the president’s mass deportation campaign.</p><p>Nonetheless, legal processes in several cases have been carried out, resulting in some deportations and some releases involving New Bedford immigrants.</p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Guilty plea in U.S. District Court</h3><p>Mário Lopez Sajvin, a Guatemalan immigrant, <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Sajvin-Plea.pdf">pleaded guilty</a> in the U.S. District Court Massachusetts in Boston Wednesday to illegal re-entry, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.&nbsp;</p><p>According to the DOJ, Sajvin was deported on Dec. 8, 2010, following an assault and battery conviction in Prince George’s County, Maryland, earlier that year. The press release said the charge stemmed from an incident with his roommate earlier that year. The Prince George’s County District Court Clerk’s Office did not respond to a Light request for the records.</p><p>A review of records at New Bedford District Court found charges of assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, issued respectively on March 30 and Sept. 8, 2009. The first charge was dismissed upon recommendation of the Probation Department and the second due to failure to prosecute.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Lopez-complaint.pdf">According to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court</a>, Sajvin was turned away twice after attempting to re-enter the country near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, in December 2022. It remains unclear when he re-entered the U.S.&nbsp;</p><p>On Nov. 25, 2023, Westport police arrested Sajvin on an open warrant, though it remains unclear on what charge. In the complaint, the Department of Homeland Security said police did not hold him despite an ICE request. The Light has filed a public records request with the Westport Police Department for the arrest report.</p><p>On March 3, 2024, New Bedford police charged Sajvin with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle, and lewdness/open and gross misconduct. Sajvin admitted to sufficient facts on the unlicensed operation and lewdness charges and was sentenced to administrative supervision on Aug. 6, 2024, with a new appearance date set for Aug. 5, 2025. Sajvin was found not responsible for the open container charge.</p><p>On Dec. 29, 2024, New Bedford police charged Sajvin with negligent operation of a motor vehicle, improper operation of a motor vehicle, operating under the influence of alcohol, leaving the scene of property damage, and a marked lanes violation. That case remains open with a warrant issued for his arrest on May 8, more than a month after his entry into ICE detention.</p><p>Authorities detained Sajvin, 35, and his roommates, Oswaldo Vicente Sajvin, 24, and Julio Amilcar Chiquin Tux, 27, at their Sawyer Street apartment on March 22 as <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/weekend-arrests-part-of-statewide-ice-operation/">part of an “enhanced enforcement operation” </a>across the Commonwealth at the time. A review by the New Bedford District Court clerk’s office found no criminal charges filed against either of the other two men in Massachusetts.&nbsp;</p><p>According to U.S. District Court records, Mário Lopez Sajvin was assigned an attorney and waived his rights to the reading of the indictment, a preliminary hearing, and a detention hearing. He agreed to plead in an agreement acknowledging the potential immigration consequences of his plea.&nbsp;</p><p>The DOJ said he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, three years supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. According to the plea agreement, Sajvin is likely to face 24 months probation and a mandatory $100 fine with little or no prison time.</p><p>Sajvin’s sentencing is set for July 10 at the Joseph E. Moakley Courthouse in Boston.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">One man released with ankle monitor</h3><p>A man who entered the U.S. three years ago as an unaccompanied minor was released from ICE custody Tuesday, according to his lawyer.</p><p>Ondine Gálvez Sniffin said authorities released Mario Estuardo Toj Cos, 20, on Tuesday, about three weeks after attorneys filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on his behalf at U.S. District Court Massachusetts.</p><p>Sniffin said Immigration Judge Donald Ostrom of the Chelmsford Immigration Court ordered his release on bail without a GPS monitor, but that ICE released him with one anyway. She said she intends to go to court and ask the judge to put an order to remove monitoring in writing.</p><p>“They put a GPS monitor on him and from their point of view, it’s pretty standard,” she said. “Now, we’re going to have to file a bond motion to have that taken off.”</p><p>According to documents obtained by The Light after their filing in U.S. District Court, Toj Cos was in a van when federal authorities stopped the vehicle looking for someone else on May 7. Toj Cos, the target, and two others were detained as part of the operation.</p><p>Lawyers for Toj Cos claimed in their habeas corpus petition that he was arrested without justification.</p><p>Toj Cos entered the U.S. in 2022 at the age of 17, according to documents obtained by The Light after filing in U.S. District Court. As an unaccompanied minor, he could not be held in immigration detention under current statute and instead was released into the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Soon after, he was handed over to the custody of his brother, Silverio Toj Cos.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Multiple New Bedford men have been deported</h3><p>At least three men detained in New Bedford since January by federal authorities in immigration enforcement operations are now confirmed out of the country.</p><p>The men include Manuel Ordoñez Socop, and José Antonio Garcia Garcia, 39, <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/two-guatemalans-detained-in-early-morning-ice-raid-in-new-bedford/">both arrested in a raid on their Viall Street home in the city’s South End on March 21</a>. Leticia, 19, a cousin of Socop’s who lived with the pair, confirmed the two men were both deported.</p><p>According to two minors and one young adult present for the raid, agents dressed in military fatigues used a battering ram to enter their home without permission and did not show a warrant seeking either Garcia or Socop. The youth said agents pointed guns at them during the operation and only released them after they proved legal presence in the U.S.</p><p>“We’re still working through what happened,” Leticia told The Light Wednesday in Spanish.</p><p>As of Friday, a search through the ICE detainee locator found no results for Socop, though a Guatemalan named “José Garcia” was located at the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana, a common holding sight for deportees just before their flights to Guatemala.</p><p>In a separate case, the wife of Juan Ramón Alegría Rodas, 43, confirmed to The Light that he was deported to Guatemala on May 19.&nbsp;</p><p>Rodas had been living in the U.S. for 30 years when <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/guatemalan-immigrant-in-u-s-for-30-years-arrested-by-federal-agents/">agents arrested him</a> outside the home of his wife, Patricia, in the North End of the city on May 5 as he prepared to drive to New Bedford High School to pick up his daughter from school.</p><p>When asked for further comment, Patricia said she had nothing to add at the moment.</p><p>“It’s not a good moment now,” she said in Spanish. “My children are very sad.”</p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Rui Murras</h3><p>A review of the ICE detainee locator found that Rui Murras, a Portuguese green card holder who has lived in New Bedford since he was 2, is no longer listed in the database, an indicator that he is no longer in agency custody.</p><p>Helena DaSilva Hughes, president of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center, said its significance is unclear.</p><p>“It means one of two things,” she said. “Either he’s out on bail or they deported him.”</p><p>Rumors recently spread that authorities released Murras following a report in the Portuguese news service Agência Lusa last week. <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/portuguese-man-still-in-ice-custody-despite-rumors-of-his-release/">The Light found the reports to be false</a> after conversations with Hughes and Stephen Roth, Murras’ immigration attorney.</p><p>“I spoke with the family after that,” Hughes said. “They told me he hadn’t even had a bail hearing yet.</p><p>ICE took Murras into custody after <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/new-bedford-man-detained-by-ice-despite-longtime-legal-residency-in-u-s/">Customs and Border Protection stopped him at Boston Logan International Airport</a> as he returned from a trip to Mexico with his girlfriend. The detainment was due to a 2013 drug charge that had been dismissed by the courts. According to immigration law, a charge for any felony that can result in a minimum prison stay of 365 days, is enough to flag someone for deportation.</p><p>Murras’ lawyer, family and representatives for the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Relations did not respond to requests for comment.</p><p>Portugal’s Embassy in the U.S. said it is following Murras’ case and is in touch with the U.S. government on the matter.</p><p>“We are following the developments of the process,” Portuguese Ambassador to the U.S. Francisco Duarte Lopes told The Light in an e-mail. “We will continue to respect the wishes of the family to not speak publicly on the matter.”</p><p>Murras’ lawyer and family did not respond to requests for comment.</p><p><em>Email Kevin G. Andrade at </em><a href="mailto:kandrade@newbedfordlight.org"><em>kandrade@newbedfordlight.org</em></a></p><p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: This story was updated on Sunday, June 1, 2025, to correct the spelling of Portuguese Ambassador to the U.S. Francisco Duarte Lopes&#8217; name. This story was updated on Saturday, May 31, 2025, to add comment from Portugal’s Embassy in the U.S. </em></p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide"/><h4 class="wp-block-heading section-header" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400"><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-primary-color">More by Kevin G. Andrade</mark></h4><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide"/><p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/ice-impact-still-felt-in-new-bedford/">ICE impact still felt in New Bedford</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  204. <title>At Fashion Rev NB, local fashions on display for a good cause</title>
  205. <link>https://newbedfordlight.org/at-fashion-rev-nb-local-fashions-on-display-for-a-good-cause/</link>
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  208. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Kepinski]]></dc:creator>
  209. <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 20:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  215. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=706%2C471&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="163449" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="fashion rev nb runway 76" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1" /></figure>
  216. <p>Fashion Revolution, founded after the collapse of a Bangladesh garment factory that killed more than 1,100 people, is a worldwide movement to raise awareness about the ills of the fashion industry. </p>
  217. <p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/at-fashion-rev-nb-local-fashions-on-display-for-a-good-cause/">At Fashion Rev NB, local fashions on display for a good cause</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  219. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?resize=706%2C471&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="163449" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="fashion rev nb runway 76" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-76.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1" /></figure><p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: Anj Kepinski, the photographer behind The Light&#8217;s Street Style series, attended Fashion Rev NB at Gallery X in May to check out a home-grown fashion show. The event, involving local makers, designers and vintage resellers, took aim at what its organizers described as the exploitive ills of fast fashion — the business model of copying trendy styles, mass-manufacturing clothing quickly and selling it at low cost. Here&#8217;s what Kepinski saw and learned:&nbsp;</em></p><p class="has-drop-cap">As a photographer shooting this event, I didn’t know exactly what to expect, but what I found was something really cool and unique. New Bedford has deep roots in the textile world, and while most of that industry has faded, there’s still this raw creative energy in the air. While taking photos throughout the day, what really hit me was the atmosphere and vibe. People from all walks of life — young, old, different backgrounds — came together, not just to show off their fits, but to connect. There was a real sense of community and purpose behind the designs. 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  221. <h6 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:300"><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-dark-gray-color">Scenes from the Fashion Rev NB show in May at Gallery X. Credit: Andrew Kepinski / The New Bedford Light</mark></h6></div></div><p>Claudia De Sousa-Baptista, owner of Brushwood Tailors Opportunity Shop in downtown New Bedford, and one of the fashion show directors, gave a little insight into the background of how the event came to be:</p><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignright size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="731" height="1024" data-attachment-id="163467" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?fit=1500%2C2100&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1500,2100" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="fashion rev nb behind the scenes 3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?fit=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?fit=731%2C1024&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?resize=731%2C1024&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163467" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?resize=731%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 731w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?resize=768%2C1075&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?resize=1097%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1097w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?resize=1463%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1463w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?resize=1200%2C1680&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?resize=780%2C1092&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?resize=800%2C1120&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?resize=400%2C560&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?resize=706%2C988&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-behind-the-scenes-3-731x1024.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-dark-gray-color">Scenes from the Fashion Rev NB show in May at Gallery X. Credit: Andrew Kepinski / The New Bedford Light</mark></figcaption></figure></div><p class="has-normal-font-size">“Fashion Revolution is a worldwide movement that raises awareness about the ills of the fashion industry. It was founded after the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh on April 24, 2013 where 1,134 garment workers died,” said De Sousa-Baptista. “I hope to build people’s understanding that trends are garbage created by the industry to sell, sell, sell and that loving yourself and trusting your own sense of style is one of the best weapons against the hyper fast fashion machine.”</p><p>Everyone brought their own flavor, but there was a shared purpose — fashion that cares about the planet and the people on it. It wasn’t just style for style’s sake. It was intentional, expressive, and super refreshing to witness. Shooting this felt like catching a glimpse of where fashion is heading. Rhonda M. Fazio, owner of Interwoven Art Studio downtown New Bedford, and also one of the fashion show directors, spoke on the importance of personal creativity in fashion.</p><p>“We think similarly but produce designs differently with care and consideration to our environment. Personal creativity over sameness is the designing factor over industrial made clothing that lacks personality,” said Fazio. “I believe people walk away from the experience of Fashion Rev knowing more about themselves and each other through the art of making through individual creativity.”</p><figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="488" data-attachment-id="163443" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?fit=1500%2C938&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1500,938" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="fashion rev nb runway 70" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;The Fashion Rev NB show at Gallery X in May. Credit: Andrew Kepinski / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  222. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?fit=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?fit=780%2C488&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?resize=780%2C488&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163443" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?resize=1200%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?resize=780%2C488&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?resize=800%2C500&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?resize=400%2C250&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?resize=706%2C441&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fashion-rev-nb-runway-70-1024x640.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Fashion Rev NB show at Gallery X in May. Credit: Andrew Kepinski / The New Bedford Light</figcaption></figure><p>With New Bedford having the textile history that it does, it seems fitting that we hold an event like this. This is a story of revival and resilience. It’s an echo of the industrial past, but reimagined into something more mindful. Chaska England, one of the three founders of Fashion Rev NB, had close ties to New Bedford’s fashion history.</p><p>“It’s been three decades since the textile industry in New Bedford dissolved. I see its ghost in old worn signs and in the massive mill buildings it left behind,” said England. “My grandmother and godmother both worked in the textile mills. Yet our connection to the whaling industry ended 100 years ago and it seems to be splashed vibrantly across our city. There’s room to honor both sides of our past.”</p><p>New Bedford has always and will forever remain a city rich with culture and creativity. I left this event feeling not only inspired, but proud to be surrounded by so many people with passionate intentions on creating a new, more thoughtful path forward. My hope is that movements like this can bring awareness to ways we can be more progressive in the fashion industry for the sake of our future.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/><h4 class="wp-block-heading has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-278dc2c3ce2874973553a1aa54794981" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400"><em>The following presenters at Fashion Rev NB had this to say to the question, <mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#29abe2" class="has-inline-color">&#8220;How do your designs fit into your personal style?&#8221;</mark></em></h4><div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="975" data-attachment-id="163459" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/hartman-deetz/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?fit=2048%2C2560&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2048,2560" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Hartman Deetz&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Hartman Deetz&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Hartman Deetz" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Hartman Deetz&lt;/p&gt;
  223. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C975&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz.jpg?resize=780%2C975&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163459" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?resize=1639%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1639w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1500&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C2500&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C975&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C500&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C882&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-scaled.jpg?w=1560&amp;ssl=1 1560w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hartman-Deetz-819x1024.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /></figure>
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  225. <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h4 class="wp-block-heading reduce-bottom-margin">Hartman Deetz</h4>
  226.  
  227. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:200">&#8220;Most of the art I produce nowadays draws heavily on my traditional cultural arts, but in this fashion show I got to return to my contemporary hip hop aesthetics that have been ever present in my personal expression.&#8221;</h4></div></div></div></div></div>
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  229. <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="975" data-attachment-id="163457" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/claudia-de-sousa-baptista-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?fit=2048%2C2560&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2048,2560" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Claudia De Sousa -Baptista&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Claudia De Sousa -Baptista&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Claudia De Sousa -Baptista" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Claudia De Sousa -Baptista&lt;/p&gt;
  230. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C975&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista.jpg?resize=780%2C975&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163457" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?resize=1638%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1638w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1500&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C2500&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C975&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C500&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C883&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-scaled.jpg?w=1560&amp;ssl=1 1560w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Claudia-De-Sousa-Baptista-819x1024.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /></figure>
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  232. <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h4 class="wp-block-heading reduce-bottom-margin">Claudia De Sousa-Baptista</h4>
  233.  
  234. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:200">&#8220;This particular collection of designs (garments made of vintage silk scarves) plays into my desire for unusual, high quality garments for when I have to get dressed up.&#8221;</h4></div></div></div></div></div>
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  236. <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="946" data-attachment-id="163460" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/korie-ellis/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?fit=2110%2C2560&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2110,2560" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Korie Ellis" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?fit=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C946&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis-.jpg?resize=780%2C946&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163460" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?resize=844%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 844w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?resize=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1 247w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C932&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?resize=1266%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1266w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?resize=1688%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1688w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1456&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C2426&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C946&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C971&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C485&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C857&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--scaled.jpg?w=1560&amp;ssl=1 1560w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Korie-Ellis--844x1024.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /></figure>
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  238. <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h4 class="wp-block-heading reduce-bottom-margin">Korie Ellis</h4>
  239.  
  240. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:200">&#8220;As a natural dyer in my mid-30s, my style starts with one simple question: what is this made of, and where did it come from? That’s the foundation, full stop. Please miss me with the freshly purchased polyester and spandex; I’ll take thrifted linen. These days, comfort leads, function follows, and color brings it all to life. That’s the recipe for both my work and the way I show up in the world through fashion.&#8221;</h4></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="990" data-attachment-id="163456" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/chaska-england/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?fit=2017%2C2560&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2017,2560" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Chaska England" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?fit=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C990&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-807x1024.jpg?resize=780%2C990&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163456" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?resize=807%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 807w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?resize=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1 236w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C975&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?resize=1210%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1210w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?resize=1614%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1614w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1523&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C2538&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C990&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C1015&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C508&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C896&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?w=2017&amp;ssl=1 2017w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-scaled.jpg?w=1560&amp;ssl=1 1560w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Chaska-England-807x1024.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /></figure>
  241.  
  242. <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h4 class="wp-block-heading reduce-bottom-margin">Chaska England</h4>
  243.  
  244. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:200">&#8220;My work is a fusion of upcycling, patchwork, and painting. I love working with my sewing machine and the sudoku-like challenge of patchwork.&#8221;</h4></div></div></div></div></div>
  245.  
  246. <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="975" data-attachment-id="163461" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/rhonda-m-fazio/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?fit=2048%2C2560&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2048,2560" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Rhonda M. Fazio&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Rhonda M. Fazio&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Rhonda M. Fazio" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Rhonda M. Fazio&lt;/p&gt;
  247. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C975&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio.jpg?resize=780%2C975&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163461" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?resize=1638%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1638w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1500&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C2500&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C975&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C500&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C883&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-scaled.jpg?w=1560&amp;ssl=1 1560w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rhonda-M.-Fazio-819x1024.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /></figure>
  248.  
  249. <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h4 class="wp-block-heading reduce-bottom-margin">Rhonda M. Fazio</h4>
  250.  
  251. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:200">&#8220;Dyer Maker Studio designs fit every body type and are heavy in environmental mindfulness in the way they are made with minimal materials using natural color and fibers that date back several thousand years. Claudia calls me the original gangsta which I had no idea what it meant, except I have been pretty steadfast in my use of sustainable materials in the years I have created them. Keep it real, keep it simple, keep it wearable for everyone.&#8221;</h4></div></div></div></div></div>
  252.  
  253. <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="975" data-attachment-id="163454" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/aidil-timas-grogan/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?fit=2048%2C2560&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2048,2560" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Aidil Timas Grogan&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Aidil Timas Grogan&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Aidil Timas Grogan" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Aidil Timas Grogan&lt;/p&gt;
  254. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C975&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan-.jpg?resize=780%2C975&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163454" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?resize=1638%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1638w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1500&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C2500&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C975&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C500&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C883&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--scaled.jpg?w=1560&amp;ssl=1 1560w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aidil-Timas-Grogan--819x1024.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /></figure>
  255.  
  256. <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h4 class="wp-block-heading reduce-bottom-margin">Aidil Timas Grogan</h4>
  257.  
  258. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:200">&#8220;My designs are created like it was for myself. I always imagine myself wearing it or carrying it.&#8221;</h4></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="995" data-attachment-id="163455" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/aleta-may-deyo/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?fit=2008%2C2560&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2008,2560" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Aleta May Deyo" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?fit=235%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C995&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo.jpg?resize=780%2C995&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163455" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?resize=803%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 803w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?resize=235%2C300&amp;ssl=1 235w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C979&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?resize=1205%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1205w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?resize=1606%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1606w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1530&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C2550&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C995&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C1020&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C510&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C900&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-scaled.jpg?w=2008&amp;ssl=1 2008w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aleta-May-Deyo-803x1024.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /></figure>
  259.  
  260. <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h4 class="wp-block-heading reduce-bottom-margin">Aleta May Deyo</h4>
  261.  
  262. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:200">&#8220;I have been upcycling for decades, I even upcycled my own wedding dress. Upcycling a garment is akin to solving a puzzle, identifying the unique elements and textures the old pieces hold and bringing them together to create a new and unique garment.&#8221;</h4></div></div></div></div></div>
  263.  
  264. <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="975" data-attachment-id="163458" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/emily-moniz/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Emily-Moniz-scaled.jpg?fit=2048%2C2560&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2048,2560" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Emily Moniz&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Emily Moniz&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Emily Moniz" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Emily Moniz&lt;/p&gt;
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  266.  
  267. <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h4 class="wp-block-heading reduce-bottom-margin">Emily Moniz</h4>
  268.  
  269. <h4 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:200">&#8220;My designs fit into my personal style with their playfulness and balance of eccentricity and elegance. I love to create garments that celebrate femininity and add whimsy to everyday life. I’ve always been drawn to historical fashion, and now I have the chance to blend that admiration with the richness of my own history, culture, and memories, crafting garments that are both timeless and personal.&#8221;</h4></div></div></div></div></div>
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  271. <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div></div><div class="wp-block-cover no-vertical-margin" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:332px;aspect-ratio:unset;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="546" data-attachment-id="159401" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/?attachment_id=159401" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1792&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1792" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C546&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" class="wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-159401 size-large" alt="" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash.jpg?resize=780%2C546&#038;ssl=1" data-object-fit="cover" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C717&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C538&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1075&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1434&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C840&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C1400&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C546&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C560&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C280&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C494&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash-1024x717.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-60 has-background-dim" style="background-color:#2e6b96"></span><div class="wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-1f8016a7 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained"><p class="has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"></p>
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  277. <div class="wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px"><div
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  636. <title>$70 million in bonds in pipeline for New Bedford’s water systems</title>
  637. <link>https://newbedfordlight.org/70-million-in-bonds-in-pipeline-for-new-bedfords-water-systems/</link>
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  640. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Hogan]]></dc:creator>
  641. <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 18:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
  642. <category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
  643. <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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  646. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="682" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1363&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C799&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=1568%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C266&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C470&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="58141" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/_mag9981/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1704&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1704" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;MICHAEL_MORRISSEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Old drainage pipe still occasionally dumps sewage into the water.                       Credit: Michael Morrissey \/ The New Bedford Light&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1655668939&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Michael Morrissey&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="combined sewer overflows 4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;This combined sewer overflow pipe off of East Rodney French Boulevard was built in the 1920s, according to the city. During heavy storms, it will release sewage. Credit: Michael Morrissey / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  647. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1" /></figure>
  648. <p>The bonds, which are set for a final council vote on June 12, would continue the cleanup of waterways, improve the sewer system, and get rid of more lead pipes.</p>
  649. <p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/70-million-in-bonds-in-pipeline-for-new-bedfords-water-systems/">$70 million in bonds in pipeline for New Bedford’s water systems</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  651. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="682" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1363&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C799&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=1568%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C266&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C470&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="58141" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/_mag9981/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1704&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1704" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;MICHAEL_MORRISSEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Old drainage pipe still occasionally dumps sewage into the water.                       Credit: Michael Morrissey \/ The New Bedford Light&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1655668939&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Michael Morrissey&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="combined sewer overflows 4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;This combined sewer overflow pipe off of East Rodney French Boulevard was built in the 1920s, according to the city. During heavy storms, it will release sewage. Credit: Michael Morrissey / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  652. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MAG9981-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1" /></figure><p class="has-drop-cap">NEW BEDFORD — It’s the nation’s most valuable fishing port, but the fish in the harbor aren’t safe to eat.&nbsp;</p><p>It’s a home for world-class sailing and boating, but not known for its water quality.</p><p>Its miles of beaches are on the same coastline as burning hot tourist destinations, but frequently closed for swimming because of bacteria and sewage overflow.</p><p>New Bedford is a city built by the sea — in more ways than one — but historically the city&#8217;s success came at the expense of its waterways.</p><p>A new bond order advanced in City Council last Thursday will kick off the latest round of work — $70 million in total — for the Whaling City to repair, replace, and improve its water systems: stormwater, wastewater, and lead pipes alike.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="285" data-attachment-id="163525" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/img_8455/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C935&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,935" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1748347703&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.96&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0082644628099174&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG_8455" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Pumping stations, wet wells, and sewer mains in New Bedford need renovation or replacement. Credit: New Bedford DPI&lt;/p&gt;
  653. " data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Pumping stations, wet wells, and sewer mains in New Bedford need renovation or replacement. Credit: New Bedford DPI&lt;/p&gt;
  654. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C110&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C285&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455.jpg?resize=780%2C285&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163525" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C374&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C110&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C280&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C561&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C748&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C438&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C730&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C285&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C292&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C146&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C258&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-scaled.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8455-1024x374.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Pumping stations, wet wells, and sewer mains in New Bedford need renovation or replacement. Credit: New Bedford DPI</figcaption></figure><p>After unanimously passing a second reading in City Council last week, the bonds are set for final approval on June 12, which will allow the city to enter the bond market and meet the June 30 deadline to receive state aid. That available aid, however, has been reduced since previous years, according to city officials.</p><p>“The city has made tremendous progress over the last 30 years,” Shawn Syde, the city engineer, told the council in a presentation on the work that will take place over the next three to five years. New Bedford’s Department of Public Infrastructure (DPI) has already overseen $134 million in water distribution improvements since 2018, said Syde, plus $220 million more in separating the stormwater and wastewater systems since 2016.</p><p>“A lot of folks don’t understand that when you flush the toilet or use the sink in Sassaquin [in New Bedford’s far North End], that wastewater is moved from that end of the city down to the peninsula,” said DPI Commissioner Jamie Ponte. He said that New Bedford has about 300 miles of pipes and maintaining them is “a 24-hour, 365-day process … that requires significant attention and upkeep. It’s pretty marvelous.”</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="519" data-attachment-id="163816" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/2063/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1333" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1748524015&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="&#8211;2063" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;A sign marks the location of a CSO pipe on Rodney French Boulevard. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  655. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?resize=780%2C519&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163816" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?resize=706%2C471&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2063-1024x682.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A sign marks the location of a combined sewer overflow pipe on Rodney French Boulevard. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light</figcaption></figure><p>All told, New Bedford has spent about <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/buzzards-bay-coalition-wants-federal-aid-to-fix-new-bedfords-sewer-problems/">half a billion dollars</a> over the last three decades to make the water system more efficient, to rip the lead pipes out of the ground, and to reduce the sewage runoff into the harbor and Buzzards Bay. And there’s still much more to do.&nbsp;</p><p>“All this work is discussed and coordinated with DEP and EPA,” Syde told councilors, referring to the state and federal agencies that regulate pollution and the environment. “They are in lockstep with what we’re attempting to do.”</p><p>New Bedford has been responding to federal and state mandates to clean up the waterways, improve the sewer system, and get rid of the lead pipes. However, in this latest round of funding, some of the support from those agencies has been slipping away.</p><p>“Typically about 90% of the funding had come from DEP, and about 10% from the city,” Syde said, noting support from the state. “Now it’s about 50-50. We don’t have access to the … money that we once did.”</p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">$38 million for water infrastructure, lead pipe removal</h3><p>Two bonds were presented to City Council, and the larger bond —&nbsp;$38 million —&nbsp;will address “critical upgrades” to the water distribution system and lead pipe removal.</p><p>The majority of that money — $24.9 million — will go to removing the lead pipes that connect older homes and businesses to the city’s water grid. All projects financed by this bond, including various water main replacements and system reinforcements, have been mandated under state and federal laws.</p><p>The lead service replacement program has been ongoing in New Bedford for about six years, according to DPI officials. This most recent bond will finance Phase 4 of the lead removal, and those officials are hopeful that a fifth and final phase will extricate the last lead pipes in New Bedford.&nbsp;</p><p>Across all phases, the city will remove almost 8,000 lead pipes.</p><p>Because of the long process to plan, fund, and execute these projects, several other phases of lead removal are ongoing. Right now, the city is wrapping up Phase 2 — which will take the city to a total of 3,425 removed lead pipes, or 43% progress. Phase 3 is currently “out to bid,” meaning the city is finalizing its contracts and plans — and the completion of this phase will get the city to 5,865 removed lead pipes, or 74% progress.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="690" height="330" data-attachment-id="163829" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/70-million-in-bonds-in-pipeline-for-new-bedfords-water-systems/screenshot-2025-05-29-at-2-18-18-pm/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-2.18.18-PM.png?fit=690%2C330&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="690,330" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Screenshot 2025-05-29 at 2.18.18 PM" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-2.18.18-PM.png?fit=300%2C143&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-2.18.18-PM.png?fit=690%2C330&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-2.18.18-PM.png?resize=690%2C330&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163829" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-2.18.18-PM.png?w=690&amp;ssl=1 690w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-2.18.18-PM.png?resize=300%2C143&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-2.18.18-PM.png?resize=400%2C191&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-2.18.18-PM.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px" /></figure><p>At the end of Phase 4, the plan now seeking funding through the bond order, 6,965 lead pipes will have been removed, or 87% progress. Work on Phase 4 is projected to be completed in 2029, according to the city’s estimates.</p><p>“All the low-hanging fruit has been removed,” said Ponte, the DPI commissioner. In later stages of the lead pipe removal, “it costs more money to get out a smaller discharge” — because the sites may be older, abandoned, or harder to access.&nbsp;</p><p>Other projects funded by this bond are for improving the aging water mains — some of which are more than 100 years old. The DPI is coordinating all work on water mains with road improvements, so that roads won’t be dug up twice. Water main improvements and other reinforcements are projected to be completed in 2028.</p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">$32 million for wastewater and stormwater — stopping sewage overflows</h3><p>Anytime it rains in New Bedford, the century-old sewer system becomes overwhelmed, flowing over its guardrails, and pouring wastewater through 27 approved and monitored “CSO discharges” — combined sewer overflows — into the harbor and Buzzards Bay.</p><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignright size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="532" data-attachment-id="163524" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/img_8454/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1745&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1745" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1748347677&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.96&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0082644628099174&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG_8454" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;The water distribution system in New Bedford still relies on infrastructure over than 100 years old. A pipe uncovered in 2018 work has markings that indicate it dates to 1875. Credit: New Bedford DPI&lt;/p&gt;
  656. " data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;The water distribution system in New Bedford still relies on infrastructure over than 100 years old. A pipe uncovered in 2018 work has markings that indicate it dates to 1875. Credit: New Bedford DPI&lt;/p&gt;
  657. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C532&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454.jpg?resize=780%2C532&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163524" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C698&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C523&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1047&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1396&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C818&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C1363&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C532&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C545&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C273&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C481&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-scaled.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8454-1024x698.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The water distribution system in New Bedford still relies on infrastructure over than 100 years old. A pipe uncovered in 2018 work has markings that indicate it dates to 1875. Credit: New Bedford DPI</figcaption></figure></div><p>“Are we paying for the sins of our fathers?” asked Ponte. “Yes.”</p><p>“Back when they were building it they ran the pipes down to the river,” Ponte said. “Right now the goal of the program is to separate the system” — that is, separating the wastewater pipes from the stormwater pipes. “The more separation we do, the less likelihood of a CSO event.”&nbsp;</p><p>DPI officials estimated that the total volume of CSOs has been reduced by close to 90% in the last three decades of work. In 1990, an estimated 3.1 billion gallons of untreated discharge flowed out of the CSO pipes, but that was reduced to approximately 183 million gallons in 2016, according to the <a href="https://newbedford-ma.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/20230112155953/Executive-Summary_ReducedSize-1.pdf">Long Term CSO Control Plan</a>, a report from 2017.&nbsp;</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="435" data-attachment-id="163828" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/70-million-in-bonds-in-pipeline-for-new-bedfords-water-systems/estimated-system-overflow-stats/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/estimated-system-overflow-stats.png?fit=881%2C491&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="881,491" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="estimated system overflow stats" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/estimated-system-overflow-stats.png?fit=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/estimated-system-overflow-stats.png?fit=780%2C435&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/estimated-system-overflow-stats.png?resize=780%2C435&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163828" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/estimated-system-overflow-stats.png?w=881&amp;ssl=1 881w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/estimated-system-overflow-stats.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/estimated-system-overflow-stats.png?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/estimated-system-overflow-stats.png?resize=780%2C435&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/estimated-system-overflow-stats.png?resize=800%2C446&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/estimated-system-overflow-stats.png?resize=400%2C223&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/estimated-system-overflow-stats.png?resize=706%2C393&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/estimated-system-overflow-stats.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A chart from the city&#8217;s 2017 long term CSO plan shows that the total volume of CSO discharge has decreased, while the rate of CSO capture has gone up. Credit: CDM Smith</figcaption></figure><p>Ponte said the city is also working on landscape features to soak up stormwater, including permeable sidewalks, catch-basin cleaning, and planting more trees — “so less water gets into the sewer system.”</p><p>Still, the CSO problem requires active, expensive remediation.&nbsp;</p><p>Syde described this latest round of capital improvements as addressing “immediate” needs, and cited various state and federal regulations that require all the work being undertaken.</p><iframe title="Proposed wastewater capital projects" aria-label="Table" id="datawrapper-chart-YFS4V" src="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/YFS4V/1/" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;" height="400" data-external="1"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var t in a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data["datawrapper-height"][t]+"px";r.style.height=d}}}))}();
  658. </script><p>The most expensive portion of these capital improvements, at $12 million, will replace or improve sewers within “the oldest portion of the City’s sewer system,” according to Syde. The priority areas for these improvements include Clark’s Cove and the Upper Acushnet River.&nbsp;</p><p>The next most expensive improvement, the River Road sewer project, will replace large portions of the sewer system near the Acushnet River for $11 million. Syde told city councilors that this project has risen on the priority list and will become more expensive if delayed further. The project will also include repaving and reconstructing the roadway and improving the Howard Avenue pumping station.&nbsp;</p><p>The City Council is on track to give final approval for all the work in both water-related bonds in its next full meeting, on June 12, which will meet the timeline to qualify for state aid —&nbsp;and avert the mistake the council made in 2021, when the body <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/shocking-sewer-and-water-bills-on-tap-for-new-bedford-jack-spillane-column/">missed</a> that deadline.</p><p><em>Email Colin Hogan at </em><a href="mailto:chogan@newbedfordlight.org"><em>chogan@newbedfordlight.org</em></a></p><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"><hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/>
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  671. <title>As ICE touts island arrests, Healey highlights ‘fear’ and ‘anxiety’</title>
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  675. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael P. Norton / State House News Service]]></dc:creator>
  676. <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 17:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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  681. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="660" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?fit=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?w=1863&amp;ssl=1 1863w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=768%2C495&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=1536%2C990&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=1200%2C774&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=780%2C503&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=800%2C516&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=400%2C258&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=706%2C455&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?fit=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="163802" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/screenshot-2025-05-29-105027/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?fit=1863%2C1201&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1863,1201" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Screenshot 2025-05-29 105027" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Gov. Maura Healey speaks at a press conference at the State House on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
  682. " data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Gov. Maura Healey speaks at a press conference at the State House on Wednesday. Credit: State House News Service&lt;/p&gt;
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  684. <p>ICE emphasizes a focus on safety, but the governor says information is lacking.</p>
  685. <p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/as-ice-touts-island-arrests-healey-highlights-fear-and-anxiety/">As ICE touts island arrests, Healey highlights ‘fear’ and ‘anxiety’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  687. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="660" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?fit=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?w=1863&amp;ssl=1 1863w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=768%2C495&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=1536%2C990&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=1200%2C774&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=780%2C503&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=800%2C516&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=400%2C258&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?resize=706%2C455&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?fit=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="163802" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/screenshot-2025-05-29-105027/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?fit=1863%2C1201&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1863,1201" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Screenshot 2025-05-29 105027" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Gov. Maura Healey speaks at a press conference at the State House on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
  688. " data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Gov. Maura Healey speaks at a press conference at the State House on Wednesday. Credit: State House News Service&lt;/p&gt;
  689. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?fit=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-29-105027.jpg?fit=780%2C503&amp;ssl=1" /></figure><p class="has-drop-cap">Federal officials apprehended “around 40” individuals on <a href="https://nantucketcurrent.com/news/federal-agents-making-arrests-on-nantucket-tuesday-morning-2">Nantucket</a> and <a href="https://www.mvtimes.com/2025/05/27/ice-agents-make-arrests-vineyard/">Martha’s Vineyard</a> on Tuesday, part of continuing immigration law enforcement efforts that authorities said involved “a documented gang member and at least one child sex offender.”</p><p>In the wake of the apprehensions, Gov. Maura Healey at an unrelated press conference Wednesday raised questions about due process and a lack of information about those arrested. She called it “very disturbing, needless to say, to wake up to that news about that activity” on the two islands and alleged that immigration enforcement operations are causing “fear” and “anxiety” in Massachusetts communities.</p><p>In a press release Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not release information about the identities of any of the people arrested. It alleged, without specifics, that “many” had “U.S. criminality.”</p><p>The agency highlighted operational cooperation across federal agencies, including the FBI; Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the U.S. Coast Guard.&nbsp;</p><p>“ICE officers and FBI, DEA and ATF agents worked together to arrest a significant number of illegal alien offenders which included at least one child predator,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston Acting Field Office Director Patricia Hyde said in a statement. “Our partners in the U.S. Coast Guard facilitated a safe and efficient transport of the alien offenders off Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, ensuring the safety of the residents of those communities. ICE and our federal partners made a strong stand for prioritizing public safety by arresting and removing illegal aliens from our New England neighborhoods.”</p><p>Sudden immigration sweeps have become a common occurrence in Massachusetts during President Donald Trump’s second term, riling affected communities. “This operation highlights FBI Boston’s ongoing commitment to supporting our partners at the Department of Homeland Security with identifying and apprehending those who are breaking the law by violating our immigration laws and, in some cases, committing crimes that endanger public safety,” said Kimberly Milka, acting special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston Division.</p><p>Healey said state officials and local police chiefs have “zero” information about the federal operations here. “I’d like information,” she said. “I understand that there were 40 people picked up. I also have only heard about two with alleged criminal records. And you know, this is part of the problem that we’re seeing with ICE across the country, and certainly here in Massachusetts. People are being picked up, we have no information about their circumstance. There have been real questions raised about due process and whether or not ICE and immigration officials are following, complying with due process here and in other states, and we need answers.”</p><p>Healey continued: “It’s one thing to go after and target those who have committed crimes, who are here unlawfully. It’s concerning when we see people, moms and dads, being ripped away from families, neighbors — coworkers taken away, literally, it looks like on the way to job sites in Nantucket and on the Vineyard. So we need to know more. But the fear and the uncertainty, the anxiety that is created in these communities, I think is totally unnecessary. I don’t think that this was what we thought that ICE was supposed to be doing.”</p><p>As attorney general, Healey said, she set up the New England Strike Force on Fentanyl. “I’m happy to cooperate with federal and local and state law enforcement when it comes to going out and chasing bad guys and putting them away,” the governor said. “But what we’re seeing are too many instances where real questions about due process are raised.”</p><p>Republican candidate for governor Brian Shortsleeve swiped at the governor over her comments.</p><p>“It’s rich that after years of turning Massachusetts into a migrant magnet and refusing cooperation with federal law enforcement to remove criminal illegal aliens, Maura Healey is pouting that she was kept out of the loop,” he said in a statement. “Instead, she should be apologizing for allowing criminals and gang members who shouldn’t even be in our country walk freely on our streets while spending billions in taxpayer dollars to accommodate them.”</p><p>The News Service asked Shortsleeve’s campaign if he would be OK with federal officials conducting immigration enforcement actions without providing state and local officials with information, and whether he would do anything to try to ensure due process for individuals who are apprehended.</p><p>“A Governor Shortsleeve would insist that local and state officials work in cooperation with the federal government to enforce the laws of the land because that is their job,” campaign spokeswoman Holly Robichaud said. “Under Maura Healey, that has not been happening, which is why we have an illegal immigration crisis in the first place.”</p><p>Robichaud added: “The right to due process is guaranteed by the Constitution and there is a justice system to adjudicate disputes, which must be respected.”</p><p>In New Bedford, at least 25 immigrants have been arrested by immigration agents since the beginning of Trump’s second term, according to data confirmed by The Light.</p><p><em>The Light contributed reporting to this story.</em></p><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"><hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/>
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  691. <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"><h4 class="wp-block-heading section-header" id="related-stories" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400"><a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/immigration"><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-primary-color">More immigration coverage</mark></a></h4>
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  695. <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide"/></div></div></div></div></div></div><p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/as-ice-touts-island-arrests-healey-highlights-fear-and-anxiety/">As ICE touts island arrests, Healey highlights ‘fear’ and ‘anxiety’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  704. <title>Opinion: Changes in elderly program put families at risk</title>
  705. <link>https://newbedfordlight.org/opinion-changes-in-elderly-program-put-families-at-risk/</link>
  706. <comments>https://newbedfordlight.org/opinion-changes-in-elderly-program-put-families-at-risk/#respond</comments>
  708. <dc:creator><![CDATA[James DeArruda]]></dc:creator>
  709. <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 19:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
  710. <category><![CDATA[Community Voices]]></category>
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  713. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="538" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?fit=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?resize=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?resize=400%2C210&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?resize=706%2C371&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?fit=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="93729" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/make-your-voice-heard/your-voice-bendy2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?fit=1500%2C788&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1500,788" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="your voice bendy2" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;your voice&lt;/p&gt;
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  715. <p>“It should go without saying that the social impacts of caring for our loved ones outside the sanctity and security of the family home are as worthy of consideration as the financial costs.” — James DeArruda</p>
  716. <p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/opinion-changes-in-elderly-program-put-families-at-risk/">Opinion: Changes in elderly program put families at risk</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  718. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="538" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?fit=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?resize=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?resize=400%2C210&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?resize=706%2C371&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?fit=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="93729" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/make-your-voice-heard/your-voice-bendy2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?fit=1500%2C788&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1500,788" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="your voice bendy2" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;your voice&lt;/p&gt;
  719. " data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?fit=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/your-voice-bendy2.png?fit=780%2C410&amp;ssl=1" /></figure><p class="has-drop-cap">The frail and vulnerable among the aging population of Massachusetts, from The Greatest Generation to the Baby Boomers, find themselves facing a future with fewer supports.</p><p>The state’s Enhanced Community Options Program, or ECOP, helps keep folks in their homes despite being clinically eligible for nursing home placement. However, the program has taken on some changes in rules that will only leave more families more vulnerable.</p><p>The program found itself with a budget gap in 2024 because of the impacts of the wholly disruptive COVID-19 pandemic. All manner of shutdowns in the early part of the pandemic made budget planning for the program challenging. An unexpectedly large number of requests for services that came later left the program underfunded for Fiscal Year 2025. A recently approved supplemental budget remedied that, and the FY 2026 budget aims to level fund the next budget.</p><p>The state has dealt with the unexpected surge with a policy that will establish a waitlist for the ECOP program. This may mean that many people will no longer have access to a higher level of care who previously would have qualified for those services, and some will be pushed closer to financial hardship. The monthly bill for one person in Massachusetts in a nursing home is, on average, about $13,000. Instead, using ECOP, one of the services in the state’s Home Care Program, they can age in their home at a cost of less than $600 per month. The tax dollars not spent on a nursing home could help keep another 20 or 25 people in their homes and neighborhoods.</p><p>It should go without saying that the social impacts of caring for our loved ones outside the sanctity and security of the family home are as worthy of consideration as the financial costs. In these uncertain times, efficiency can bring direct benefit to the needy among our aging neighbors, and therefore to their families and us as well. Making it easier for us to be in our homes as we travel our lives’ paths, rather than in expensive care facilities, is one big reason the Older Americans Act of 1965 was enacted. The Act created the Area Agencies on Aging, which in Massachusetts delivered about 10 million Meals on Wheels last year, as well as many, many other services intended to make it possible to age well in one&#8217;s own home.</p><p>Of course, it&#8217;s common sense that we should aim to keep our oldest loved ones close at hand, and close at heart. Countless generations have known it. It’s just that a society focused on “efficiency” can make it easy to be distracted from that natural, sustainable inclination.</p><p>“Efficiency” works against itself if it relies on shortcuts. Regarding the Statehouse budget for FY 2026, it can’t be controversial to say that we should care for those who spent their lives paying taxes for our Today.</p><p>Letting a single family face greater hardship weighs heavily in these tough times for the good folks at the Area Agencies on Aging putting these tax dollars to good purpose.&nbsp;</p><p><em>James DeArruda is a member of the Board of Directors for Bristol Aging and Wellness, located in Fall River, an Area Agency on Aging and Aging Services Access Point for 15 cities and towns in Southeastern Massachusetts.</em></p><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"><hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/>
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  721. <h4 class="wp-block-heading section-header" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400"><a href="http://www.newbedfordlight.org/community-voices"><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-primary-color">More Community Voices</mark></a></h4>
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  723. </div></div><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide"/><p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/opinion-changes-in-elderly-program-put-families-at-risk/">Opinion: Changes in elderly program put families at risk</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  732. <title>Coming soon: The Z’s transformation from destination to hub</title>
  733. <link>https://newbedfordlight.org/coming-soon-the-zs-transformation-from-destination-to-hub/</link>
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  736. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eleonora Bianchi]]></dc:creator>
  737. <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 18:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
  738. <category><![CDATA[Arts and Culture]]></category>
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  741. <description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=706%2C397&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="163487" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/2060/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?fit=2000%2C1125&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1125" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1748285749&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="&#8211;2060" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;The Zeiterion renovation project is in the midst of a breathtaking chapter: the restoration of the theater’s ceiling mural, original plasterwork, and the muses themselves. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  742. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1" /></figure>
  743. <p>When the Zeiterion reopens in early 2026, it will include spaces designed not just for performances, but for gathering, learning, and creating. </p>
  744. <p>The post <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/coming-soon-the-zs-transformation-from-destination-to-hub/">Coming soon: The Z’s transformation from destination to hub</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newbedfordlight.org">The New Bedford Light</a>.</p>
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  746. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?resize=706%2C397&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="163487" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/2060/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?fit=2000%2C1125&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1125" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1748285749&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="&#8211;2060" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;The Zeiterion renovation project is in the midst of a breathtaking chapter: the restoration of the theater’s ceiling mural, original plasterwork, and the muses themselves. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  747. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2060.jpg?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1" /></figure><p class="has-drop-cap">Thirty feet above the stage of the Zeiterion Theatre, two men emerge from the fine dust that glistens in the beams of LED work lights; their feet are planted firmly on the scaffolding, their hands reaching up to touch the century-old ceiling under the gaze of nine golden Greek muses watching from the frieze. William Nagenda carefully scrapes away layers of paint to reveal a soft apricot crème color; beside him, Serri Correia carves roses into fresh plaster with scalpel-like tools.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
  748. <iframe title="New Bedford Zeiterion transforms from destination to hub" width="780" height="439" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VomUSUBcSuk?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
  749. </div><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The renovation of the Zeiterion is as much a quest for historical accuracy as it is a work of construction. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light</figcaption></figure><p>“It’s almost like archeologists do stuff,” Nagenda said. “You have to dig in the background and see what the original color is and everything they used before.”</p><p>The Zeiterion renovation project is in the midst of a breathtaking chapter: the restoration of the theater’s ceiling mural, original plasterwork, and the muses themselves. The goal of the historical painters and plasterers is to bring back the theater’s original 1923 color scheme, long buried under layers of paint added during a renovation more than 40 years ago.</p><p>The $37 million renovation project, which began in June 2024, is now 60% complete and remains on track for a reopening in early 2026. The campaign to raise the remaining $2.6 million to reach the full budget is progressing well, according to Nicole Merusi, vice president of Strategic Advancement. “There’s not a piece of this project — whether it’s the historical restoration of the space or how we’re reimagining other parts of the building — that hasn’t come with true community partnerships,” she said.</p><div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="439" data-attachment-id="163486" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/2061/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?fit=2000%2C1125&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1125" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1748285775&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="&#8211;2061" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;A historical plasterer uses a scalpel-like tool to carve plaster on the wall. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  750. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?resize=780%2C439&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163486" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?resize=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?resize=706%2C397&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2061-1024x576.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A historical plasterer uses a scalpel-like tool to carve plaster on the wall. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light</figcaption></figure></div>
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  752. <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="439" data-attachment-id="163488" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/2059/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?fit=2000%2C1125&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1125" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1748285724&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="&#8211;2059" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;The goal of the historical painters and plasterers is to bring back the theater’s original 1923 color scheme, long buried under layers of paint added during a renovation more than 40 years ago. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  753. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?resize=780%2C439&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163488" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?resize=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?resize=706%2C397&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2059-1024x576.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The goal of the historical painters and plasterers is to bring back the theater’s original 1923 color scheme, long buried under layers of paint added during a renovation more than 40 years ago. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light</figcaption></figure></div></div><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Researching the interior’s history</h3><p>The search for the Zeiterion’s original colors began in summer 2020, when the theater sat quiet during the pandemic. A team of specialists conducted a historic paint analysis, peeling back the bluish-gray coating to reveal the palette that once graced the auditorium.</p><p>“What’s really interesting about the Zeiterion is we don’t actually have any color pictures of the interior of the theater from 1923,” said Merusi. Without visual records, the team turned to newspaper archives and local institutions. It became, in her words, “a kind of a process of reading articles, looking to organizations like the Whaling Museum or Spinner Publications, who are the keepers of New Bedford&#8217;s history, to piece together the look and feel of the original color scheme.”</p><p>They collaborated with the Massachusetts Historical Commission and the National Park Service to meet preservation standards. The 1980s renovation, limited by the tools of its time, left much of the original design hidden. “They did the best they could with the technology they had,” said Jacob Robitaille, project manager at Colantonio, the general contractor in charge. “This building was well due for a renovation.”</p><p>As with any major restoration, the new Zeiterion project faced its share of surprises early on. In two locations, construction workers had to dig deeper than where the original foundation was placed.</p><p>Near the future site of the elevator, they hit a granite ledge beneath the structure. With no room for heavy machinery, the rock had to be broken apart in small sections and removed from the building. Beneath the orchestra pit, digging extended below the water table, requiring extensive dewatering to stabilize the ground.</p><figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="439" data-attachment-id="163485" data-permalink="https://newbedfordlight.org/2062/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?fit=2000%2C1125&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1125" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1748285806&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="&#8211;2062" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Serri Correia, a historical plasterer working on the Zeiterion Theatre renovation project, shows one of the plaster roses he carved. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light&lt;/p&gt;
  754. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?resize=780%2C439&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-163485" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?resize=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?resize=706%2C397&amp;ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2062-1024x576.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Serri Correia, a historical plasterer working on the Zeiterion Theatre renovation project, shows one of the plaster roses he carved. Credit: Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light</figcaption></figure><p>“That was a pretty big challenge that our contractors overcame,” said Merusi. “It shifted the timeline a little bit, but not outside our original expectations.”</p><p>Now, as ceiling restoration continues, one mockup section — a finished sample of the final design — has been completed and approved. Once a third of the ceiling is restored, part of the scaffolding will be lowered so some crew members can begin work on the orchestra lift while others continue overhead.</p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">A hub for gathering, learning</h3><p>The Zeiterion’s transformation goes far beyond plaster and paint. When the building reopens in 2026, it will house a new lobby, a classroom, a movement studio, and a speakeasy lounge — spaces designed for community use, learning and gathering, including commercial rentals, birthday and retirement parties or local business meetings.</p><p>These additions reflect a broader evolution in how the Zeiterion plans to operate, explained Merusi. Before the pandemic, the annual budget hovered around $3.4 million. They expect to start at that level again, with steady growth that could “blossom beyond $5 million in a few years.”</p><div class="wp-block-group alignright"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide reduce-bottom-margin"/>
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  760. <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide reduce-bottom-margin"/></div></div><p>As the only theater of its kind within 45 miles, the Zeiterion plays a key role in the region’s cultural life. Most of its audience comes from within 25 miles, but it also draws from Boston, Rhode Island, and the Cape, Merusi said. That reach, she added, is why the community is so eager for its return.</p><p>While she can’t share details yet, Merusi said plans for the 2026 reopening are already in motion — with the goal of making it a clear reflection of the community effort behind the project. “It will be a really strong, shining example of that when we reopen.”</p><p>The Zeiterion team knows how much this moment matters. “We’re just growing further and further apart from each other,” Merusi said. “And I can think of no better time than now for the Zeiterion to really be an important space to bring people together.”</p><p><em>Email Eleonora Bianchi at </em><a href="mailto:ebianchi@newbedfordlight.org"><em>ebianchi@newbedfordlight.org</em></a></p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide"/><h4 class="wp-block-heading section-header" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400"><a href="https://newbedfordlight.org/eleonorabianchi/"><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" 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