In a draft complaint, attorneys for New Bedford argued that land seizures the T executed to help build the rail project should be “invalid” because the city had not been part of the MBTA’s service district.
Boston, MA – Today, the Massachusetts House of Representatives honored UMass Dartmouth Men s Basketball Coach Brian Baptiste with a Citation for his impressive coaching career. Baptiste, who Stat.
The New Bedford City Council plans to vote on Thursday night on the first phase of a proposal that would convert a portion of the Whaling City Golf Course into an Advanced Manufacturing Campus. A unanimous vote in the affirmative could make a big difference.
A yes vote asks the Massachusetts Legislature to approve a home rule petition that permits the Mitchell Administration to use protected parkland at the golf course while converting city-owned land in Dartmouth to recreational use. It really does require an act of the legislature to get it done.
The vote to report the measure to the full council was 10-1 with only Councilor-at-Large Linda Morad opposed. Morad s opposition seemed odd as she proposed a very similar economic development strategy when she ran for mayor in 2011. But there it was.