I Suppose Closing Bank Branches Makes Sense [OPINION]
I wrote a piece on Tuesday about a letter I received from Santander Bank informing me that the branch I have used for 26 years is closing. The letter stated that the bank branch at 909 Ashley Boulevard would merge with the branch on Acushnet Avenue, just south of Tarkiln Hill Road, on July 23.
Even though I now reside in Dartmouth, I still use the Ashley Boulevard bank branch. I know the people there, and it s comfortable. Yes, I am still one of those people who get out of the car and go inside to conduct my transactions. I often do that at Dunkin too, just for the record.
Santander Bank says it will close its branch location at 909 Ashley Boulevard this summer, becoming the latest business to hop off the Boulevard. Santander Bank says the branch will close on July 23, 2021, and consolidate with the branch location at Lund s Corner.
In a letter informing customers about the plan to consolidate the two branches, bank officials stated, While your branch location is changing, we are committed to helping you to bank your way at any of our remaining branches or using our digital services. Officials did not explain why the branch would be closing.
That section of Ashley Boulevard is undergoing a dramatic change. In recent years, Hancock Monument Company, New York China Buffet, Poirier Post VFW, The Potting Bench, and Dunkin are just some of the businesses to close their doors on Ashley Boulevard. Others, including Camaioni Nursery and Landscaping, are still open but looking for a buyer. And now Santander Bank is closing its branch location.
New Bedford Police Investigating Princeton Street Hit and Run
UPDATE:
New Bedford Police say they have issued a criminal citation and are summonsing Ryan LaFrance, 44, of 103 Clifford Street, for the following charges: leaving the scene of personal injury, leaving the scene of property damage, operating to endanger, and reckless operation of a motor vehicle.
NEW BEDFORD New Bedford Police are investigating a hit-and-run incident Wednesday night in the city’s North End.
Police say they responded at around 6:15 p.m. on March 31 to an incident on Princeton Street near the Ashley Boulevard intersection. According to police, witnesses reported a vehicle traveling east on Princeton Street at a high rate of speed, which then sideswiped two parked vehicles.
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FALL RIVER The driver involved in a crash that killed a New Bedford woman and seriously injured her son was sentenced to serve 14 to 16 years in state prison.
Jennaya Elsa Bennett-Werra, 23, who at the time of the incident was named James Bennett-Werra pleaded guilty to numerous charges in Fall River Superior Court last week.
According to a news release from Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III, the 23-year-old South Easton woman pleaded guilty to indictments charging her with manslaughter, reckless motor vehicle homicide, leaving the scene-death resulting, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon-causing serious bodily injury, leaving the scene of personal injury and assault with a dangerous weapon.
South Easton Woman Sentenced in Fatal New Bedford Crash
A 23-year-old South Easton woman, who in March 2019 caused a fatal car crash in New Bedford and then fled the scene, was sentenced on Friday to serve 14 to 16 years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.
Jennaya Elsa Bennett-Werra, who at the time of the incident was named James Bennett-Werra, pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court to indictments charging her with manslaughter, reckless motor vehicle homicide, leaving the scene-death resulting, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon-causing serious bodily injury, leaving the scene of personal injury, and assault with a dangerous weapon.