Responding to Trump Supporter Dear Mr. Pond: I am looking at two letters from you in the Fairhaven Neighborhood News. Oh my, now we are blaming everything on the Chinese. Did not Mr. Trump call the virus a “hoax” as early as January? Wasn’t the Chinese PM still his best buddy at the time? Being buddies with Mr… [Read More]

Hooked on Exercise I love to take my daily run out to Fort Phoenix. It’s an opportunity I cherish in this time of lockdown. Some days are busier than others. When I get out to the dead end on the hurricane barrier I often pause to take in the views. There’s always some­thing of interest:… [Read More]

More Women Should Run for office To my “unofficial” 291 votes for my run at Board of Health: Thank you for your votes! I appreciate that even though you didn’t know much about me or why I was running, you went out on Tuesday and voted. In 2016, I tried running for Selectboard and now… [Read More]

Well, this is it. The big gradua­tion issue. The seniors have graduated and are on their way to the next phase of their lives. It was different this year. But it was still lots of fun. The kids are jumping for joy (literally, see the cover); the parents are crying, and lots of people are… [Read More]

Well, hair salons and pet groomers are open. Charlie Dog and I will both be going in soon to get rid of my pandemic hair and his pandemic nails.  Events are starting to slowly happen, but nothing big yet. New Bedford has cancelled all outdoor events until the fall, and that includes fireworks on the… [Read More]

Arts and cultural groups will light New Bedford’s path forward We write as a unified group of leaders from downtown New Bedford’s organizations devoted to art, history, and culture located in the Seaport Cultural District. Since the beginning of this crisis, our primary thoughts have been centered on our commu­nity as we face this pandemic… [Read More]

The Coronavirus and China’s Role First of all, I don’t intend to minimize the seriousness of its impact, but now with the passage of time we can assess the nature of it, and who is most vulnerable to it, and China’s role in concealing its infectious nature and its deadly effects particularly among the aged… [Read More]

Dumpers Have No Respect In these unusual times, when all the world is pulling together, coping and trying to make the best of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is also the time all the losers and low-life people come out from under their rocks and dirty places where they’ve been hiding and make their presence known… [Read More]

WOO HOO! Pet groomers and hair cutters open next week. I won’t have to cut the Evil Dog’s nails after all. I was starting to get kind of proud of my pandemic hair, though. On the other hand, it was getting awfully hot out there. Feels like I have a winter hat on. Next week…SUMMER… [Read More]

Keep audio-only telehealth services We made a great decision. Now we need to adopt it. On March 10, 2020, in a response to the Commonwealth’s COVID-19 outbreak, Governor Baker used his executive order to expand TeleHealth services to include audio only-telephonic treatment. As allowed in other states, I put forward to preserve the audio-only as… [Read More]