In The News

September 8, 2005
Mayoral candidate accused of running to push union raises
NEW BEDFORD -- Responding to constant criticism from challenger Scott W. Lang on the city's crime problems, Mayor Frederick M. Kalisz Jr. has accused Mr. Lang of running for mayor to ensure that the city's police and fire unions receive their pay raises.
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September 7, 2005
Statement from Mayor Frederick M. Kalisz, Jr. in response to Mr. Lang
Let's get to the bottom line on this and other press releases Mr. Lang is sending out on public safety.  
Mr. Lang is representing the municipal unions in his run for mayor, as he has done for many years in his private practice.   This past weekend, the union representing New Bedford firefighters endorsed Mr. Lang's candidacy...
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August 13, 2005     
Police union out to unseat Mayor Kalisz
By AARON NICODEMUS, Standard-Times staff writer
NEW BEDFORD -- The police union, locked in a bitter and drawn-out contract dispute with the city, has launched a campaign to convince voters that they should not re-elect Mayor Frederick M. Kalisz Jr.
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July 29, 2005
Local rail projects poised to get $20M
By JACK SPILLANE, Standard-Times staff writer
Funds will help set stage for area commuter service...
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July 20, 2005
Safety plan a model for fishermen      
By STEVE URBON, Standard-Times senior correspondent
NEW BEDFORD -- Commercial fishermen throughout the nation should someday see the kind of survival training that New Bedford, the Coast Guard and the industry developed this year in response to the loss last December of the scalloper Northern Edge.
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uly 12, 2005 Standard Times
SeaLab moves into new home
By BECKY W. EVANS, Standard-Times staff writer
NEW BEDFORD -- After being displaced from its home three times over the past 30 years, SeaLab has a permanent address at 71 Portland St.
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July 11, 2005 Buzzards Bay Project
New Bedford Sea Lab Program 2005 Groundbreaking

Sea Lab marine education program has permanent home
What began as an open air morning summer program in 1968 with a few teachers from New Bedford teaching ocean sciences on a beach to junior high school students, would, over the years, grow and blossom into one of the most successful youth marine science programs in the country.
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Oct. 15, 2004
Roosevelt sheds 'Underperforming' label
By STEVE URBON, Standard-Times senior correspondent
NEW BEDFORD -- Rescued from a well of failure by a new building, a new administration and a new attitude, Roosevelt Middle School yesterday was officially removed, with great fanfare, from the state's dreaded list of "underperforming" schools.
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