Wow. Federal prosecutors just charged a Stoughton, MA police officer with murder in this case. If proven, this would be one of the most disgusting, shocking cover-ups I've ever heard of

Federal environmental reviews are notoriously long, often 1000s of pages. Reading up on the impacts of Vineyard Wind 1, though, I just found 16 riveting pages on the history of sturgeon spawning in the Taunton, Delaware, Connecticut and Hudson rivers: repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/37556

New Bedford ships were still whaling as late as 1927. In my latest story for The Public's Radio 89.3FM, I interview relatives of one of the city's last whaling captains. They inherited his brass knuckles and gold coins. thepublicsradio.org/south-coast-bu…

Stop what you're doing and listen to the audio version of this story for a fascinating seafaring tale

Writers these days are like: wrote about [trivial pop culture subject], [ambitious but casually stated metasubject], [pretentious intellectual theme], and [overly personal story] for [website]

Wrote about whaling, nostalgia for when the rich still did hard labor, and that time I almost got Lyme disease searching for a shipwreck for The Public's Radio 89.3FM: thepublicsradio.org/south-coast-bu…

What does new ownership have in mind for St. Anne's and Morton hospitals? Lynn Arditi got a financial bill of health and some reassurance out of the new CFO: "We are not going in and thinking there will be significant headcount reductions." thepublicsradio.org/health/lifespa…

Such a well-told story by Ben Berke thepublicsradio.org/south-coast-bu…

This restaurant closed and shit ain’t been the same for me since

New England states will announce Friday if they're ready to move ahead with new offshore wind projects, after many had to be canceled last year. Here's an explainer on where the industry stands right now. thepublicsradio.org/environment/st…

Mass. and R.I. to buy power from 3 new offshore wind farms, reviving stalled plans, via ⁦Ben Berke⁩ thepublicsradio.org/environment/ma…

NFL Sunday Ticket licensed a Velvet Underground song for their big ad on the first game of the season. That’s crazy

Fall River looks medieval at night

If Connecticut does not step up to contract for 400 megawatts of Vineyard Wind 2 power not needed by Massachusetts, Vineyard Offshore suggests it may not move forward with its offshore wind facility commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/big-win… via @cwbeacon

Keep New Bedford Clean

Powerful people in our society talk about interest rates the way shamans used to pray for rain

Fossil gas plants are booming in the US. Again. In the year 2024. For AI data centers. Energy addition, not transition. “In the first six months of the year alone, companies have announced plans to build more new gas power capacity across the US than they did in all of 2020”

In 6 years of reporting, I never got more than a few hours of training. It was go go go from the start. Where’s your morning story? Where’s your afternoon story? I’m grateful for this chance to go learn the best practices of other journalists, who I’m usually competing with