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City Seeks Community Input on Spending Opioid Settlement Funds

Keith Thibault April 1, 2024 Comments Off on City Seeks Community Input on Spending Opioid Settlement Funds

The City of Fall River is asking the community how it should spend approximately $8 million over 15 years to ease the impact the opioid epidemic has had on city residents

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State’s Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly in February

Keith Thibault March 22, 2024 Comments Off on State’s Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly in February

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts fell slightly in February to 2.9 percent

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Massachusetts Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly in January

Keith Thibault March 8, 2024 Comments Off on Massachusetts Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly in January

The Massachusetts unemployment rate for January was 3.0%, down two-tenths of a point from December’s rate of 3.2%

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House of Correction Makes Improvements to Limit Rate of Inmate Suicides

Keith Thibault March 1, 2024 Comments Off on House of Correction Makes Improvements to Limit Rate of Inmate Suicides

Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux this week gave the media an update and tour of the Bristol County House of Correction on projects that have been undertaken to reduce the instances of suicide at

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Representative Schmid Will Not Seek Re-Election, Will Retire at the End of the Year

Keith Thibault February 23, 2024 Comments Off on Representative Schmid Will Not Seek Re-Election, Will Retire at the End of the Year

State Representative Paul Schmid, whose district includes a small sliver of the southeast section of the city, has announced that he will not seek election and retire at the end of the year after

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