One Homeless Night Seeks To Change Narrative On Homelessness
If you venture down to Normandin Middle School Friday night you'll see a wide array of civic and community leaders sleeping outside the school. Continue reading…
View ArticleSchool Officials Seek Innovation School Designation For Normandin
The New Bedford School Department is taking steps to convert Normandin Middle School into an Innovation School, with special emphasis on subjects like science, technology, engineering, art and math......
View ArticleNo Proof Extending School Works [Poll]
Some New Bedford students will have a longer school day beginning this fall. Normandin Middle and Hayden McFadden Elementary Schools received some state grant money, hundreds of thousands of dollars in...
View ArticleTeachers Lead NB Middle School Redesign
After previous middle school redesign plans in New Bedford failed to gain teacher support, district officials are putting the teachers in charge. At Monday night's School Committee meeting, teacher...
View ArticleHolocaust Survivor Alfrede Myerson Speaks At Normandin
Students and staff at Normandin Middle School welcomed Holocaust survivor Alfrede Myerson, who spoke about living in Germany as a Jewish teenager during the Holocaust. Continue reading…
View ArticleGas Odor Prompts Another Evacuation at Normandin
For the third time in a week, there are reports of the smell of gas at Normandin Middle School. Continue reading…
View ArticleNew Bedford Schools Announce Plans to Commemorate Parkland Tragedy
On Wednesday, New Bedford’s three middle schools and New Bedford High School will be commemorating the tragic events that took place at Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida....
View ArticleMom: Certificate Presented to New Bedford Autistic Boy 'Bullying' by Teachers
The mother of a 14-year-old autistic student at Normandin Middle School says the certificate presented to her son was 'bullying by the teachers.' Continue reading…
View ArticlePolice: 'No Veracity' to Rumored Threat at Normandin Middle School in New...
New Bedford police investigated after rumors spread on social media that a student planned to bring a gun to school. Continue reading…
View ArticleNew Bedford Should Honor Kalisz But Not Rename a School [OPINION]
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell told me during Wednesday's broadcast that he wants to honor Fred Kalisz, perhaps this summer, and would consider naming something after the late mayor. Kalisz passed away...
View ArticleSmall Fire at Normandin Middle School in New Bedford
A small fire in a trash bin Monday morning caused the evacuation of the Normandin Middle School in New Bedford. Continue reading…
View ArticleNew Bedford Middle Schoolers to Participate in Mock Trials
Potential attornies in the making will put their skills to the test tonight in New Bedford Superior Court. Nearly 25 students from Normandin Middle School are taking part in two mock trials prepared by...
View ArticleStudent Assaulted
New Bedford Police have now released information about a fight involving two students at Normandin Middle School. A teacher reported to police on Thursday she saw a 13 year old male student holding a...
View ArticleDurkin Plans Forum
Following an apparent bullying incident this month at Normandin Middle School where a student was seriously hurt, Supt. Pia Durkin is planning a forum to discuss school violence. Durkin says an...
View ArticleStudents March For MLK
Hundreds of students from all over the city took part in a volunteer march in honor of the late Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday afternoon. Continue reading…
View ArticleSMILES
Area residents are working hard to build a rapport with local children in an effort to keep them in school through a program called SMILES (SouthCoast Mentoring Initiative for Learning, Education and...
View ArticleOne Homeless Night
Rev. David Lima, Executive Minister of the Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford, dropped by Brian's Beat to discuss “One Homeless Night….is too many” on October 16. Continue reading…
View ArticleReaching Down Lifting Up
When it come to homelessness, there's no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. Our community is coming together to elevate the awareness of local homelessness on...
View ArticleSchool Classes to Resume Elsewhere Amid Boiler Issues
Classes at a New Bedford elementary school will resume at another location today after school was cancelled for three straight school days due to ongoing problem with the boiler. Continue reading…
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