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Fall River City Councilor Eying Plastic Bags Ban, But Concerned About Effect on Poor

Matthew McDonald

A Fall River city councilor is considering pushing a ban on thin-film plastic bags in the city, although he says he's concerned it might hurt poor people.

"I recognize there would be resistance and I also know from my research in other communities that those most adversely affected are lower income people who go to the market and walk home carrying their groceries in those plastic bags. … There needs to be some sensitivity to implementing this kind of thing," said Steven Camara, a member of the city council, according to the Fall River Herald News.

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Private Group Trying To Raise Money for Shark Detector Buoys on Cape Cod; Red Tape Likely

Matthew McDonald

A Wellfleet resident has raised $40,000 toward a goal of $200,000 on a GoFundMe web site to lease two buoys that are designed to warn swimmers about the presence of a shark.

The Arthur Clever Buoy Pilot, as founder Heather Doyle calls it, is named for Arthur Medici, a Brazil native and Revere resident who was attacked and killed by a great white shark off a beach in Wellfleet on September 15, 2018.

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