New Bedford’s Mitchell grinds out wins

New Bedford’s Mitchell grinds out wins

NEW BEDFORD – Mayor Jon Mitchell shrugs off those who mock his city for failing to land high-profile developments, like a $650 million waterfront casino or an assembly line for Cape Wind turbines.

New Bedford may not have hit it out of the park this year, but "we're OK hitting singles and doubles," Mitchell said in a recent interview with the NewBostonPost.

The Rev. Liz Walker: Trading the evening news for the ‘good news’
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The Rev. Liz Walker: Trading the evening news for the ‘good news’

Kara Bettis

ROXBURY – After 30 years as a renowned television journalist and the first black woman to co-anchor a newscast in Boston, the Rev. Liz Walker found a new calling: offering hope to Boston's most desperate citizens.

An ordained minister and the current pastor of Roxbury Presbyterian Church, Walker, 63, today offers "the good news" instead of the evening news she presented at WBZ-TV for more than two decades.

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