New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane discusses the lack of sprinklers in the city's rooming house and tenaments and more.

Allison Meyette, Education and Engagement Manager at the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center, outlines activities for April and May. At the top of the list, the Center is joining with Spinner Publications for a photo exhibit beginning April 13 highlighting 100 years or so of the Port of New Bedford (1860-1980).

Prof. Ken Manning, head of the UMass Dartmouth Political Science Dept., offers thoughts on the Donald Trump indictment.

Rev. David Lima of the Interchurch Council gives details on the Rise Up for Homes fundraising effort to help the 30 or so people displaced by the Royal Crown rooming house fire in New Bedford.

Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County Co-Directors Cathy Rutkowski and Lara Stone, and Outreach Coordinator Kylie Farias, discussed National Child Abuse Prevention Month, the agency's mission, and some of its outreach programs.

Colleen Andrews of the Mattapoisett Land Trust, and Renee Pothier and Jane Finnerty of the Friends of the Bike Path, discuss the upcoming Tour de Creme bike tour, a fundraiser which features stops at many local ice cream shops and creameries.

New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane discussed the latest moves by the city council, last week's deadly fire at the Royal Crown rooming house on Acushnet Avenue, the admissions policy at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School, and whether New Bedford should have a second vocational high school.

UMass Dartmouth Professor Brian Glyn Williams, an expert on Russian history, has studied the Russian invasion of Ukraine and has reached some very strong conclusions about the war and how it will end.

Steve Duarte and Mike Jesus of the Vocational Awards Committee of Club Madeirense S.S. Sacramento, Inc. shared details of the committee’s third annual fish fry to help raise money to help vocational and technical students pay the cost of tools, fees and licenses that are needed to practice their trade.

Dr. John Williams, Dean of the Charlton College of Business at UMass Dartmouth, discussed the school's survey of tourists last summer in New Bedford and Fall River.