A bill state education officials want to see passed by month's end to execute a deal between New Bedford and a charter school hit a speed bump Thursday.
The school has applied for 1,188 more charter school seats and two new schools within the city, just two years after opening its new campus on Belleville Avenue.
With the recent expansion of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, one of the most popular exhibits had to be removed.
Museum officials are now looking to duplicate the fo'c'sle, the interactive full-scale portion of a 19th century whale ship's deck and living quarters, and are asking area contractors to submit proposals for the recreation of the exhibit...