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Massachusetts House and Senate pass bill to have Fall River boat ramp renamed for former State Rep
A Fall River boat ramp will have a new name in honor of a former State Representative.
The Massachusetts House and Senate have passed H 4163, a bill filed by Rep. Carole Fiola and Sen. Michael Rodrigues for the boat ramp at Bicentennial Park in Fall River be designated as the State Representative Manuel Raposa Jr. Boat Ramp.
Fiola says that the honor is fitting.
“State Representative Manuel Raposa Jr was critical in the development of the waterfront boat ramp that we see today. When his family approached my office regarding a designation in his memory, I was honored to fulfill the request alongside Senator Michael Rodrigues.”
Raposa was a representative for parts of Fall River, Berkley, Somerset and later in Somerset, Berkley, Dighton, and Lakeville in the mid/late 60s and 70s and resided in Somerset according to state archives. He was edged out by Joan Menard in the 1978 5th Bristol District Democrat primary.
