Today, Congressman Bill Keating is announcing that five airports in the Ninth Congressional District have been awarded over $12 million in grants from the Department of Transportation (DOT). “Our local airports are critical to the economic success of our district, and on the Islands, for the residents to be able …

Edward Sylvia Jr., a real estate broker and attorney, sent a letter to the New Bedford City Council detailing a plan to open a marijuana dispensary on Church Street in the North End of New Bedford behind Brodeur & Sons Heating and Air Conditioning and across the Street from Palace …

The New Bedford Health Department, working closely with the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, is again this year conducting an annual monitoring program to track the potential threat from EEE and WNV carrying mosquitoes. Under the program, mosquito traps are put in place …

At 9 a.m. Monday morning, Marine 44, a vessel in the Massachusetts State Police Marine Section fleet being piloted by Trooper Daniel Carideo, was transporting two members of the State Police Underwater Recovery Unit to the United States Coast Guard base in Boston to conduct a hull survey on USCG …

The following is a press release from the Wareham Police Department: On Monday, July 16, at about 1050, Wareham police officer Charles Pillsbury was working an off-duty detail on Hathaway Street. While directing traffic he noticed, Jazz Tavares, 29, of New Bedford driving by in a vehicle with a female …

An MS-13 member pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to RICO conspiracy and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by an illegal alien. Manuel Landaverde, a/k/a “Scooby,” 26, a Salvadoran national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity, more commonly …

Below is a statement from Congressman Bill Keating, Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee’s Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee, on today’s summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. “Today, the President of the United States stood next to the person who directed an attack on our country and instead …

A Captain with the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office was convicted today by a federal jury in connection with helping Carlos Rafael, known as the Codfather in the fishing industry, and the owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses in the U.S., smuggle the profits of his illegal overfishing …

Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has ordered that the United States flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings beginning immediately, until further notice, in honor of Officer Michael Chesna of the Weymouth Police Department who tragically died in the …

On Sunday at about 8:20 pm, Wareham police officer Charles Pillsbury observed a motorcycle fail to stop at a red light, on the traffic signal at Depot Street and Cranberry Highway. Officer Pillsbury attempted to stop the motorcycle, however, it sped up, continuing up Maple Springs Road at a high …