Get ready to break out those winter jackets and gloves as arctic-like conditions head to the SouthCoast tomorrow. A powerful cold front will sweep through the region bringing with it the coldest temperatures we’ve experienced this winter. As the front impacts the region on Tuesday temperatures will drop into the …
Read More »Massachusetts Department of Public Health to alter how it reports COVID-19 cases
Starting today Massachusetts officials will change how they list COVID-19 hospitalizations in state data. Officials will now discern between those people who entered the hospital because of COVID or for some other reason even though they tested positive after admittance. In other words, whether admissions are primary or incidental to …
Read More »Massachusetts Gov. Baker’s administration launches tool for residents to access COVID-19 digital vaccine card
“My Vax Records” Provides New Option to Access Vaccine History and QR Code to Verify COVID-19 Vaccination. BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced a tool that gives residents a new way to access their COVID-19 digital vaccine card and vaccination history. The new tool, called My Vax Records, allows …
Read More »Woman injured after SUV crashes into Massachusetts restaurant
“This afternoon we were dispatched along with Sutton Fire and MedStar personnel to the Heritage Plaza for a report of a vehicle that drove into Schultzy’s Place restaurant. A woman became trapped under a table as a result of the crash and was transported to UMass Memorial Medical Center in …
Read More »OPINION: “I am frustrated with New Bedford Schools and after-school program quarantine nonsense”
Do your children attend a New Bedford school or after-school program and been quarantined? How was it handled in your opinion? One New Bedford mom shares her disappointment. ___________________________________________________________________________ “Public school (#LincolnElementary) and after school program (#littlepeople’scollege) need to come to an agreement that makes sense for the parents. Either …
Read More »Massachusetts man sentenced for marijuana and tax offenses
A Boston man was sentenced in federal court in Springfield for marijuana distribution and tax offenses. Zachary Sweener, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to three months in prison and three years of supervised release. Sweener was also ordered to pay $156,457 in restitution. On …
Read More »Dartmouth Police Department clears up story about “shooting at Dartmouth Mall”
“There is some chatter circulating on the Internet that there was a shooting at the Mall. Though there was a physical altercation between several males inside of Macy’s, no weapons were ever shown, thus any information reporting that there was a shooting is false, and SHOULD NOT be shared or …
Read More »New Bedford’s Mayor Mitchell: “The city is down about 30 plow drivers because of COVID-19”
Did it take too long to have your street plowed? Your neighborhood? Come across streets that had not been plowed? Well, you can thank the recent COVID-19 surge for that. According to Mayor Jon Mitchell, the city is down about 30 plow drivers because of COVID-19. When New Bedford is …
Read More »Massachusetts State Police respond to Freetown crash that claims life of New Bedford man
At approximately 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Troopers assigned to State Police-Dartmouth responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash on Route 140 northbound in the area of mile marker 10 in Freetown. Upon the arrival of troopers they located a 2008 Toyota Tacoma that left the roadway and crashed into a …
Read More »New Bedford roadwork sites for the upcoming week of January 10, 2022 – January 14, 2021
The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of January 10, 2022 – January 14, 2021 and they are as follows: Eversource will be working on the gas main relays and services at: • No work scheduled Other: • MassDOT Project #608536, intersection improvements at Rockdale …
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