“A delegation of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick will join Mayor Jon Mitchell and other elected state and local officials for a ceremony to raise the national flag of Ireland at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 17th, at City Hall in downtown New Bedford. The St. Patrick’s Day flag-raising …

“A 52-year-old Norton man was convicted last Friday of possessing and disseminating child pornography, and was sentenced to jail time, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Brian Mello pled guilty to indictments charging him with two counts of Disseminating Material of a Child in a Sexual Act, …

“A 27-year-old New Bedford man who violently assaulted his girlfriend while enroute to pick up a child at the John B. DeValles School in June of 2021 was sentenced to serve two years in state prison last Thursday in Fall River Superior Court, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn …

“Dana White Old Dirty Boston Thank you Gentlemen very much for coming in to eat today! We hope you enjoyed the food as much as we enjoyed your company and we hope to see you back soon!!”-New Bridge Cafe-Chelsea, MA. New Bridge Cafe-Chelsea photo. New Bridge Cafe-Chelsea photo.

By Michael P. Norton. Investigators in the state auditor’s office looked into 1,135 cases of suspected public benefits fraud over the last three months of 2022 and identified fraud in 255 of those cases totaling $2.7 million, according to Auditor Diana DiZoglio. The auditor last month filed a report with …

“Late last week, 24 North Atlantic right whales were seen just south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket by our aerial survey team! There are ~340 North Atlantic right whales left in existence, which means ~7% of the entire population was spotted by our team! A remarkable sight on this flight: …

“A Fall River and Foxboro man was sentenced to prison for setting two fires, including one to a house where an elderly woman was asleep, after threatening an ex-girlfriend in a series of phone calls and texts. According to Bristol County District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Gregg Miliote, 51-year-old Brian E. …

“This afternoon Grafton Fire was called to an accident at Millbury st and Providence Rd (rt. 122). Upon arrival, the driver was entrapped in the car. Two other occupants and a family pet got out of the car and were unhurt. Firefighters stabilized the car and the house to get …

“In an hours-long rescue operation overnight, a joint search team located two hikers stranded by heavy snow in Mount Washington State Forest in the far southwest corner of Massachusetts. The six-person search team eventually was able to escort the hikers, two males aged 47 and 53, out of the forest …

22-year old Brandin Gonsalves of New Bedford, was arrested by the Fairhaven Police Department following an incident on Tuesday, March 14. Lt. Kevin Kobza reports that the Fairhaven Police Department arrested and charged a man following a report of a fight at a local store Tuesday night. Brandin Gonsalves, AGE …