A Lockheed Martin Corp. facility located in Marion, MA since 2004 has announced that their facility is closing permanently. The defense contractor who was working on U.S. Navy programs did say that the majority of the employees would be offered a choice between remote work or relocation. Officials from Lockheed …

A 40-year-old Whitman man with a lengthy history of assaultive behavior who robbed and assaulted his former girlfriend in her New Bedford apartment two years ago was sentenced to serve two years in state prison last week, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. John Howe pleaded guilty …

“The cold never bothered them anyway: Another week and another team of volunteers from the BCSO were assisting our friends at the City of New Bedford Police Department (Official) with food distribution to folks in need. On a wet and cold Saturday morning, our volunteers were up and in New …

“Due to the unexpected breakdown of one of our apparatus, which cannot be returned to service, the Department recently made the emergency purchase of a lightly used 2005 quint, which has now arrived in New Bedford. The new quint has 31,000 miles and is in very good condition, replacing a …

By Colin A. Young State House News Service As Massachusetts enters the second month of March to be shaded by the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people here who have been fully vaccinated is roughly equal to the number of people who have been infected with COVID-19 over the last …

Colin A. Young State House News Service More than 44,000 employees from 107 municipal governments and public school systems across Massachusetts will be trained to better defend their organizations from cyber threats as part of the state’s Municipal Cybersecurity Awareness Grant Program. “Cyber threats continue to evolve, making cyber awareness …

The Baker-Polito Administration today announced $4.9 million in grants awarded to six agencies, including hospitals and treatment and behavioral health centers, for the creation of evidence-based and data-driven co-occurring substance use disorder/mental health response teams embedded in high schools in ten communities to offer intervention and treatment services, and provide …

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Quidel QuickVue At-Home COVID-19 Test, another antigen test where certain individuals can rapidly collect and test their sample at home, without needing to send a sample to a laboratory for analysis. The QuickVue At-Home COVID-19 …

“I think it’s time we start asking Mr. Baker what the dept of unemployment is doing with the working people’s money. Why is it taking so long for funds to be sent to us working-class Americans? Why am I waiting 2 months for unemployment? Why after 5 weeks has an …

The following is a press release from United States Senator Elizabeth Warren: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), a member of the House Budget Committee, and Representative Brendan Boyle (D-PA-02), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee …