“Firefighters rescue one person from an overturned vessel in Mattapoisett Harbor. While Marine 1 and 2 were returning from a marine incident off Clevelands Ledge Lighthouse, Marine 2 noticed two people waiving there hands and pointing towards Mattapoisett Neck. Marine 2 quickly turned around and noticed an oveturned vessel with …

According to the data provided by the New Bedford elections office, New Bedford saw 22% of registered voters turn out for the primary elections held on September 1st. Of New Bedford’s 61,577 registered voters, 13,834 cast a ballot on Tuesday. 11,753 ballots were cast in the Democrat primary and 2,042 …

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced that laboratory testing has confirmed the season’s fourth human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus infection. The individual is a female in her 60s who was exposed to EEE in Plymouth County. As a result, the EEE risk level in …

By Katie Lannan State House News Service With peers who sometimes lack access to masks and hand sanitizer, classrooms that don’t always have windows, and a city whose COVID-19 case rate is the highest in the state, Chelsea High School student Victoria Stutto said she would not feel safe going …

This is an update of an earlier article. “As a result of a follow up investigation of the incident that took place on September 1st, Detectives from the Mattapoisett Police Department executed a search warrant on the 2013 Nissan Altima which was used during the robbery. A search of the …

With the Associated Press/Boston Globe declaring Jake Auchincloss the winner of the MA-04 Congressional race, Auchincloss released the following statement: “In the depths of another crisis, when America had just entered WWII, a poor Jewish kid walked into a Marine recruiting office. That kid was my grandfather. America saw potential …

The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of September 8, 2020 –September 11, 2020 and they are as follows: No work on Monday, September 7th for Labor Day. Eversource: Eversource will replace the gas mains and service at the following locations: • Myrtle St. from …

On Thursday, September 3, 2020 at approximately 2:38 a.m., Dartmouth Police responded to Dartmouth Woods Drive, after receiving a call that a male was attempting to break into a vehicle. Upon arrival, officers located a male matching the description of the suspect. During the investigation which followed, officers located a …

At approximately 9:30 p.m. yesterday two Troopers assigned to the Troop D Community Action Team were alerted by the Brockton Police Department of a shooting that took place in their city. The Troopers, patrolling in a single cruiser, responded to the area of the Westgate Mall in order to search …