On Thursday, February 28, 2019, at approximately 6:14 p.m., Dartmouth Police, and other emergency personnel, responded to the Stop and Shop Plaza on Faunce Corner Road to investigate a motor vehicle vs. pedestrian crash. Upon arrival, it was learned that three females, ages 43, 15, and 13, had all been …

On Monday, a woman overdosed in the downtown New Bedford public library located on William Street across the street of the New Bedford city hall. New Bedford police report that around 6:21 pm a 25-year-old female had overdosed on suspected heroin. She was revived and sent to St. Luke’s hospital …

In an email dated Feb 13, 2019, Worley Beds Factory Outlet owner Martha Worley voiced her opposition to New Bedford City Council President Linda Morad. “I would like to express in the strongest terms my opposition to the efforts being made to accommodate a recreational cannabis business at 161 Popes …

As a response to the recent break-in into the elections office at city hall, New Bedford City Councilor Gomes is calling for a review of city hall surveillance cameras. The following motion is scheduled for discussion at this Thursday’s City Council meeting: MOTION: Councillor Gomes, requesting, that the Committee on …

New Bedford police officers arrested five men throughout the day on Monday for distribution of drugs on Tinkham, State, and Covell streets. On Monday at 12:45 pm, New Bedford police officers arrested two men for drug possession (heroin) in front of 261 Tinkham Street. Both men were stopped on the …

At 5:48 pm tonight MSP Revere Barracks notified by Revere Police, who were currently on the phone with a woman who couldn’t speak, but was pressing “1” or “2” on the phone responding to questions asked by police. The woman said she was in the trunk of a green Honda …

The SouthCoast Chamber, Lifestream, the Mass Hire Greater New Bedford Career Center, and Greater New Bedford Workforce Board will host the “SouthCoast Job Fair” on Thursday, April 18, 2019, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, located at 1121 Ashley Blvd., New …

A Medford woman was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits, Medicare, MassHealth, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Stephanie DiPierro, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to one year and one day in prison, three years …

A grandmother shared how grateful she was for workers and strangers at the Stop & Shop on Dartmouth Street in New Bedford for helping her autistic granddaughter who lost her special doll: “Yesterday my autistic granddaughter lost her special doll named Sandy. I would like to give a shout out …

Dartmouth police are looking to identify a woman who reportedly stole nearly $500 worth of goods from Home Depot in Dartmouth on Monday, Feb. 25. If you have any information on her identity, you can either send us a private message or call the General Contractor, Detective Kyle Costa, at …