New Bedford libraries are collecting non-perishable food items for the PACE food bank until December 9th. The yearly Food for Fees program is an initiative to help get long-overdue library material back to the library. The library faces a huge loss every year of items checked out and not returned …

Yesterday at about 7:45 p.m., State Police detectives assigned to the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office arrested a man believed to have left the scene of a hit-and-run fatal crash on Route 91 South at exit 9 in Springfield earlier today. MIGUEL GARCIA, 55, of Springfield was arrested at the …

Saturday, December 12 is the time to visit Fairhaven if you want to feel a sense of old-time holiday spirit as the town celebrates its 18th annual Old-Time Holiday. Holiday marketplaces and crafts fairs, luncheons and an old fashioned community sing-along are among the ways to enjoy the season of …

Colonel Richard D. McKeon, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that a “Sobriety Checkpoint” will be implemented by the Massachusetts State Police on a Public Way in Suffolk county. The purpose is to further educate the motoring public and strengthen the public’s awareness to the need of detecting and …

The International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI) has awarded this year’s “Insurance Investigator of the Year” designation to Det. Lt. John Cummings and Trooper Corey Mackey, both Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office; and First Assistant District Attorney Steven E. Gagne, along with two New …

Did you know, that in 2015, New Bedford will have its highest number of homeless within the city? That more than 700 adults and children experience homelessness every year with in the city of New Bedford? That on any given night an estimated 50 people are without any kind of …

Meet Samantha Johnson, a 26 year-old singer. Samantha moved to New Bedford at the age of 12 from Dennis because her father took on new responsibilities at work, but she secretly thinks he did it because he wanted his family to be more cultured. As a full time singer, Samantha …

This weekend’s weather will be quite erratic. “Yo-yo” comes to mind. We’ll start out with a warm Friday that will reach 60 degrees, but overnights all weekend will hover just above freezing. In terms of precipitation, we’ll start out Friday with some rain, the sun will poke its head out …

District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn announced today that a repeat offender from New Bedford who was arrested in late 2013 with a loaded firearm while distributing heroin will serve 54 to 72 months in state prison. Manuel J. Vasquez, 40, pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court Monday to possessing …

Lighting of Benoit Square Friday, December 4, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Benoit Square, Main & Adams Streets The North Fairhaven Improvement Association will light the decorated square and welcome Santa Claus to North Fairhaven. Free. Christmas Concert Friday, December 4, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Church of the Good Shepherd, 357 Main Street …