These early career programs help students connect learning to in-demand industry sectors. The Baker-Polito Administration awarded more than $600,000 to 22 school districts to help support Innovation Pathway programs, which provide high school students with opportunities to learn and gain experience in a particular industry through career exploration, technical courses …

Project Beacon’s appointment-based COVID-19 testing at New Bedford Regional Airport—part of the state’s Stop the Spread program—is offering testing on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, through May 15. Appointments for free COVID-19 tests can be made at beacontesting.com. Airport officials ask that people reach the site via the airport’s side entrance …

A Peabody man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to participating in a conspiracy that distributed fentanyl and drugs laced with fentanyl. Francisco Tavarez, a/k/a “Jose,” 25, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl and one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and …

“Yesterday on County Rd. in the area of The Point Gas was shut down for a car fire. The Freetown Fire Department responded to the scene and quickly extinguished the fire while the Freetown Police diverted traffic. Within 30 minutes the roadway was reponed and the damaged vehicle was towed …

Clinical study researches advanced treatment for patients with Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI). Southcoast Health Chief of Vascular Surgery Dr. Richard Pin and a team at the Heart and Vascular Center at Charlton Memorial Hospital became the first to enroll and treat a patient in the national LIFE-BTK randomized clinical trial …

A member of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) was sentenced today on racketeering charges. Robert Lara, a/k/a “King Rizz,” 29, of Boston, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to time served (approximately four months in prison) and three years of …

The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of March 14, 2022 – March 18, 2022, and they are as follows: Eversource will be working on the gas main relays and services at: • No work scheduled Other: • DPI crews will be filling potholes as …

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court released a 44-page ruling whereby they reinstated the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Judge Clarence Thomas of Georgia wrote the majority opinion. “On April 15, 2013, brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev planted and detonated two homemade …

“Do you like catching perch through the ice? If you find a depth where fish are biting, you can use our Go Fish MA! map to see bathymetry data in real-time as you walk across the ice and follow that depth around the pond. Choose a waterbody that’s right for …

Defendant has two prior federal convictions for child pornography offenses. A former Hyde Park man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to accessing child pornography while on federal supervised release for a similar offense. David Ladeau, 66, pleaded guilty to access with intent to view child pornography. U.S. …