A warm weekend is in store for us. We’ll be in the high 50s to middle 60s for all three days. The “coldest” temperature will be 44 degrees and that is overnight on Sunday. Outside of early Friday morning’s and Sunday morning’s thunder storm, there will be no precipitation. So, …
Read More »Five ways to live a happier social media life
There is a popular saying, misery loves company. For that reason, people seem to ignore all the tools Facebook and other social media sites provides to live a happier social media life. Running a Facebook page with over 90,000 followers, I see people post some mean and angry comments. Here …
Read More »New 68-room hotel coming to downtown New Bedford
City officials and the developer of a much-anticipated downtown hotel project officially broke ground today at 218-226 Union Street. The Boston-based Columbus Group is converting the 46,600-square-foot building into a boutique hotel with 68 hotel rooms, a 3,300-square-foot restaurant, and a 5,100-square-foot banquet space. The building was acquired in December …
Read More »Massachusetts State Police troopers capture llama on the lamb
From the Massachusetts State Police: Early this morning, just before 1:00 a.m., two troopers from the State Police Russell barracks responded to reports of a loose llama walking on Route 23 in Russell. Troopers Matthew Kane and Kyle Minnicucci responded and located a llama out on the lamb from its …
Read More »Man Arrested for 4th OUI After Collision with State Police Cruiser in Methuen
On Thursday at about 8:00 p.m., a Massachusetts State Police cruiser was struck on Route 495 southbound, prior to Exit 45 in Methuen which resulted in injuries to the trooper and the driver who struck him. That driver is now under arrest for Operating Under the Influence of Liquor – …
Read More »Faces Of New Bedford #100: Caitlyn Fontes
Meet Caitlyn Fontes, 30-year-old co-owner of Two Sisters and author. Caitlyn has worked in the food industry for the majority of her adult life and throughout a good portion of her teenage years. She got her start in restaurants, waitressing at a small breakfast place in Fairhaven. With the recent …
Read More »Massachusetts man cuts ankle bracelet, skips out on $1.5 million EBT fraud trial
The Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section is searching for MARTIN B. SANTIAGO, 49, who did not show up for his food stamp fraud and money laundering trial today in Essex Superior Court. Investigators have determined that SANTIAGO has forcibly removed his court-ordered monitoring device. SANTIAGO was scheduled to …
Read More »Two teenagers arrested in shooting of female clerk in Taunton
Early this morning the Taunton Police Detective Division arrested two suspects in the shooting of a female clerk at Eagan’s Liquor store last night. The shooter has been identified as a 17 year old juvenile from Taunton. He was arrested this morning. The second suspect has also been taken into …
Read More »Students create books, bears for New Bedford Police’s family services division
Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School students shared their time and talents to create stuffed bears and books to distribute to the family services division of the New Bedford Police Department Wednesday, April 27, through the annual Books and Bears program. Students in Media Technology, Fashion Design, and …
Read More »It’s time for Americans to put country before party
It’s a scary time in America as people seem to care more about their political party than their country. There were plenty of times when Americans forgot about political parties and put their country first. World War II and the weeks after the attacks on 9-11 come to mind. Today, …
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