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A body has been discovered on a beach in Revere this morning. According to Dave Procopio of the Massachusetts State Police, at approximately 6:50 a.m., a resident of a high-rise condominium on Revere Beach Boulevard observed and reported what appeared to be a body on the beach, in the area …

Tune in on our website or on Facebook on Thursday, April 9 to join NBSO members Dana Ianculovici and Kevin Crudder, also known as Clearvision, for an hour of music and poetry imagining “ A Journey of Hope.” The evening will include classic duos by Mozart, Breval, and Gliere, as …

The Baker-Polito Administration and CVS Monday announced the launch of a new rapid testing site in Lowell, which will enable on-the-spot COVID-19 testing and results at no cost. The new CVS site in Lowell will use the new Abbott ID NOW™ COVID-19 test. With the launch of this site, Massachusetts …

Massachusetts State Police and the Norfolk District Attorney’s office are asking the public’s assistance in identifying the person or persons responsible for the mattress found in the northbound roadway of Rt. 24 in Randolph last night connected to the investigation into the fatal crash that occurred at approximately 8:15 p.m. …

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — To help support local communities and the overall health care system in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, CVS Health joined forces with federal and state officials to announce the opening of rapid COVID-19 drive-through testing sites in Georgia and Rhode Island. The test sites will bolster state efforts …

New Bedford Police Department Gang Unit Detectives seized four firearms during three separate incidents over the weekend that resulted in firearms charges for four individuals. On April 4, Gang Unit detectives approached a vehicle at the corner of Cove St. and Mortin Ct. where they located a Smith & Wesson …

On April 6, the Massachusetts Public Health Department reported that the state added 1,337 more positive cases of COVID-19 bringing to total to 13837. This is a significant increase over Sunday’s 764 reported cases and very close to Saturday’s 1,334 new cases. There appears to be a trend of low …

Brockton has seven times the amount of positive COVID-19 cases as comparably sized cities in Massachusetts like New Bedford and Fall River and 147 more cases than Worcester, which has almost 100,000 more people. As of Sunday, Brockton’s Board of Health reported 457 people in the city have tested positive …

The following was posted by Massachusetts Representative (New Bedford) Antonio F. D. Cabral: “The City of New Bedford is slated to receive $1,624,151 in funding through the CDB20-COVID Recovery Grant Fund and $805,424 in funding though the ESG20-COVID Recovery Grant, from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) …

People across Massachusetts started wearing masks in public in noticeable numbers Saturday, adjusting to the latest aspect of the new COVID-19 normal a day after new federal guidance recommended “simple cloth face coverings” in public settings. The Centers for Disease Control said cloth face coverings could ‘slow the spread of …