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The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of March 1 ,2020 – March 6, 2020 and they are as follows: Eversource: • Eversource will replace the gas mains at the following locations: There will be no services tied into the new mains until after April …

Shrewsbury commercial real estate developer Donat Aubuchon has purchased Dartmouth’s “Big Value Outlet Plaza” from Dartmouth Select Board member David Tatelbaum for $7.5 million. The new owner plans to modernize the property with a new facade and keep the anchor store which has been around since 1990, but whose structure …

On Thursday, Jan. 30, the Community Animal Hospital in Shrewsbury presented a donation to the Massachusetts Vest-a-Dog non-profit organization that is being used to purchase a ballistic vest for K9 Hulk. Hulk and his handler, Massachusetts State Police Trooper Nicholas Dumas, as well as MSP Sgt. David Stucenski and his …

Meet 8-month-old black labrador retriever Kona, a service K9 trained in detecting biological weapons, chemical weapons, and pharmaceutical-based agents. Travis Rebello, a New Bedford Fire Fighter and member of the Massachusetts Hazardous Materials Response Division heard about a dog the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department had on their team and …

By Katie Lannan, State House News Service Stressing that the risk of contracting coronavirus remains low in Massachusetts, state public health officials said Tuesday that they are prepared for a potential outbreak. Tens of thousands of cases of the respiratory illness now known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus …

New Bedford Police Detectives arrested four New Bedford men and four juveniles in relation to an incident of shots fired with property damage and a fight that occurred over the weekend in the area of 340 Smith Street in New Bedford. While investigating the shots fired, detectives learned the victim …

Two New Bedford men pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges in connection to the August 24, 2016 stabbing homicide of 15-year-old Mateo Morales in New Bedford, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Jose Lopez, 19, pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court this week to charges of Manslaughter …

On Wednesday, February 26, at 5:29 p.m., Wareham Police Officers Aaron Pacheco and Blaise Lalli were dispatched to Liquors ‘N More, 18 Tobey Road, for a report of a vehicle which had struck the building twice. Officers located the vehicle near the business, with a female operator sitting in the …

Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts (JA) and Title Sponsor, Bristol County Savings Bank, announce that six schools from the New Bedford area – Bishop Stang High School, Dartmouth High School, Fairhaven High School, Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School and New …

One thing that unites us as a nation is land: Americans strongly support saving the open spaces they love. Since 1971, the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust (DNRT), has been doing just that for the people of Dartmouth. Now DNRT has announced it has renewed its land trust accreditation – proving …