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Got bread and milk? You may just need it for the incoming “bomb cyclone” that will impact the South Coast this evening and lasting through Friday morning. A bomb cyclone is a term that describes a storm characterized by heavy rains and high winds, that strengthens very fast. You can …

New Bedford Public Schools has opened seven Family Engagement Centers, located throughout the City of New Bedford school district. A public opening ceremony and reception for the new network of centers was held today at Hayden McFadden Elementary School. The event was attended by families, students, staff, community resource partners, …

On Sunday, October 13, at 8:21 p.m., Wareham Police responded to Marion Road near the Wareham Country Market for a report of a male who had been robbed by two other males. Further information provided was that the suspects were now in the area of the Shaw’s Supermarket. Sgt. Daniel …

New Bedford Ballet will perform its annual production of A New England Nutcracker December 7 through 15 at the NBB Community Theatre, located at 2343 Purchase Street in New Bedford. Journey back to the 1850s, as this favorite holiday story is re-imagined through New Bedford’s historic whaling era, and prepare …

34.6 percent of UMass Dartmouth students voted last year compared to 16.9 percent in 2014 mid-term. UMass Dartmouth students more than doubled their participation in the 2018 mid-term elections compared to the 2014 mid-term, according to a recent national study, similar to national trends indicating increased voting among college students. …

The Friends of Jack Foundation, Fun 107 and 1420 WBSM will hold its final Food for Tots fundraiser event of 2019 on Thursday, October 17, at locations across the SouthCoast. This month’s event, titled “Sweet Finale,” features several bakeries and ice cream shops, including Acushnet Creamery, Honey Dew Donuts, Artisan …

We now live in a world where scrolling through social media on your phone or using it text someone is ubiquitous. In fact, it so the new norm – you are the weirdo if you are sitting at a cafe, standing in line or in public and your phone is …

We Americans love to work hard and play hard. However, we often focus so much on working that we don’t realize we need that rest, relaxation, or downtime until something “breaks.” We have drawn the proverbial bowstring too tightly and it snaps. We are overstressed, snappy, overtired, or cranky. We …

Residents of Wareham, elected officials and Southcoast Health staff celebrated on Friday the start of construction on Tobey Hospital’s emergency department expansion, a $25 million capital project funded in part by philanthropic contributions from the community. The expansion, with a target completion date of late 2020, will quadruple the facility’s …

53-year-old Brian Jagielski, who was apprehended late last month in Chicago after being listed as one of Bristol County’s Most Wanted Fugitives, has been returned to Massachusetts and will be arraigned in Fall River Superior Court tomorrow, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Jagielski, of Tiverton, RI, …