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Chief Joseph Cordeiro is pleased to announce that the New Bedford Police Department has received a grant from the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) to bring on a full-time AmeriCorps VISTA member to increase the department’s addiction and recovery program capacity. This groundbreaking new National Recovery Corps program …

Southcoast Health announced today that the St. Luke’s Hospital Auxiliary awarded five $1,000 scholarships to area high school seniors entering college in the fall to pursue careers in healthcare. • Sandra Allen, the auxiliary scholarship chair, presented the awards to: • Samantha Landry, a graduate from Bishop Stang High School, …

Spinner Publications is excited to let you know about a new book that will be released at the end of June entitled “Under Sun, Stars and Sails ~ A Whaling Family’s Life at Sea” written by Marsha Hall Brown, a descendant of a Nantucket whaling master. Captain Joseph Marshall had …

Lloyds Deli & Pizza Hut Express are HIRING for sandwich & pizza makers for their New England Farms location at 207 Theodore Rice Blvd. in the New Bedford Industrial Park. You can apply in person at the deli; simply request to fill out an application. You can send a resume …

The Taunton Police Department is seeking information about a vehicle that struck and killed several young Geese on Washington Street in the area of Hodges Avenue around 7:30pm on June 22. The vehicle is believed to be a white pickup truck. Anyone with information regarding the vehicle or who was …

A 32-year-old Acushnet heroin trafficker was convicted in Fall River Superior Court yesterday and sentenced to serve up to five years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Joshua Moniz pleaded guilty to indictments charging him with trafficking heroin in excess of 18 grams and …

One of the defendants listed on our Bristol County Most Wanted Fugitives List was taken back into custody yesterday in New Bedford, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. The defendant, Daniel Ballem, 34, of New Bedford, cut off his GPS monitoring device and fled from the courthouse …

After receiving multiple citizen complaints Wareham Police Detectives began an investigation of suspected illegal drug activity at 67 Jefferson Shores Road. Detectives gathered information and obtained a search warrant for the residence. On Monday, June 24, at about 11:00 a.m. while detectives were conducting surveillance they observed three people leave …

Just after 2 a.m. Saturday morning Trooper Brandon Andrews was traveling on Route 91 Northbound in Whately, exiting at the Exit 24 off ramp, when he observed a Subaru Legacy fail to yield at the bottom of the ramp. He activated his cruiser’s blue lights and stopped the vehicle. Upon …