Local news for Bristol County, Massachusetts
A new Latin restaurant has taken over a familiar Flint location in Fall River. Sabor Latino is now open at 1856 Pleasant Street, in the space formerly occupied by Pingo Doce Steakhouse. The Brazilian steakhouse that closed in July. The opening is part of a broader wave of Latin…
On August 20, 1851, far out on the Pacific’s Off-Shore Ground, a wounded sperm whale did something almost no whale had ever been known to do. It stopped running. It turned. It smashed two whaleboats to splinters. Then it charged the mother ship itself and stove in her hull. By…
MANSFIELD -- The town has updated and made more accessible its Business Development & Permitting Guide to help residents, property owners, and businesses better understand the local permitting process.
This article first appeared on CommonWealth Beacon and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. If there’s one thing advocates, officials, residents, and experts can all agree on, it’s that Massachusetts’s Gateway Cities…
Could a better grocery store with housing above it come to downtown?
A popular brewery and distillery in Fall River will close its doors permanently at the end of the month.
The New Bedford Police Department’s School Resource Officer Division wrapped up its 2026 Junior Summer Program, a youth initiative the department said was designed to provide a structured summer of activities while giving officers time to work directly with local children.…
On September 24, PACE Community Food Center celebrated a $25,000 Community Investment Grant from The Greater Boston Food Bank, which supported the purchase of a new refrigerated van that delivers healthy meals to 200 households in the New Bedford area. Community leaders…
Police said up to six vehicles were involved in at least two crashes just after 7:30 a.m. on I-293 North.
Press Release Apply for a Cultural Grant! Have a great idea to enrich the cultural lives of Fairhaven residents? Now you have the chance to turn your idea into reality! The Fairhaven Cultural Council is accepting grant applications. We are seeking projects that promote…
Sheriff Paul Heroux says he won’t interfere in elections this fall, but he’s worried ICE will.
The clock is ticking for New Bedford city officials to determine the future of Fire Station No. 9.
Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues was arraigned Friday afternoon after an alleged incident with a high school student. The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office previously confirmed to Fall River Reporter that the case against Rodrigues was transferred to its office from…
ICE presence in the city seems to have decreased on Wednesday after two days of incessant activity in which agents arrested about 40 people on the South Coast.
While federal immigration agents detained over 30 people this week in New Bedford, Dartmouth, and Fall River, officials and groups are pushing back against ICE’s actions. The Massachusetts Teachers Association has issued a statement, attributable to MTA President Matt Bach and…
A man who allegedly stabbed two people in a Somerset hotel room acted in self-defense, with drugs at the heart of the fight, his defense lawyer argued in Bristol County Superior Court on Sept. 25.