A smoke shop accidentally lived up to its name early Wednesday morning when a fire inside the building caused a passerby to ...

New Bedford and Martha's Vineyard were once connected by the ferry Schamonchi. Now it is slowly sinking in a New York creek ...

New Bedford Fire Department recently held a training exercise at the high school on dealing with weaponized radiation. NBFD holds periodic exercises to deal with all kinds of threats. The class ...

The Massachusetts Civil Service Commission has overturned the termination of New Bedford’s former acting fire chief upon finding that the city failed to prove he abused the fire department’s ...

A fatal house fire in New Bedford that claimed the life of an 88-year-old man was determined to be accidental. The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services said on Tuesday that while the fire on ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — The New Bedford Fire Department battled a fire at a smoke shop early Wednesday morning. Around 2:20 a.m., crews received reports of a fire at New Bedford Vape and Smoke ...

Frank Fraitzl will return to the Bedford Fire Department as its next fire chief. Actually, he never really left. The 59-year-old grew up in Bedford and has lived in town for almost his entire life.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell has unveiled the process the city will use to hire its next police chief. Chief Paul Oliveira previously announced he will retire May 3. The move comes as the ...

Two residents were displaced after a car drove into a house in New Bedford Thursday night. Fire officials said they responded to a house on Potter Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. The driver was ...

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell announced that the police department will be subject to an independent evaluation by 21st ...

FOREST, Va. (WDBJ) - The Forest Fire Department hosted a social event Sunday, March 9 for Bedford Deputy Fire Chief Matt “Hops” Scott. Chief Scott, who is battling kidney cancer, was invited ...