Train advocates say the 90-plus-minute ride from New Bedford to Boston is faster than a car. Is it? We tested it out for ourselves.

From the west-facing windows of the Avon Free Library, librarian Grace Frenzel can almost see the house where Bettina Johnson ...

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

In addition to the listed events, from April 1-5, Forest Library will accept drop-offs of recycled art for its upcoming ...

The Seaglass Theater Company and New Bedford Symphony Orchestra will host four concerts across the SouthCoast.

Plus: MollyB Foundation fundraiser; dough raiser for Synergy Academy charter school; a true crime talk; puzzle race; children’s stories.

A 55-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a suspicious vehicle fire that destroyed two cars near a public library in Westchester, police announced. Mark Turner, 55, of New Rochelle ...

Anderson Public Library has launched the Seed Library to promote local biodiversity, local food production and community ...

A former New Bedford narcotics cop who worked alongside the chief for nearly two decades agrees to go on the record about everything he’s seen.

Jaclyn Powers, the newly hired Director of the Bedford Free Public Library, assumes her new position on April 14, but it may be a day or two after starting before she settles into her office. Powers’ ...

Southwest will no longer offer free checked bags for all passengers, the company said in a news release on Tuesday, Mar. 11. The new luggage policy will begin for tickets purchased on or after ...

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.