The New Bedford Whaling Museum will host an event exploring the history and culture of Pico Island, the second largest island ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum will host a screening of the documentary "The Last Azorean Whalemen." The film, created by Nick Francis and Luís Filipe Dias, focuses on the experiences of former ...

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has revamped its service, renaming the Middleboro/Lakeville Line to the ...

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 ...

For the third time, Bedford Town Council approved an extension of a performance agreement with the developer of a Hampton Inn ...

New Bedford residents lined the steps and sidewalks in front of their City Hall to denounce immigration raids and demand that the mayor and City Council take action to protect immigrants.

"We can finally say, after 67 years, we have here a South Coast Rail." First commuter rail to bring train travel back to ...

Lea Jarrett rode the train for love. A law student at Boston College, her boyfriend usually has to drive her up to Boston ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — The MBTA and Keolis will hold a job fair on Friday as the long-awaited opening of the South Coast Rail route approaches. The event begins at 10 a.m. at the MassHire ...

Less than three months after he became chief of the New Bedford Police Department, Paul Oliveira destroyed 25 years of internal affairs files, disposing of the official record of some potentially ...

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.