The school resource officer is Kelly Furtado, Fall River's Police Chief. In a statement, Furtado claimed the remarks were jokes in response to the new Durfee's bathroom plans at the time.

“This redevelopment really has transformed that corner of Fall River,” Silva said. The former Bradford Durfee Textile School on Durfee Street, built in 1895, was home to several schools over ...

FALL RIVER — The Fall River community is once ... Avery Motta, a teen author and student at B.M.C. Durfee High School, will share excerpts from her debut novel “In the Game” from 1 to ...

153 past students applied for a transcript review, and 108 diplomas have been approved. FALL RIVER — The city has 108 new high school graduates. Superintendent Tracy Curley told the School ...

FALL RIVER — The Preservation Society of Fall River on April 24 released its 2025 list of the city’s “Most Endangered” properties — including one historic building that’s literally ...

He worked in one of Fall River’s textile mills as a teenager while learning English; in 1937, at age 21, he graduated with honors from B.M.C. Durfee High School, where classmates named him Most ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WJAR) — These are people you call when you really need help. They're not afraid to get very dirty pulling shopping carts and tires out of the river or helping the homeless who ...

Heritage State Park is rolling out a new tour honoring Weetamoo, female sachem of the Pocasset. Learn more about the tour, ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WJAR) — In an effort to try to fill some of the district's open teaching positions, Fall River Public Schools hosted a job fair Saturday morning. Representatives from several ...

A Fall River man pleaded guilty May 9 in federal court in Boston to a drug trafficking charge after shipping cocaine through the U.S. mail from California to Fall River, according to the U.S ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WJAR) — One person was arrested after a shooting in Fall River Friday night. Police said the shooting happened on Orange Street. Investigators identified the victim as 22-year ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — April 30, 2025, marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. Veterans and local officials gathered in Fall River on Wednesday at the Vietnam ...