After graduation he planned to go to business school, but when the Bedford liquor store he and his friend worked ... the store open until the shelves were bare during the notorious 1978 blizzard.

The Selmar Eggers building in New Bedford has reopened after restoration following a 1977 gas explosion. The renovated building now houses new businesses, including the Cozy Crib, Kettle Black ...

New Bedford is looking for a new police chief after the retirement of Chief Paul Oliveira. Twenty-one people have applied for the job, city officials said. The department has come under fire ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A priest is back home thanks to a New Bedford firefighter who saved his life while on vacation. Firefighter Michael Desouza, assigned to Ladder Co. 3, was on a family ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WJAR) — Circulating Department of Homeland Security flyers asking for unaccompanied immigrant children is not sitting well with some local New Bedford groups. Indivisible ...

Fliers from the Department of Homeland Security have been distributed at addresses in New Bedford seeking info on an "unaccompanied alien child." Advocates for immigrants say the move is ...

NEW BEDFORD — Oysterfest is returning to New Bedford. After the resounding success of last year, the second annual New Bedford Oysterfest is happening at Cisco Brewers on June 7. This highly ...

A New Bedford man is facing drug charges after a traffic stop. Police said they finished an investigation into a cocaine distribution service on April 30, being operated from a residence on Court ...

New Bedford Firefighter Michael Desouza and a 9-1-1 dispatcher from Waltham, MA, started CPR on the man they found floating in the water. A Massachusetts firefighter was vacationing with his ...

The family of a New Bedford high school junior who was killed in a car crash involving a former school employee filed a wrongful death suit in federal court against the school district for $10 ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — New Bedford detectives arrested a 17-year-old with three active warrants after a short chase on Monday. While surveilling the area for criminal activity, detectives ...

They basically, I would say, conceded that they made a mistake.” This story is a production of the New England News Collaborative. It was originally published by The Public's Radio.