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Another boat has been illegally dumped in the woods on the SouthCoast, this time on the Middleborough/Wareham town line.

An illegally discarded boat that caused havoc for local authorities last month has once again appeared in a Facebook post by the Wareham Harbormaster Department.

Fairhaven Harbormaster Tim Cox is scratching his head after a sailboat was found washed ashore on West Island. The sailboat was discovered Wednesday by a resident walking on the beach behind the island's state reservation. Cox says the 25-foot boat likely drifted over from Falmouth after breaking loose of it's moorings during one of the recent winter storms...

Fairhaven firefighters battled a smoky blaze onboard a fishing boat today. Firefighter Wayne Oliveira says the fire was reported late Tuesday morning aboard the 75-foot fishing vessel "Thor" which is docked in the Fairhaven Shipyard for repairs...

With Memorial Day weekend upon us, area residents may be more apt to take advantage of the warmer weather by going out on a boat. The Coast Guard is advising boaters to take the proper precautions when heading out onto the ocean. U.S...

A report by Massachusetts' emergency management agency cites a ``lack of weapons discipline'' among some police officers during the chaotic events that unfolded when the Boston Marathon bombers were tracked down several days after the April 2013 blasts...

Jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial may see the boat where suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev was captured. Prosecutors want only the panels where Tsarnaev wrote messages to be shown.  The defense wants the whole boat to be entered into evidence...

If you're a boat owner in the area, you may have noticed some improvements in several communities. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Affairs has invested $2.2 million for fixing or replacing boat ramps and docks throughout the state...

Authorities have identified two duck hunters who died and a third who was hospitalized after they fell into the frigid waters of the Westport River when their boat capsized. The office of Bristol District Attorney Sam Sutter said 53-year-old Steven James of Marshfield and 55-year-old Robert Becher of Cromwell, Conn...

A federal appeals court says a 19th century schooner resting beneath the waters of Lake Erie belongs to New York state rather than the salvagers who found it.