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NEW BEDFORD - The New Bedford/Fairhaven bridge is once again closed to vehicular traffic this morning. In all likelihood, the below freezing temperatures are meddling with the bridge's machinery. Extreme temperatures, whether hot or cold, are known to negatively impact the 116-year-old bridge's normal operations...

NEW BEDFORD - The New Bedford/Fairhaven Bridge is closed to vehicular traffic this morning as temperatures dipped as low as 8 degrees. Officials say there is an issue with the bridge's gate. Maintenance crews are working to remedy the problem...

An Acushnet woman is injured after a driver allegedly high on drugs struck her car near the New Bedford/Fairhaven bridge. New Bedford Police say the accident took place early Wednesday afternoon on Popes Island when 26-year-old Corey Dunn of Somerset was driving east on Route 6 over the bridge when he veered across several lanes of traffic into the parking lot of the Fairhaven True Value Hardware

Fairhaven Police are investigating an accident involving one of their own cruisers. Police say the 2015 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor was travelling south on Adams Street around 9am Friday morning when a 2014 Ford Fusion heading west on Bridge Street T-boned the police vehicle...

The Sakonnet River bridge was closed to traffic this afternoon after an inspection truck tipped over while two workers were still inside.

A Fairhaven home is damaged by fire. Firefighter Wayne Oliveira says the fire was reported just after 10pm Wednesday night at 44 Bridge Street. Two engines and a ladder truck were dispatched to the home, with firefighters finding smoke and flames coming from the second floor of the two-family home...

With Southcoast Rail's future still cloudy, New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell says the State could focus on other housekeeping items in the interim. Speaking on his weekly radio program, Mitchell says the replacement of the more-than-a-century-old New Bedford/Fairhaven Bridge is at the top of his wish-list...

Freetown Police are notifying motorists that repair work has begun on the historic stone bridge on South Main St. near Grandpa's Place.

The New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge will be closed once again to vehicular traffic in order to repair mechanical components.

Fairhaven Police say a man trying to evade capture jumped off of the New Bedford/Fairhaven Bridge. Fairhaven Sgt. Kevin Kobza tells WBSM News early Wednesday afternoon 44-year-old Devlin Amaral of New Bedford had stolen 15 cans of Red Bull energy drink from the Fairhaven Rite-Aid and began to flee toward New Bedford on Route 6 in his car...