WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » coast guard http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Coast Guard Aids Sinking New Bedford Fishing Vessel http://wbsm.com/coast-guard-aids-sinking-new-bedford-fishing-vessel/ http://wbsm.com/coast-guard-aids-sinking-new-bedford-fishing-vessel/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:05:25 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=58424 A New Bedford fishing boat is being escorted home by two U.S. Coast Guard vessels, after the fishing boat began taking on water about 100 miles southeast of Nantucket. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/coast-guard-rescues-new-bedford-fisherman-at-sea/feed/ 0 US Coast Guard news Cong. Keating Trying to Preserve Martha's Vineyard Lighthouse http://wbsm.com/cong-keating-trying-to-preserve-marthas-vineyard-lighthouse/ http://wbsm.com/cong-keating-trying-to-preserve-marthas-vineyard-lighthouse/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:45:29 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=40727 Natural forces are threatening an historic Massachusetts landmark, and at least one politician is looking to preserve it.

Congressman William Keating has sent a letter to Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Papp, asking that he mark the Gay Head Light tower on Martha's Vineyard as surplus land

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]]> http://wbsm.com/cong-keating-trying-to-preserve-marthas-vineyard-lighthouse/feed/ 0 Too Many Notes, flickr Search Suspended for Missing Fisherman In Provincetown http://wbsm.com/search-suspended-for-missing-fisherman-in-provincetown/ http://wbsm.com/search-suspended-for-missing-fisherman-in-provincetown/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:49:57 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=34106 The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing fisherman after a scallop boat sank off the coast of Cape Cod.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/search-suspended-for-missing-fisherman-in-provincetown/feed/ 0 snapshotofken,flickr Coast Guard Investigating Hoax Calls http://wbsm.com/coast-guard-investigating-hoax-calls/ http://wbsm.com/coast-guard-investigating-hoax-calls/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:39:17 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=29638 The U.S. Coast Guard says it's investigating possible hoax distress calls made near Narragansett Bay that prompted four fruitless hours of searching.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/coast-guard-investigating-hoax-calls/feed/ 0 Getty Images New Bedford Fishing Boat Rescued http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-fishing-boat-rescued/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-fishing-boat-rescued/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:25:49 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=17144 A seven person crew on the New Bedford Fishing essell "Linda"  were rescued 150 miles east of the Cape Saturday afternoon. A distress call said the boat was taking on water. The Coast Guard responded, and repaired the vessel and it was towed back to port

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