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Has anyone else noticed how a video will automatically start playing once you scroll passed it on your Facebook newsfeed? Yea, that little change may be the reason you wanted to toss your phone bill out the window last month. Apparently there's a setting which allows the video to "auto…

When the Ice Bucket Challenge first started popping up on my Facebook news feed, I was admittedly skeptical of what it could really do for such a terrible disease. But after seeing how much money it had raised for ALS research, I started to change my mind.

The owners of the Lebanese Kitchen are the recipients of a generous donation.
The Purchase Street restaurant was destroyed earlier this month in a fire that remains under investigation.
After seeing footage of the fire, Michael Silvia, administrator of NewBedfordGuide...

The Mattapoisett Chowder House has closed.
The restaurant posted a notice on their Facebook page on Saturday saying that they were closed for good.
While the post did thank the public for their support, no reason for the closure was given...

With the institution of marriage already under siege, researchers are suggesting that today's social media is an added attack to spouses and their romantic relationships with each other.

Wareham Police are releasing their side of the story as it pertains to a video seen on social media, of a town police officer allegedly slapping a 58-year-old woman in the face.
The Wareham Police Department says the two officers were called to 17 Camardo Drive Wednesday morning to investigate an aba…

Facebook is moving to get its users moving.

Facebook is going to censor posts advertising gun sales without background checks. 
Facebook says it won't permit people to post offers to sell regulated items and indicate they're willing to help people evade the law. 
The social media site said it consulted with gun control group…

Fall River Police are investigating a Facebook page that allegedly displayed nude photos of minors.
In a Facebook post, Mayor Will Flanagan said he asked police to investigate the page called "Fall River Hooters", after residents alerted him to the "horrific and graphic&…

One third of American adults get news through Facebook.  Most of those surveyed by Pew Research Center said they happen upon news while they're checking up on friends on the social media website.
Pew did find that those who call themselves heavy news consumers don't describe Facebook a…