WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » fall river http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Sat, 18 May 2013 03:01:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New Bedford Police Recover Stolen Vehicle, Search for Carjacker http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-police-recover-stolen-vehicle-search-for-carjacker/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-police-recover-stolen-vehicle-search-for-carjacker/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 15:34:32 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=76484 New Bedford Detectives have recovered a vehicle stolen in Fall River last week.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-police-recover-stolen-vehicle-search-for-carjacker/feed/ 0 New Bedford Police New Bedford Area and Southcoast Beach Guide for 2013 Season http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-area-and-southcoast-beach-guide-for-2013-season/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-area-and-southcoast-beach-guide-for-2013-season/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:17:02 +0000 BJ Ragone http://wbsm.com/?p=74399 The weather is starting to heat up, which means everyone is starting to prepare for the summer season in New Bedford and beyond. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-area-and-southcoast-beach-guide-for-2013-season/feed/ 0 TSM Fall River Police Looking For Suspicious Individual Near Schools http://wbsm.com/fall-river-police-looking-for-suspicious-individual-near-schools/ http://wbsm.com/fall-river-police-looking-for-suspicious-individual-near-schools/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:11:07 +0000 BJ Ragone http://wbsm.com/?p=73398 The Fall River police are looking for someone they believe to be a suspicious person who has been lingering near schools, and has even approached students. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/fall-river-police-looking-for-suspicious-individual-near-schools/feed/ 0 roguelazer,flickr Daniel Tavaras' Father Calls His Own Son "Pure Evilness" http://wbsm.com/daniel-tavaras-father-calls-his-own-son-pure-evilness/ http://wbsm.com/daniel-tavaras-father-calls-his-own-son-pure-evilness/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:48:37 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=68472 What would inspire the father of Daniel Tavares Jr., a convicted murderer, to say if his son was sentenced to death, "I'd like to be the one to inject the poison into his arm and look him in the eye when he dies?"

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]]> http://wbsm.com/daniel-tavaras-father-calls-his-own-son-pure-evilness/feed/ 0 L. Marie,flickr Police Obtain Warrants for Alleged Bank Robber http://wbsm.com/police-obtain-warrants-for-alleged-bank-robber/ http://wbsm.com/police-obtain-warrants-for-alleged-bank-robber/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:29:55 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=67186 New Bedford Police have obtained arrest warrants for a Fall River man, who's allegedly responsible for a string of robberies throughout Greater New Bedford.

32-year-old John Munoz of Robeson Street in Fall River is wanted for robbing one New Bedf

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]]> http://wbsm.com/police-obtain-warrants-for-alleged-bank-robber/feed/ 0 New Bedford Police New Bedford or Fall River – Which City is Harder to Navigate? http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-or-fall-river-which-city-is-harder-to-navigate/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-or-fall-river-which-city-is-harder-to-navigate/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:48:08 +0000 Neal White http://wbsm.com/?p=63671
I find myself spending equal amounts of time driving in New Bedford and Fall River.  I visit restaurants and other businesses in the cities and I got to wondering - which city is more difficult to navigate? 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-or-fall-river-which-city-is-harder-to-navigate/feed/ 0 Getty Images Fall River Teen Robs McDonald's at Gunpoint http://wbsm.com/fall-river-teen-robs-mcdonalds-at-gunpoint/ http://wbsm.com/fall-river-teen-robs-mcdonalds-at-gunpoint/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:26:51 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=62279 Fall River police say they have charged a 14-year-old boy with robbing a city McDonald's at gunpoint and pistol whipping the manager.

Police say the boy entered the restaurant at about 5:30 a.m

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]]> http://wbsm.com/fall-river-teen-robs-mcdonalds-at-gunpoint/feed/ 0 ezeiza, flickr Mass. Gaming Commission Coming To Southeast Region http://wbsm.com/mass-gaming-commission-coming-to-southeast-region/ http://wbsm.com/mass-gaming-commission-coming-to-southeast-region/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:48:08 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=61409 The Massachusetts Gaming Commission will meet in Fall River later this month, to discuss the possibility of accepting applications from commercial developers to build a casino in Southeastern Mass

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]]> http://wbsm.com/mass-gaming-commission-coming-to-southeast-region/feed/ 0 Gaming Commission Chair Stephen Crosby - Getty Images Reward Offered In Fall River Pet Shop Break-In http://wbsm.com/reward-offered-in-fall-river-pet-shop-break-in/ http://wbsm.com/reward-offered-in-fall-river-pet-shop-break-in/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:51:41 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=61136 A $1,000 reward is being offered in the case of the Fall River pet shop break-in last month.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/reward-offered-in-fall-river-pet-shop-break-in/feed/ 0 YouTube SouthCoast Rail Dominates Transportation Plan Forum http://wbsm.com/southcoast-rail-dominates-transportation-plan-forum/ http://wbsm.com/southcoast-rail-dominates-transportation-plan-forum/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:30:46 +0000 Bryan Booker http://wbsm.com/?p=60683 Transportation Secretary Richard Davey was in Fall River Monday, touting Governor Deval Patrick's 21st Century Transportation Plan.

The plan calls for reducing debt and generating additional revenues through an increase in the state's income tax

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