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Thanks to the generous support of Bristol County Savings Bank, the annual Freedom Festival is back!  Celebrate America's Independence Day at  the 20th Annual UMass Dartmouth Freedom Festival on Friday, July 3rd.

UMass Dartmouth is cancelling any planned fireworks for this year. University spokesman John Hoey tells WBSM News the summer Freedom Festival fireworks display was postponed until this season due to inclement weather. Hoey adds a number of other activities, including homecoming, are already taking up a big portion of the campus' events schedule...

A college friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded guilty to impeding the investigation into the deadly attack. Twenty-year-old Dias Kadyrbayev is accused of removing a backpack containing emptied-out fireworks from Tsarnaev's dorm room after realizing he was suspected of carrying out the 2013 attack with his brother, Tamerlan...

Authorities are getting ready to release details on the suspected cause of a fire that killed seven people, including three children, in a Lowell apartment building last week. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan, Lowell Fire Chief Edward Pitta and other officials planned a news conference late Tuesday afternoon at a fire station located just 100 yards from the

The Boston Pops annual July 4th concert and fireworks show attended by thousands is being moved up a day because of potential heavy rains ahead of Tropical Storm Arthur. Organizers and public safety officials said Wednesday afternoon the celebration is being rescheduled to what appears to be the best of two potential bad weather days...

Predictions of torrential rains Thursday night and Friday has prompted UMass Dartmouth officials to postpone the University's Annual Freedom Festival celebration on campus. UMass spokesman John Hoey.... No new date has been set...

Fireworks are pretty to look at, but you should exercise caution if you plan to play with any.

The Town of Dartmouth continues the celebration of it's 350th year in existence Sunday. One of the premier events of the celebration, the incorporation and land sale re-enactment, will be played out before the town at Apponagansett park Sunday afternoon...

Prosecutors say the accused Boston Marathon bombers used Christmas lights, toy car parts and powder from firecrackers to make the deadly explosive devices that ripped through crowds of spectators last year. Newly-released court documents indicate Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his now-dead brother would have likely been unable to build the pressure cooker bombs without assistance or training...

Hundreds of people, especially families were spotted in Downtown New Bedford Tuesday night, enjoying City Celebrates New Years Eve.  The program started at 4:30 with opening ceremonies at City Hall.  Sharon Matzek of Marion spoke with WBSM News at the New Bedford Art Museum........