Friday Afternoon

Fire crews brought the fire under control in about an hour. No one was hurt.

The arrest followed a traffic stop at Sycamore and County Streets Friday afternoon.

New Bedford Police are urging patrons to keep a close eye on their belongings while at supermarkets and other public places. Police say a 90-year old woman was victimized on Friday afternoon at Market Basket on Sawyer Street.  . The woman told Police a white male about 20 years old stole her purse from her shopping cart while she was loading groceries into her car...

Police say a New Bedford man was involved in three seperate crashes Friday afternoon involving five cars including his own. According to Information Officer Lt. Amos Melo, 50 year old John Pisarczyk was driving a car that struck another vehicle at Brock Avenue and Rodney French Boulevard...

Chatham (AP) - Authorities say a helicopter crashed into a pond on Cape Cod, leaving two people with serious injuries. One of the injured was a woman from Acushnet. The two-passenger helicopter crashed early Friday afternoon near the shore in Chatham...