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After more than 100 days of investigating, the NFL report is out on the Patriots-deflate gate scandal. The report author by attorney Ted Wells doesn't call star quarterback Tom Brady a cheater, but it may as well. Wells calls some of Brady's claims that he didn't know of efforts to deflate game balls "not plausible and contradicted by others...

Hundreds of worshippers will turn out Sunday morning for the annual Easter Ecumenical Sunrise Service at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven, a tradition that's been ongoing for 77 years.  . It's organized by the Interchurch Council of Greater New Bedford, and Executive Minister David Lima says he's amazed by the crowd every year...

The latest and greatest in home improvement services and technology will be on display in the North End of New Bedford this weekend. Saturday and Sunday, the 27th annual Greater New Bedford Home Show sets up shop at Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech...

A newly-signed Environmetal Bond Bill contains millions of dollars for projects in Greater New Bedford. They include some big ticket items like dredging New Bedford Habor, improvements to State Pier, and restoration of Fort Tabor. But there are smaller projects as well, like $500,000 for a visitors and education center at the Freetown State Forest...

Letter Carriers this weekend collected almost 35,000 pounds of non-perishable food items during the annual "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive. Organizer Richard Drolet says about 37,000 pounds of food was collected last year in Greater New Bedford...

Update 12:19pm:   A minor earthquake has struck southeastern Massachusetts, but there were no immediate reports of damage. John Ebel, a senior research scientist at Boston College's Weston Observatory, said the earthquake that struck seven miles north-northwest of New Bedford just before 11 a.m. T...

Thanksgiving Day Football Scores: Dartmouth 26  Fairhaven 6 New Bedford 33  Durfee 6 Old Rochester 14  Apponequet 6 Bourne 22  Wareham 12 Greater New Bedford Voke Tech 20  Diman 2 Bishop Feehan 17 Bishop Stang 6  

The rain didn't let up, but that didn't bother those attending the 2013 Greater New Bedford Relay for Life. Hundreds of people, including survivors of cancer and their family and friends, turned out for the rain-drenched event. 77-year-old Raymond Silvia has been cancer-free for a year...