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NEW BEDFORD - Firefighters battled a structure fire at the site of the former Building #19 on Hathaway Road in New Bedford Friday morning. The fire was reported shortly after 8:30 a.m. in one of the remaining structures at 19 Hathaway Road...

NEW BEDFORD - A motor vehicle stop leads to the arrest of a homeless man in New Bedford. Police stopped the car for a violation in the area of Chancery and Maxfield Streets late Thursday morning and soon discovered that the passenger was a homeless man wanted in connection to the theft of two televisions that had been stolen from the Regency Towers in downtown New Bedford Tuesday...

Homelessness is a chronic problem in New Bedford, but there are many people working on it. Reverend David Lima, a member of the Homeless Service Providers Network in New Bedford was a guest on Townsquare Sunday. He spoke with WBSM's Jim Phillips about what's being done to give the homeless the help they need...

NEW BEDFORD - A homeless woman was hit by a car near downtown New Bedford Thursday afternoon. Police say the accident took place as a car traveling east on Route 6 towards Fairhaven hit the 40-year-old woman as she was crossing the street at the "octopus" intersection at 3:20 p...

NEW BEDFORD - Four of the six candidates for Ward 3 city councilor gathered for a community forum at the Painters/Greater Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Council office Tuesday evening.

TIVERTON, R.I. - The search for a missing homeless man in Tiverton has been mostly called off. Tiverton Fire Chief Robert Lloyd tells WBSM News police received a call from a family member of the homeless man early this morning, saying he had contacted them telling them he intended to harm himself...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police are clearing out a homeless encampment near the Hayden McFadden Elementary School. Police were made aware of the encampment through a Facebook posting that claimed homeless people living under the I-195 overpass were harassing students for money as the children were walking to and from school...

NEW BEDFORD - An arrest has been made in the murder of a homeless man in New Bedford. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says 37-year-old Jorge Arce of Taunton was arrested Wednesday night by a Massachusetts State Trooper on Route 24 in Bridgewater...

NEW BEDFORD - A shed fire outside a mill at 1 Wamsutta St. led authorities to discover a large homeless encampment hidden in the brush Monday afternoon.

Today begins New Bedford's annual Point-in-Time Count to identify the number of homeless individuals in the city. Pat Sullivan, Director of Planning, Housing and Community Development for the city, tells WBSM News that about 45 volunteers, assisted by New Bedford Police, will spend 24 hours counting the number of sheltered and unsheltered homeless in the city...