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NEW BEDFORD — The New Bedford Educators Association collected more than $3,900 in donations for their annual winter coat drive. With the donations, the school nursing staffs, who coordinate the drive, were able to purchase more than $5,000 worth of clothing and toiletries for students in need with discounts from local businesses...

TAUNTON - A homeless man has been arrested at a Taunton storage facility in connection with the theft of at least one gun. Taunton Police say 52-year-old Patrick Richards was arrested this week on an outstanding warrant after his girlfriend tipped off police that he had stolen a gun from a nearby storage unit...

New Bedford is getting more than $1.7 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist the homeless. The grant was announced on Thursday. Patrick Sullivan of the city's Office of Housing and Community Development calls the grant "essential...

The overflow shelter will be open this evening.

New Bedford's Emergency Overflow Shelter will be open this evening.

New Bedford's Emergency Overflow Shelter will be open Friday night.

The City of New Bedford and Catholic Social Services are rolling out new protocols for sheltering those in need during extreme weather conditions. The Sister Rose and Sister Grace shelters operate regularly, sheltering men and women respectively...

The New Bedford City Council discussed a proposed ordinance during their meeting Tuesday night that would convert homes that have either been foreclosed on or taken through tax title by the city and provide them to the homeless.

Catholic Social Services announced that they will be opening their Overflow Shelter at the Sister Rose House at 71 Division St. in New Bedford.

A fire at a homeless encampment in New Bedford could have been a lot worse than it was. New Bedford firefighters responded to reports of a fire behind the former Building #19 along Rt. 140 Wednesday afternoon. Upon arrival, firefighters found one of the makeshift shelters had caught fire from a homemade furnace that was being used to warm several lean-tos...