WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » Mass. http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Thu, 23 May 2013 20:30:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Verizon Employee Helps Police Capture Suspected Copper Wire Thief http://wbsm.com/verizon-employee-helps-police-capture-suspected-copper-wire-thief/ http://wbsm.com/verizon-employee-helps-police-capture-suspected-copper-wire-thief/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:41:01 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=74109 An Acushnet man has been charged with stealing copper wire from a business on Shawmut Avenue in New Bedford. 

According to Police, a Verizon employee saw the suspect put the copper wire inside the trunk of his car Thursday morning, then followed him to Route 140 while calling police

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Gov. Deval Patrick says he is close to finalizing a new casino compact with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe but plans to run it by federal officials before submitting it for final approval.

The governor is trying to avoid a repeat of last year's event, when an agreement he signed with the tribe was approved by the Legislature, only to be rejected later by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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Fourteen public, private and parochial schools had representatives on hand to explain their educational programs to parents

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A report prepared for the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe finds historical evidence of the tribe's links to land on which it hopes to build a $500 million casino.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/report-mashpee-tribe-has-ties-to-taunton/feed/ 0 Getty Images Ice Art On Display During "City Celebrates" In New Bedford http://wbsm.com/ice-art-on-display-during-city-celebrates-in-new-bedford/ http://wbsm.com/ice-art-on-display-during-city-celebrates-in-new-bedford/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:03:54 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=44216 sun and num

One of the big attractions at "City Celebrates" in New Bedford was ice sculptor Billy Poe of Brookline,  Massachusetts.  Poe used a chain saw to create a moon, the sun, and numbers "two-zero-one-and three" out of three blocks of ice

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]]> http://wbsm.com/ice-art-on-display-during-city-celebrates-in-new-bedford/feed/ 0 tsm Mass Gas Prices Continue To Fall http://wbsm.com/mass-gas-prices-continue-to-fall/ http://wbsm.com/mass-gas-prices-continue-to-fall/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:09:38 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=39570 Gas prices in Massachusetts have dropped by seven cents this week, but remain above the national average.

AAA Southern New England reports Monday that the average price of a gallon of self-serve, regular in Massachusetts has dropped to $3.47.

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