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Two swimmers that were in distress are doing fine now after the efforts of the New Bedford Fire Department. The male and female swimmers were reported to be in distress after a South End resident spotted them clinging to a buoy far from the shore near Monkey Island...

A Taunton police officer is being credited with saving a family during a house fire.

Fire officials say a dozen fishermen were rescued off the coast of Cape Cod over the weekend after they became stranded on a jetty as the tide rose.

A dolphin became stranded on the shores of Dartmouth this past weekend.

BOSTON (AP) _ The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued crews from two sinking fishing boats off the coast of Massachusetts. The Coast Guard said it responded to two separate rescue calls on Wednesday from boats that were taking on water...

An elderly man from Pennsylvania was rescued after getting lost in the Freetown State Forest Friday morning, according to a press release from the Fall River Police Department.

A 15-year-old boy was rescued by a state trooper from Fall River after falling through the ice near Britland park this afternoon.

If you wondered why 495 was shut down earlier today, it was because a dog was running loose in the travel lanes.

The New Bedford Fire Department deserves recognition after responding to a call of a man who had fallen in the icy waters of 93 State Pier just after 5 pm last night. "Dock workers/Fishermen found the individual between two boats, called 911 and pulled him out of the water...

All 17 miners who were stuck hundreds of feet below the surface in an elevator at the deepest salt mine in the Western Hemisphere have been rescued.