saturday

A new veterans memorial to be dedicated this weekend has been a labor of love for the Dartmouth Veterans Advisory Committee. Members have been working on the project for six years. The memorial is located at the gazebo near the Dartmouth Council on Aging building off Dartmouth Street...

New Bedford Police are holding a Gun Safety Exchange program this weekend.  Here's the release: NEW BEDFORD _ Residents can prevent future gun tragedies by turning in firearms at the Gun Safety Exchange Program sponsored by the New Bedford Police Department to be held this Saturday from 10 a ...

The South Middleborough Grange will host the 59th annual agricultural fair on Saturday, August 27, at the South Middleborough Grange Hall on Route 28, 570 Wareham Street, in South Middleboro.

Organizers of the first annual Walk and Learning Fair Saturday, sponsored by the Physicians Against Opioid Abuse said the event is creating more awareness about the opioid crisis on the Southcoast and the help that's available in the community.  ....

For years, parking in New Bedford's downtown has been free on Saturdays. It looks like that will soon change. A letter from the City's Parking Clerk Scott Downing, dated May 4, indicates the City will soon enforce parking regulations for downtown parking meters on Saturday beginning June 4...

Students and community members gathered Friday across the street from Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech High School, to show their support for ousted school administrator Jimmy Owens. Owens was let go Tuesday apparently after a subpar employee evaluation...

Labor unions at UMass Dartmouth are going ahead with plans to set up an informational picket line Saturday morning on campus.  That's the day when parents and prospective students are visiting the Dartmouth university. On Thursday, the UMass Board of Trustees voted to free up money to pay employees negotiated pay raises that had been delayed for months...

The New Bedford School District is inviting teachers to submit applications during a Career Fair Saturday at Keith Middle School. Spokesman Jonathan Carvalho says the district is looking for teachers who want to be in New Bedford.... Carvalho says applications will also be accepted for a variety of other positions, including clerical jobs, custodial positions, electricians, paraprofessionals, and

Karl-Anthony Towns bounced back from a mini-slump with 21 points and 11 rebounds, Andrew Harrison added 14 points and No. 1 Kentucky rolled to a 79-56 win over 16th-seeded Hampton Thursday night in its NCAA Tournament opener. Limited by foul trouble the past two games, the 6-foot-11 Towns was forceful all night in helping the unbeaten Wildcats (35-0) roll to the site's most lopsided outcome of the

Fire officials say a Saturday afternoon fire that damaged a Fall River apartment building, and left several residents homeless, has been deemed an accident. Fall River Fire Lieutenant Neil Furtado tells the Herald News the fire at 238 Central Street isn't considered suspicious and officials believe it may have been started by a cigarette that was thrown into some nearby vegetation...