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NEW BEDFORD - Two fourth grade students at New Bedford's Gomes Elementary School say an older boy tried to rob them while armed with a knife this morning. New Bedford Police say the two male students reported they were walking to school near Acushnet Avenue and South Street when they were approached by a male Hispanic teen who demanded money and food from the children...

CHELSMFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts school bus driver has been arrested after students about to depart on a field trip say they smelled marijuana smoke on the bus. Chelmsford police say 63-year-old Ali Mahfuz was charged Tuesday with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs and reckless child endangerment...

NEW BEDFORD - An impromptu lesson in driving went horribly wrong in New Bedford's North End Monday night. New Bedford Police say a 19-year-old man had allowed a 16-year-old male juvenile to drive his car in the parking lot of Normandin Middle School around 9 P...

FAIRHAVEN - The towns of Fairhaven and Acushnet are exploring the possibility of regionalizing their school districts. Fairhaven Superintendent Dr. Robert Baldwin says there are several methods to regionalizing, but the ultimate goal would be to bring parts or all of both districts under one umbrella...

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) _ Police say someone stole two dozen batteries from school buses operating out of Middleborough. Police Lt. Robert Ferreira tells The Republican someone stole three batteries each from eight school buses sometime before 6 a...

NEW BEDFORD - Global Learning Charter Public School officials are contemplating what to do after a student brought an airsoft pistol to the New Bedford school. The incident took place Tuesday when a sixth grader brought the replica gun into the school, with the gun accidentally being fired at another student...

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 is unlikely to move forward with Innovation Zone plans for the city's middle schools. At Monday's School Committee meeting, officials announced the district would pursue a different middle school redesign as they try to improve grades...

The Rogers School consulting group continues their work narrowing down the possibilities for the historic Fairhaven building's future. At Thursday's meeting at town hall, consulting group Kirk and Company spoke about how town demographics along with certain tax credits could affect the potential uses for the Rogers School. ...

New Bedford Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin presented the School Committee with her goals for the 2016-2017 school year Monday night.