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The family-run chain that focused on a friendly neighbor approach--its own website was HelloBennys.com--is closing its 31 stores by the end of the year.

NEW BEDFORD - The South End 7-Eleven is once again the subject of an armed robbery. New Bedford Police say a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and partial ski mask entered the store just after 2:30 A.M. Thursday and asked the clerk if he could buy some cigarettes...

An Acushnet woman is injured after a driver allegedly high on drugs struck her car near the New Bedford/Fairhaven bridge. New Bedford Police say the accident took place early Wednesday afternoon on Popes Island when 26-year-old Corey Dunn of Somerset was driving east on Route 6 over the bridge when he veered across several lanes of traffic into the parking lot of the Fairhaven True Value Hardware

A New Bedford woman says she was robbed by a group of young men she believes were armed with a stun gun early Friday morning. The 32-year-old woman told police she was walking home from the 7-Eleven on Cove Road around 12:15 A.M. Friday when a group of five to seven young black men began following her from the store...

New Bedford Police are asking the public to help identify a man wanted in connection of an unarmed robbery in the city. The robbery took place Thursday morning at the 7-Eleven convenience store on Cove Road in the South End. The suspect was able to flee with an undetermined amount of cash...

The Sears Appliance & Hardware in Fairhaven is closing.

New Bedford Police are investigating after a man was robbed while waiting in line at a store Wednesday morning.

Shoppers at an eastern Massachusetts toy store are getting an early Christmas present: All their layaway bills totaling $20,000 have been paid off by an anonymous woman dubbed "layaway angel."

Count Mayor Jon Mitchell as a supporter of Arthur T. Demoulas, the former CEO of Market Basket. Arthur T. was ousted as CEO last month, and replaced by his cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas. Loyal longtime workers have taken to protesting the sudden change, with work at many of the 71 Market Basket locations coming to a screeching halt...

A downtown convenience store was robbed at gunpoint this afternoon. New Bedford Police say two males robbed Costa's Cash Express at 211 Union Street just after noon time, struck the female clerk in the face with a silver handgun, and demanded cash...