As with most years, 2023 saw many local businesses close. From restaurants to shopping spots, places we have known and loved across the SouthCoast had to call it quits for one reason or another this year.
Some closings were sad to hear, other may not have surprised anyone at all...
Somerset, Swansea and Seekonk, Massachusetts, might as well be one giant town to Michael Rock, a resident of Mattapoisett, at the opposite end of the SouthCoast.
Swansea's Joshua Andrade has been sentenced after facing 16 separate indictments, including charges of child rape, child pornography and drug trafficking.
Former talk radio host and newspaper editor Richard “Ric” Oliveira has been convicted of indecently and physically assaulting a pre-teen close female relative.
A Swansea man has been arrested on charges related to the January 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol during which he allegedly threw an object at the Capitol doors.