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Two local boat captains spotted a young whale seemingly frolicking in the water off of Clark's Point near New Bedford on Wednesday.

Firefighters and crews from the harbormaster's office spent over an hour Thursday morning cleaning up a fuel spill in Fairhaven harbor.

Passengers who were rescued by the Coast Guard from a boat off Block Island early Monday morning said that the object they struck was a whale, according to a Coast Guard spokesperson.

The Coast Guard rescued five people from a boat off Block Island after the vessel struck an object on Monday morning. No injuries were reported.

The U.S. Coast Guard has released photos from today's rescue of 40 people after an engine fire was reported on the fishing charter vessel Yankee Patriot II off of Gloucester.

The aircrew directed the fishermen into the water where they were hoisted aboard a rescue helicopter and transported back to shore.

The New Bedford Fire Department made use of equipment provided by MassDEP.

The Emmy Rose out of Portland, Maine went down off the coast of Provincetown early Monday.

The man reportedly traveling between Woods Hole and Fairhaven was adrift and out of fuel as darkness fell.

Booms were installed near Blue Harvest Fisheries.