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New Bedford school officials revealed a preliminary $145,420,517 budget for FY18 on Monday night. That number includes $10-million in enhancement requests, which are considered important to moving the district toward their performance goals...

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With Dartmouth's town election a month away, the Police Station Committee held their final presentation Monday night for a joint Select Board/Finance Committee meeting. Project officials discussed the overall project, and changes made since hearing from residents...

There's really no denying it. President Trump is not eloquent. He's not a polished, smooth orator, which may be all the more evident since his predecessor certainly was among the best ever at public speaking (teleprompter aided or not). In addition, Donald Trump has thrown out every book, every proven plan on how to win elections or even what to say or not say publicly and how to manipulate the pr

Dartmouth officials say the town could have lost a lot more money had they not settled out of court with former police chief Timothy Lee. At Monday's Select Board meeting, the town's attorney in the case, Nora Adukonis, discussed the settlement details, calling the negotiations 'grueling'...

With Dartmouth's Gidley School ready to be demolished to make room for a new police station, over 100 former students and faculty of the 95-year old building gathered Monday night to remember it. The program, held at the Quinn School auditorium, featured former principal and teacher speakers, and a commemorative video to close out the night...

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...

Big storm on the way and it could bring with it lots of snow for our listening area. Make sure you are prepared by staying tuned to WBSM and on-line with wbsm.com for up to the minute information. And just remember, pitchers and catchers report on Sunday ...

While most town boards haven't voted on the issue yet, many Dartmouth officials came out in support of buying the Allendale Country Club. The Select Board, Board of Assessors, Conservation Commission, and Planning Board met at the Dartmouth Middle School Monday night to discuss buying the 150-acre property at half its assessed value, with only the Conservation Commission officially supporting it..

Even miracles take time, but in this case over one million dollars was raised Friday and Saturday for Meeting Street and their Massachusetts campus, The Schwartz Center! WPRI 12 and Fox Providence joined with sponsors Cardi's Furniture and Mattresses and a number of radio stations, including FUN107 and WBSM AM 1420, to raise money for the 41st Annual Meeting Street Telethon...