Jon Faria

Shaw's customers in Dartmouth will be getting a more interesting selection to choose from. On Monday night, the Dartmouth Select Board approved the Shaw's located near Buttonwood Bark for the town's last available beer and wine license...

Deputy Chief Brian Levesque will be taking over as the acting police chief for the Town of Dartmouth. Chief Robert Szala suffered a heart attack in April, leaving Levesque in charge of the department until Szala's return. Doctors expected Szala to miss several months before being able to even consider returning to his role...

FAIRHAVEN - Drivers around Fairhaven should double check their speedometers after Monday night's Board of Selectmen meeting. The board spoke with Fairhaven Police Chief Michael Myers about reducing the town's statutory speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph...

Despite seeing multiple cuts in next year's budget, New Bedford officials say student won't see any loss of services. During Monday's meeting, the New Bedford School Committee reviewed the latest version of the FY18 school operating budget, and passed it with a 5-2 vote...

Fairhaven's upcoming Town Meeting warrant looks to be a long one, with 58 articles set to be voted on. Many of the items featured will look to appropriate funding for a number of smaller projects like the Community Preservation Committee's request for $20,000 for a Board of Public Work's land protection project, $10,000 for a fitness station at the Recreation Center, and $17,500 for tennis court r

A property group is taking another shot at creating off-campus student housing near UMass Dartmouth. David Sullivan, a representative for Vision Properties, presented a citizens petition to the Dartmouth Select Board on Monday. The petition proposes a zoning by-law change that would allow for a housing community to be built at the Pine Hill gravel site near the campus...

After previous middle school redesign plans in New Bedford failed to gain teacher support, district officials are putting the teachers in charge. At Monday night's School Committee meeting, teacher groups from each New Bedford middle school presented preliminary plans expected to be finalized and implemented for next school year...

In a tight race for Freetown's open Board of Selectmen, Charles Sullivan won with 295 votes over Craig Cabral's 210 votes, and Joel Pacheco with 118 votes. The other contested race in Freetown saw incumbents Robert Clark and Derek Gracia defeat challenger David Beard for the two Regional School District Committee seats up for grab...

Fairhaven's only contested race during Monday's election saw newcomer Cameron Durant defeat former BPW member and selectman Geoffery Haworth for the open Board of Public Works seat. Since incumbent Jarrod Lussier had withdrawn his name from the race, the two candidates were both write-in's on the ballot...

The town of Acushnet now has a selectman with a stance on the controversial LNG facility. Challenger Roger Cabral won Monday night's town election by a landslide against incumbent selectman Garry Rawcliffe, 709 votes to 419. Cabral previously criticized the Board of Selectmen for not coming out against the potential LNG plant in Acushnet...