TSM Staff

Think you’re the top football expert in the South Coast? Sign up for our Football Pick Em contest and make your picks for every regular season pro football game this year. If you pick more games correctly than anyone else – including Pete Braley and Kasey Silvia – you win 10,000 VIP points and a shot at $10,000...

Think you’re the top football expert in the South Coast? Make your picks here for every regular season pro football game this year. If you pick more games correctly than anyone else – including Pete and Kasey – you win a shot at $10,000!

Congratulations to Jennifer Melton — she’s won $10,000 in our online Win Cash contest! Jennifer was driving when we called her to share the news. Just imagine getting that call on your way to work, right? Jennifer was so excited that she had to pull over...

Lowell resident Reuben Sanca finished first in Sunday's 37th annual New Bedford Half-Marathon. Sanca crossed the finish line at 1:05:52. The 27-year-old runner said he was grateful to see supporters along the course. The first-place female finisher was Providence resident Kim Smith, who finished in 1:11:09...

The City Council voted down a motion Thursday night to rescind a 44 percent pay raise the body gave itself in 2012. Councilors Brian Gomes, Deborah Coelho and James Oliveira blasted the motion's backers, new Councilors Naomi R.A. Carney and Dana Rebeiro, by saying the pair was acting under pressure from the media...

Residents said at a community forum Tuesday night that crime, trash and dismal-looking storefronts all are holding back North End neighborhoods around Acushnet Avenue. David Price, director of the Comunidad Nuestra Development Corporation in Roxbury, said his community solved similar problems and that he thinks North End residents are ready to tackle their issues...

A new poll says Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown.

President Barack Obama is having House Democrats to the White House as a showdown over the budget extends into its ninth day.

Rudy Gay and Tyler Hansbrough both scored 17 points to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 97-89 preseason victory over Boston on Monday night in Celtics' coach Brad Stevens' NBA debut.

A Boston public schools spokesman says about 300 school bus drivers have gone on strike, leaving thousands of children without a way of getting to school.