2016

An opponent of Elizabeth Warren's required medical treatment after being assaulted by one of her supporters.

Hillary Clinton has become a liability for Democrats and needs to vanish.

There are plenty of great places to eat throughout the Southcoast, and we were glad to see so many restaurants and cafes open this year and we look forward to the many more planning to open their doors in 2017.

There's an alarming increase this year in the number of police officers fatally shot in the line of duty. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's report says 64 officers were shot and killed this year -- a more than 50 percent increase over 2015...

After New Bedford's huge spike in total tax collection this year, residents and businesses are catching a relative break in 2017. At Monday night's Tax Classification Hearing, the New Bedford City Council voted 9-2 to increase tax rates for both businesses and residents by the minimum factor allowed...

The City of New Bedford is undergoing an election recount of sorts tonight. Secretary of State William Galvin's Office randomly selected precincts throughout Massachusetts that would hand-count ballots from last week's election to ensure that regular and early voting was correctly implemented...

Early voting may be extremely convenient for voters when it's rolled out in Massachusetts for the first time next week, but it's causing a number of headaches for local election commissions. The new statewide initiative begins next week, with virtually no extra funding being funneled to cities and towns to staff polling locations from October 24 through November 4...

About 40% of Massachusetts communities are in the final planning stages of implementing early voting in the state. The 2014 provision allows for voting in state and federal final elections up to two weeks before they take place. New Bedford is still ironing out the details for the upcoming election...

We've learned in recent days that Hillary Clinton spent some of her early working years in New Bedford, working for the Children's Defense Fund. But nobody expected the Democratic presidential nominee to name-drop the Whaling City during her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night.

As many people have thought since they were dealt the third overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, it appears the Boston Celtics are looking to trade that pick for an established pro, prior to Thursday night.