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Former congressman Barney Frank says there's only one presidential candidate with a real chance to win. On monday, Frank appeared at UMass Dartmouth to promote his book, Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage, and to discuss the 2016 presidential election...

With three decades of experience in Washington D.C., Maria Giesta is now setting her sights on the Third Floor Office in City Hall.

Former Congressman Barney Frank joined 18 other men and women for the first local meeting of the Center for Sustainable Fisheries.  Its a group that hopes to introduce better science into the debate over fishery regulations.  Fra...

A new organization says its ready to enter the debate over fisheries management.  The Center for Sustainable Fsheries, based in New Bedford, held its first meeting Thursday in Narragansett, Rhode Island.  The meeting was attended by two dozen stakeholders, including fishermen, processors and boat owners...

A new organization, committed to finding ways to help solve the crisis in New England's Commercial Fishing Industry, is about ready to begin its work.  The principals behind the Center for Sustainable Fsheries plan a formal "launch" later this month...

State and local officials cut a ribbon on Friday to mark the completion of phase one of the Route 18 Improvement Project. The project includes stamped-concrete intersections, traffic lights and landscaping on a section of Route 18 around Union Street, to slow down traffic and create a way for pedestrians to safely cross the roadway...

The UMass Dartmouth campus may be a little crowded this week as the school is celebrating the official inauguration of the new chancellor. Divina Grossman was chosen to succeed Dr. Jean MacCormack as chancellor last year, and will be officially installed as the leader of UMass Dartmouth in a Thursday afternoon ceremony in the school's main auditorium...

Former Congressman Barney Frank does not agree with an adviser to Governor Deval Patrick about his potential to be a temporary U.S. Senator.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says newly-retired Rep. Barney Frank would make a ``great interim senator'' but adds that he has also talked to other people about filling the post. Frank told The Associated Press that he asked Patrick earlier in the week to appoint him to serve as a temporary successor to Sen. John Ker...

Just-retired Rep. Barney Frank says he'd like to serve as a temporary successor to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the secretary of state nominee. Frank tells MSNBC's ``Morning Joe'' that he's asked Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint him. The Democratic governor will be required to fill Kerry's seat with an interim appointment, while setting a day for the special election between 145 days and 160 days a