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NEW BEDFORD - The city's summertime celebrity, Seagull Cinderella, caused quite the stir during her brief stay on the corner of Rt. 18 and Elm St.. However, she returned in spirit this week to spread some love to the Southcoast.

It's Giving Tuesday and I have a suggestion. My close friend and broadcaster, Ellen Ratner, has been helping families ravaged by war and rape in South Sudan. Her 501-C3 charity, Goats for the Old Goat, gives goats to returning former slaves in South Sudan...

Pallets of scholastic books were unloaded outside Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in New Bedford's north end Wednesday morning and presented to dozens of eager fourth graders.

A consciencious student at UMass Dartmouth's School of Law is making a large effort to provide relief to the residents of Flint, Michigan. Many residents of the community have been exposed to dangerous levels of lead that has contaminated their water supply...

BOSTON (AP) _ Generous donors are again filling up the Salvation Army's holiday red kettles across Massachusetts. The charitable organization says more valuables are appearing in their signature kettles after a wedding band and a diamond engagement ring were donated earlier this month in Lowell...

One of the women involved in the theft of a donation jar at a local liquor store is under arrest. New Bedford Police say 32-year-old Veronica Mello of New Bedford turned herself in at the downtown station around 4pm Tuesday afternoon...

The YMCA has over 17,000 members across the Southcoast. The organization's mission is to promote the health of individuals within it's community, from spiritual to physical. It's more than what the Village People sang so enthusiastically about...

It's no secret that Mercy Meals and More has become one of my favorite charitable causes throughout Greater New Bedford. Though I don't have much time to volunteer, I think putting my life on the line once a year is a pretty good way of making up for it...

Get your plastic bags and non-perishables ready for the 22nd Annual Letter Carrier Food Drive. This Saturday, letter carriers across the nation will be accepting food donations that will be donated to local pantries. Letter carrier Richard Drolet says over the last several years, Americans have donated over 74 million pounds of food on the second Saturday of May every year...

Well, there's at least one Dallas Cowboys quarterback who we can all agree to love.