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Employees at Crystal Ice along New Bedford's waterfront have been evacuated following a hazardous materials situation.

Watch New Bedford Police representatives earn their wings and help area children as they participate in the 2018 Wing Eating Contest at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 29 at White's of Westport, 66 State Road in Westport.

New Bedford Police and EMS responded to 387 Ashley Boulevard around 1:19 am in response to calls regarding a woman screaming and bleeding outside.

Five people were sent to the hospital following a multi-car crash Tuesday in Mattapoisett.

NEW BEDFORD — The City Council continued to asses Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) budget proposals by department during a three hour informal session Wednesday evening at City Hall.

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man who had apparently overdosed in his car now faces charges. Police were called to the intersection of Hadley Street and Acushnet Avenue before 10 P.M. Wednesday for a report of a man possibly overdosing in a vehicle...

DARTMOUTH - Dartmouth emergency crews were called to the scene of a serious crash in the vicinity of 413 Cross Road Monday night. The crash took place just west of Faunce Corner Road around 9 p.m. as a 2014 Ford F350 apparently lost control, crashing through a telephone pole and colliding with a stone wall, coming to rest on it's roof...

BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Charlie Baker is planning to sign legislation doubling the line of duty death benefit for families of first responders. The bill will increase the benefit from $150,000 to $300,000. The change is included in a supplemental spending bill for the current 2017 fiscal year...

A three-year-old girl is dead and a family left in mourning after a tragic accident in Acushnet Tuesday. Acushnet Police Chief Michael Alves said in a press release the accident occurred shortly before noon Tuesday on Jean Street as the girl's father was making repairs to a vehicle...

A woman has been medflighted to a Boston-area hospital after reportedly being attacked by a dog in Acushnet this morning. Acushnet Police tell WBSM News the attack took place before 8am this morning at Chloe's Countryside Kennels on Leonard Street when a 44-year-old female employee tried to break up a fight between a larger dog and a smaller dog...