families

The Bristol County Sheriff's Office is working with inmates at the House of Correction to better educate them about the dangers of opioid abuse and treatment services available. Sheriff Thomas Hodgson says all inmates will be provided information, including those inmates released on bail or those going back in the community...

The 6th annual Fishing for a Cause tournament, fundraiser and dinner raised nearly $200,000 from June 25 to June 26 in the waters of Buzzards Bay to benefit children and families of The Schwartz Center.

Learn what K-12 schools in your community have to offer on Tuesday, January 26, during the fourth annual School Choice Fair! Families are welcome to attend this event at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater New Bedford from 6-8 pm. Organizer Lynn Poyant of the Global Learning Charter Public School is positive that this experience is the most effective way to get answers about the enrollment procedur

City officials and leaders from a local non-profit organization have teamed up to place a state-of-the-art fully handicap accessible playground on Pope's Island.

Nearly 60 children have made the annual pilgrimage from New York City to New Bedford to spend a few weeks with their "second" families. Families from all over Greater New Bedford picked up their assigned Fresh Air Fund children at Buttonwood Park Zoo Monday, and are anxious to begin spending time with each other...

The New Bedford School Department conducted its second annual Community Survey and saw over a 300% increase in participation from staff, families, and community members compared to last year's.

Many Americans say there's someone in their household who tends to take up all the storage space on their shared DVRs.

About 50 relatives of Chinese passengers from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane are continuing a sit-in protest outside the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing, after officials failed to show up to update them on the search. The airline says relatives earlier held ten of its staff members for nearly 11 hours inside a hotel ballroom where family members were being briefed...