MassDOT’s contractor will continue work on the New Bedford Main Line branch of the South Coast Rail project Thursday through Sunday in Freetown and Lakeville.
Fairhaven Firefighters make quick work of a machine fire Wednesday afternoon at the New Bedford Thread Company on Howland Road.
The fire was contained in a thread spool machine, and it set off the building's sprinkler system.
Department spokesperson Wayne Oliveira says firefighters found heavy smoke inside the building...
A smokey fire late Monday afternoon Fairhaven kept firefighters busy for about 90 minutes.
Smoke from the fire at 12 Howland Road could be seen miles away in neighboring New Bedford.
Fire crews responded to Nye Lubricant-New Bedford Thread Company shortly after 3:30 and faced a wave of thick smoke, and an activated sprinkler system inside the building...
Fairhaven Police have arrested a Rochester man and charged him with stealing eight handguns and ammunition from a Howland Street home.
Police say the break-in happened on September 12th. Twenty-two year old David Norman was arrested on the 15th, but police say none of the weapons were found...