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Smoking pot increases meals taxes! Who would have thought?

A look at why Wareham's retail pot shop was not given the green light for day one of recreational marijuana sales.

BOSTON -- While hundreds braved the cold rain and snow Tuesday for the chance to legally buy marijuana, the Cannabis Control Commission was back to work processing more than a dozen additional cannabis business applications as it continues to ramp up the industry...

Two recreational pot shops are scheduled to open Tuesday in Northampton and Leicester, Massachusetts, but don't look for pot shops to open in New Bedford any time soon. Speaking to WBSM's Brian Thomas, City Councilor Ian Abreu says the Council approved a zoning ordinance in late September, and applications are now coming in...

A man with ties to New Bedford, Fall River, and other communities in Massachusetts has been placed on the Massachusetts State Police Most Wanted list.

Gloria McPherson, an experienced planner who most recently served in that role in Provincetown, has been named the City Planner for the City of New Bedford.

Several communities in the region, including New Bedford, will introduce "High 5 Friday" at various grade schools tomorrow. The practice, suspended in Northampton schools last month, will surely cause some local liberal heads to explode...

Kicking police officers out of a public schools to make a political point is dumb and dangerous. The police in Northampton, Massachusetts believe that an increased presence in the public schools is a positive thing. It allows students and police officers to form a beneficial trust...

A raccoon found himself in big trouble on Wednesday, after getting his head stuck in a sewer drain at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northampton, Massachusetts.

A teacher in Northampton, Massachusetts is in some trouble after she allegedly sent a nude picture of himself to an underage student.