NorthStar Learning Centers

The Southcoast Coalition for Early Childhood Education is working with more than a dozen partners in the region.

It's estimated after the COVID-19 shutdown, 30 percent of childcare facilities in the Commonwealth did not reopen, and more than 7,000 slots are going unfilled.

The $7.3 million project in the South End aims to provide high-quality preschool for 134 kids and their families.

The DEA is implementing a new strategy to address prescription opioid misuse, fentanyl and heroin abuse, and violent crime on the SouthCoast.

A 20-year tradition continues by the firefighters of New Bedford and the United Way.

The New Bedford Police hired Melissa Costa, a NorthStar Learning Centers' licensed clinical social worker, specially trained mental health clinician.