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A Wareham woman drunkenly drove her car into the ocean and then went home, according to police.

WAREHAM - Saturday night, Wareham emergency personnel were called to the area of Broad Cove for a vehicle submerged about 50 to 75 feet from the shore. Wareham Police say there were two people in the car at the time it plunged into the water, with both occupants now on shore...

Three missing boaters appear to have local ties. The Coast Guard is currently searching for the three men, after they embarked on a sea excursion and failed to return home as scheduled on Tuesday. The Coast Guard is searching for any signs of Carlos Amaral, Dylan Amaral, and Mario Fialho and the vessel, the 23-foot "Dad Sea Cave...

President Barack Obama's announcement that 5,000 square miles of ocean off of the Massachusetts coast is being declared a marine monument was met with anger by many in the fishing industry.

Individuals representing the commercial and recreational fishing industries and offshore wind developers met at New Bedford City Hall Tuesday to discuss potential projects off the shores of Martha's Vineyard.

Fairhaven Police and the Harbormaster are investigating after a speedboat accidentally launched two occupants from the deck. The Harbormaster says the boat caught a wave at a bad angle, causing the man and woman to go overboard. The Harbormaster says speed may have been a factor...

Fairhaven Harbormaster Tim Cox is scratching his head after a sailboat was found washed ashore on West Island. The sailboat was discovered Wednesday by a resident walking on the beach behind the island's state reservation. Cox says the 25-foot boat likely drifted over from Falmouth after breaking loose of it's moorings during one of the recent winter storms...

The Fairhaven Polar Plunge has become an increasingly popular New Years Day tradition on the SouthCoast.

Officials have auctioned off more than 550 square miles of federal waters off the Massachusetts coast to two companies hoping to develop wind energy projects.

The rays and sharks are on the road, but it's not a ball game. The New Bedford Ocean Explorium packed up cow-nose rays, Atlantic stingrays, and white spotted bamboo sharks to be transported to Mysitc Aquarium in Connecticut. The sea creatures will be incorporated into already existing exhibits at Mystic...