public safety

'The virus is coming, if it's not already here,' the New Bedford mayor said.

There is a cost to the taxpayers for all public safety services, regardless of who uses the services. However, it can be better funded and coordinated.

Remember when air for tires was free?

Some girls stay home while menstruating to avoid feeling 'period shame.'

Children get to try hitting targets with a stream from a fire hose, as well as try on firefighter's gear and an air tank to see how it feels.

The parish has called off its biggest fundraiser of the year in the wake of the critical risk for EEE in the area.

Mitchell said he was proud of the gains made in School Department and confident in the leadership provided by Superintendent Thomas Anderson.

New Bedford Police are urging area drivers to be careful over the Holiday weekend. Here's a release from the New Bedford Police Department: NEW BEDFORD -- New Bedford Police have begun increased traffic enforcement, thanks to a Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant issued to the NBPD traffic division...

A One-Million-Dollar plus project has been completed at Union Wharf. It allows for Police and Fire responder boats to be docked at the same location.

An East Wareham woman who crashed her truck on Monday night admitted to police that she had been drinking.