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Five area nursing homes, three of which are located in New Bedford, will soon be closing their doors amidst apparent financial troubles.

The newly renovated Elm Street Garage in New Bedford will be formally opened next week.

Classes will resume as scheduled on Tuesday at Hayden McFadden Elementary School in New Bedford.

Two grants have been awarded to causes that further educational opportunities for children in New Bedford.

Parents, teachers, and City officials made impassioned pleas as they voiced their opposition to any expansion of charter schools in the city.

A discussion surrounding the proposed expansion of a charter school in New Bedford is being held Tuesday evening.

A third case of rabies in Wareham has been confirmed.

Two New Bedford residents, one of them a teacher, are dead following a crash involving their motorcycle in New Hampshire on Monday.

House lawmakers voted Wednesday raise the statewide age for purchasing tobacco and e-cigarettes to 21, and to ban vaping from workplaces.

The student accused of making threats at a middle school in New Bedford on Monday has been arrested, police confirm.