public

Should Southcoast school districts consider doing away with scheduled vacation times? With districts like New Bedford, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven already exhausting their five built-in snow days, students will likely spend extra days in the classroom into late June...

An alert New Bedford Public School student was quick to phone police this morning while waiting for the school bus. According to Superintendent Pia Durkin's spokesperson, Jonathan Carvalho, police responded to the bus stop in the area of Sawyer and Reynolds Streets after the student reported an adult showing a knife at the stop...

Associated Press - Massachusetts health officials say the state is seeing an overall decline in tuberculosis, although they warn of a worrisome rise in multi-drug resistant cases. The Department of Public Health said Monday that last year Massachusetts saw 201 confirmed cases, compared with 215 cases in 2012...

Yes, we are going there. Public nudity actually has some benefits, and isn't ust for your creepy old neighbors anymore.

New Bedford needs more soccer fields.  That's the opinion of Councilor At Large David Alves and other members of the Council.

New Bedford Police are looking for the public's help in a West End break in a week ago.

Attorney General Martha Coakley's office is recommending that the town of Middleborough change or repeal a bylaw prohibiting public profanity.