Purchase Street

The craft beer book continues to expand into the Southcoast as three New Bedford natives are on their way to opening a brewpub downtown before year's end.

Play on Purchase Street, a rockin’ block party, from Union Street to William Street in New Bedford, will be presented by Mayor Jon Mitchell this Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

New Bedford Police are investigating a robbery Thursday morning on the 800 block of Purchase Street. A 22 year old city man reported the incident to police. He said a man approached him around 9:30am and asked to use his cellphone. After ending a call, the man asked the victim if he had ever been robbed before...

State and local officials joined businessman Henry Wainer on Thursday, breaking ground for an $11 million expansion at the Purchase Street site in New Bedford, where the family business has existed for 100 years. Wainer's company, Sid Wainer and Sons delivers specialty foods and produce to more than 30,000 restaurants, hotels and other retailers throughout the world...

New Bedford police are investigating two purse snatchings that took place in the Purchase St. area.

A power outage that, at its peak, left an estimated 700 customers in the dark is believed to have been caused by the failure of an underground cable.

Dozens of off-duty firefighters assembled at Station Six on Purchase Street to do their part for the annual United Way-New Bedford Firefighters Toy Drive.  Firefighters collected more than 3.000 toys donated this year by local merchants and the general public.  T...

A pair of road reconstruction projects are underway in New Bedford's South Central neighborhood.  The city's Department of Public Infrastructure is overseeing the reconstruction of Purchase Street, between Wing and Russell Streets, and Pleasant Street, between Wing and County...