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Rochester firefighters put out a fire in the shredder processer at the Covanta waste to energy plant on Route 28 Thursday night.

One Rochester man called police on Tuesday afternoon to report a rattlesnake in his shed — but it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.

We have an abundance of places to swim here in Southern New England, both fresh and salt water. Which do you prefer?

Rick Trapilo, a former international business executive and local restauranteur, has mounted a Democratic primary challenge in the 10th Bristol District.

Rochester residents complained about safety issues at the intersection of Walnut Plain Road and Mary's Pond Road, and now have received $50K to address them.

This week helicopters are flying low over Southeastern Massachusetts as part of a plan to mitigate rabies among wild animals in Barnstable and Plymouth counties. Wareham residents may have noticed the passing choppers on Tuesday or found oral rabies vaccine bait in their yards...

Concerned residents in Rochester plan to lobby the Commonwealth to help in some way with one of the SouthCoast’s most notoriously dangerous intersections.

We all know that the cities and towns across the SouthCoast have been around for a long time. Pretty much all of them were here way before America was America and many have been the site of great historical moments in our country's history...

Rochester's Graham Correia set out to run coast to coast and hopefully find the answer to the question: what's our real purpose for being here?

After 14 years serving up delicious homemade meals to the kids of Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester, one lunch lady is hanging up her fun hats and saying goodbye. Barbara St. John of Rochester spent the last four years of her career at Old Colony as a full-time lunch lady with 10 years prior to that as part-time...