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New Bedford police have arrested two drug trafficking suspects after they allegedly rammed two police cruisers and led police on a four-mile chase in Fairhaven on Thursday.

Police returned for a second time to 5 Edgewater St. and seized a large amount of fentanyl at the home of Joshua Clark.

A person was pulled from the water Saturday afternoon after he stopped moving during a swim.

The Fairhaven Fire Department reported a busy afternoon on Friday as high winds buffeted the region, and say they responded to 10 calls in three hours starting at 2:30 p.m. One call involved a flaming pellet stove at a 19 Hathaway St. home on Sconticut Neck, and firefighters beat that blaze in a timely manner...

A Fairhaven man is in custody after barricading himself in his home off of Sconticut Neck Road Sunday morning.

WBSM News is live on the scene of a reported hostage situation in Fairhaven on Winsegansett Avenue on Sconticut Neck.

NEW BEDFORD - A Fairhaven woman faces charges after police say she overdosed in her car. New Bedford Police say 48-year-old Tracy Hobson of Sconticut Neck Road was found passed out in her car on Campbell Street before 5 a.m. Wednesday...

An afternoon house fire has displaced two families in Fairhaven. The fire began around 2pm Thursday in a two-family, single-story home at 451 Sconticut Neck Road. Tenant Jerome Wedge tells WBSM News he was watching television when he heard a crackling noise...

Southcoast residents got a chance Tuesday night to study the latest flood zone maps created by FEMA. Dozens of area residents made their way to the Fort Tabor Community Center to learn whether or not their homes were located in flood zones, requiring them to buy flood insurance...

The Superintendent of Fairhaven Schools says the new Wood School on Sconticut Neck Road is putting smiles on the faces of town residents. Local and state officials held an official grand opening for the school Friday morning, though classes began earlier this week...