Fairhaven Police say an incident where a racial slur and possible threat were spray-painted onto a fence is no longer being investigated as a hate crime.
Vandals spray painted anti-Semitic graffiti on a building and a sidewalk in downtown New Bedford.
The graffiti was discovered on Tuesday, and New Bedford Police say it may have happened overnight. Two blue swastikas were spray-painted onto a building and sidewalk on Dover Street, between North Water Street and Acushnet Avenue...
The Mayor of New Bedford wants to see two Rhode Island men serve a year in jail for defacing and "tagging" sixteen of the city's historic properties with spray paint in October of last year. Mayor Jon Mitchell has written a letter to District Court Judge Bernadette Sabra, asking that she follow the District Attorney's recommended sentence of one in year jail for Shawn Marrow and Reddick