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Joe Jesus' 50s Night in Downtown New Bedford has been postponed due to forecasted inclement weather.

Police say a 61-year-old Connecticut woman struck by lightning at a Massachusetts beach has died. Ipswich police said in a statement that Marguerite Tomany, of North Grosvenor Dale village in Thompson, Connecticut, was one of two women struck by lightning at Crane Beach on Saturday when severe thunderstorms moved through the area...

It was a wild afternoon in New Bedford Tuesday. Three buildings in the city were struck by lightning, a highway off-ramp was closed and several roads were flooded as a cold front moved across Southcoast and pounded the region with heavy rain.