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DARTMOUTH - Voters expressed overwhelming support for a temporary tax increase to help fund the design and construction of a new police station with a 2,347 - 1,128 vote Tuesday.

The town of Acushnet now has a selectman with a stance on the controversial LNG facility. Challenger Roger Cabral won Monday night's town election by a landslide against incumbent selectman Garry Rawcliffe, 709 votes to 419. Cabral previously criticized the Board of Selectmen for not coming out against the potential LNG plant in Acushnet...

While most town boards haven't voted on the issue yet, many Dartmouth officials came out in support of buying the Allendale Country Club. The Select Board, Board of Assessors, Conservation Commission, and Planning Board met at the Dartmouth Middle School Monday night to discuss buying the 150-acre property at half its assessed value, with only the Conservation Commission officially supporting it..

FAIRHAVEN - The company looking to turn Fairhaven's former Oxford School into affordable housing has officially submitted their application. The Town's Planning and Economic Development Director, Bill Roth, says the Stratford Group submitted the detailed application for the proposed senior housing complex this week...

An advisory group to the Dartmouth Police Department has unanimously chosen the former Gidley School as the site of a new police station.

Fairhaven Police are investigating an accident involving one of their own cruisers. Police say the 2015 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor was travelling south on Adams Street around 9am Friday morning when a 2014 Ford Fusion heading west on Bridge Street T-boned the police vehicle...

A robust crowd braved the wind and rain Friday afternoon for the installation of a new sculpture at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

Questions have been swirling in Dartmouth over what's happening with John George Farm. Dartmouth's Director of Public Health, Christopher Michaud, confirms to WBSM News that the farm is under new operation, but could not confirm if the farm had been sold...

A Dartmouth Select Board member is urging action against the many motels and hotels in the town. At Monday night's meeting, Select Board member Shawn McDonald said many of the inns along the Route 6 corridor harbor drug dealers, prostitutes, and other criminals, and he wants to see that practice end...

Dartmouth voters head to the polls Tuesday, deciding several races and an important ballot question. Former Selectman John Goerge, Jr.'s vacated seat is up for grabs, with Planning Board Chairman Joel Avila and Finance Committee Member John Haran vying for the seat...