Dave Portnoy was hoping to show off his boat to his mom, but instead, the was soon lost at sea. Thank goodness for a random girl in a row boat for saving him.
A body found at the entrance to New Bedford Harbor on Saturday is likely that of a fisherman reported missing earlier this month — although state police say positive identification is pending.
The U.S. Coast Guard and a multi-agency task force are searching for a fisherman in the water somewhere off the coast of Martha's Vineyard on the way to New Bedford early Friday morning.
Fairhaven police are continuing the search for a person of interest in a sailboat theft Monday, after initially conducting a water search for the man thought to have taken the vessel from Community Boating Center in New Bedford.
This week a Virginia fisherman pleaded guilty to murder and other charges after attacking his crewmates with a hammer and a knife aboard a scalloping vessel off the Nantucket coast in 2018.