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More Advanced Placement courses means more college success. That's what New Bedford officials said at the school year's first School Committee Meeting on Monday. Since 2013, New Bedford has been working with the education strategy group, Mass Insight Education, to help increase the number of students taking AP courses and improve AP exam performance...

As Dartmouth Select Board Chairman Shawn McDonald put it, the bar is set high for the town's next Youth Advocate. On Monday, the Select Board presented retiring Youth Advocate, Kevin Lee, with a citation for his years of work with kids in town...

A movie based on the life of Whitey Bulger? Check. A story centered on the corruption of the FBI? Double Check. Questionable Boston accents? Oh yeah. I didn't see The Departed until a few years after it came out in 2006. But...

The United Way's third annual "Stuff The Truck" event saw a great turnout at Fairhaven's Stop & Shop on Saturday afternoon. WBSM and Fun 107 were on site helping volunteers raise a grand total of 833 lbs in non-perishable food and other goods for the Hunger Commission, along with $140 in cash donations. ...

I'm not afraid to say it. I don't get it. Straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, transgender. I get all of those. While I don't necessarily agree with some of them, it's clear to me that it's one gender or the other. So what on Earth is gender-neutral...

With affordability of health care still an issue for many, residents in the Wareham area can look forward to a low cost option. The Greater New Bedford Community Health Center celebrated the grand opening of the new facility on Monday...

People looking forward to fishing off of new piers to be built on Fairhaven's West Island might not get the chance. The state-funded project would put fishing piers on both side of West Island's causeway, along with larger sidewalks with handicap accessiblility...

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren took a brief tour of the South Coast on Wednesday, visiting Fall River before stopping by the Groundwork small business space on Purchase Street in New Bedford. City officials and local business owners were on hand to speak about current and future programs helping small businesses grow...

Dartmouth officals are hoping two new sub-committees can help the town stay out of financial trouble down the road. Although Dartmouth has enjoyed a comfortable financial situation in recent years, officials worry that might not last. The Select Board met with the Finance Committee and Planning Board on Monday night to discuss recent projects and future developments in town...

I'll be the first to admit it. When I first saw the "new" Colonel Sanders, played by Saturday Night Live impressionist Darrell Hammond, I was perplexed. My immediate reaction was, "That was weird. Creepy, even." But after seeing the Kentucky Fried Chicken commercials a few times, they got to me...