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When Mattapoisett's brand new fire station opened less than 2 years ago, it was replacing a facility that had been in service since the 1940's.  The new station's amenities, including important safety measures like showers to wash off dangerous chemicals after a fire, have brought the town's fire department into the modern day.  It...

Among the speakers were New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell, leaders of local public safety departments, other city officials and members of the clergy.

I am still angry. I will never forget.

George W. Bush was up for the job on September 11, 2001.

September 11th brought Americans together like nothing before or nothing since.

The City of New Bedford remembered the 2,977 men and women killed during the September 11 terrorist attacks 15 years ago with a ceremony at the Downtown Fire Station on Sunday morning. The memorial exercise started with a moment of silence at 10 am...

A couple years ago, my aunt and uncle took Kayla and I to visit New York City for the first time. It was a present for our 21st birthday. We shopped around Times Square, saw a show off broadway, hopped on a bus to tour the city, and took a ferry ride to take a closer look at The Statue of Liberty...

“Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true”~ Lyman Frank Baum A prophetic rainbow made its debut at about 8 a.m. between rain showers, the day before 9/11 commemorations on September 10, 2015...

The shadow of a renewed terror threat has been hanging over today's observances of the 13th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The events come hours after President Barack Obama said he would open a new military front in the Middle East -- authorizing airstrikes inside Syria along with expanded strikes in Iraq in an effort to root out Islamic State extremists...

A Fall River man who rushed into a burning building to alert residents to a fire has been honored with a civilian bravery award given each year on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. The award presented at the Statehouse on Thursday is named for Madeline Amy Sweeney, a flight attendant aboard one of the jetliners hijacked from Boston and flown into the World Trade Center towers..