Buttonwood Park Zoo officials and staff in New Bedford are mourning the zoo's second loss since May, Riley the cougar.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department ...

It's early, but mosquitoes with West Nile virus have already been detected in Massachusetts. The Department of Public Health announced June 17 that mosquitos trapped in Shrewsbury tested positive for ...

Our readers will have a say in who is named our High School Boys Volleyball Player of the Year for 2025. Voting ends at 8 pm on Thursday, June 26.

There is always the option to go to the beach, but that takes packing and planning — splash pads are a whole lot less work.

Candela Cucina in New Bedford is the city's newest Italian restaurant. The hand-drawn menus were designed by artist Alyn Carlson, and feature servers, staff and longtime supporters of Servedwell ...

Acting Police Chief Derek Belong gave the city’s newest police officers a daylong tour of New Bedford, from the beaches to ...

BOSTON – A New Bedford woman pleaded guilty on Dec. 3 to stealing federal funds by filing false tax returns in order to obtain fraudulent tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service.

According to the Massachusetts State Lottery, Thomas Platt of Fairhaven is the winner of a $1 million prize in the ...

People age 55-plus are looking to make their home lives simpler but more fulfilling, where they can live on a single level in an open floor plan with easy access to fun features like heated ...

Paula Prado, who was juror No. 11 in the trial, said to Patriot Ledger media partner WCVB Channel 5 that she thought Read was guilty of manslaughter at first. As the trial went on, she said that there ...

ICE and Department of Justice officials said nearly 1,500 undocumented immigrants were arrested in a monthlong operation. They said of those, 790 had "significant criminality" and 277 were ordered ...