Acushnet News

"We're anxious and we're watching carefully and we're thankful that to date we have not had a major outbreak." - Old Rochester Regional Superintendent Bill Cooper, relieved that his district has yet to see many H1N1 flu cases.

The Miss America Pageant and its preliminaries, including Miss New Bedford, are billed as scholarship pageants.

A new era may dawn soon in terms of the town's vital records being preserved and maintained in a new format, far beyond dusty ledgers and filing cabinets in a Town Hall basement vault.

Selectmen said they will work with Town Clerk Pamela Labonte as she starts to deal with sweeping changes in State Ethics Commission law, which mandates online course work and two-hour training for all town workers next year.

The town will try to cut its losses with the old Cusson historical tract at Main Street, where new library construction plans and hopes for senior-citizen housing construction have both fallen apart in recent years.

Police are chasing some leads in the fatal bow-and-arrow shooting of a family cat, and the Animal Rescue League is offering a reward in the case.

A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for animal cruelty in Acushnet.

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Fairhaven Fire Department hosted a full-scale exercise to improve emergency response in the region.

Three years ago, when the Sylvia family found a kitten behind their home on Middle Road, they did everything right.

The town will take legal action against a property owner who has allegedly filled in a swampy acre at 28 Cushing Lane, off Robinson Road, near the Rochester line.

Selectmen have approved a 10-year cable television contract extension with Comcast, a pact that includes new studio operations in the Community Center at Middle Road.

Edmond "Ed" Tuttle, 84, of Yarmouthport, husband of Neusa Tuttle, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, after a courageous battle with lung cancer.

The Acushnet Grange 285 at 1121 Main Street, will be celebrating its 100th year with an event planned on Sunday, November 1 beginning 2 p.m. at the Grange Hall.

A battered school bus rests on its side, with 20 bloodied students trapped inside.

The Town of Fairhaven will host a full-scale exercise on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in an effort to evaluate and improve emergency response in the region, officials said.

An Acushnet man charged with trafficking in oxycodone and other drugs was arrested Friday in the culmination of a 7-month investigation into drug distribution in the area.

Drop out prevention was the subject of this SouthCoast event offered through UMass Dartmouth.

One person was killed in an accident on Route I-195 Wednesday evening when a car crossed a median and crashed into vehicles traveling in the opposite direction, police said.

THE NEW BEDFORD CHAPTER OF THE PRINCE HENRY SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS awarded a record $41,000 in scholarships to area college-bound students.