Assonet News

Super saleswoman Shania Levasseur shows off certificat she received for selling more then 1,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.

Colonies of 50 to 60 feral cats are overrunning neighborhoods in East Freetown and Assonet, tearing up gardens and using residents' yards as litter boxes.

Surrounded by pine trees, 50 children played in the pool, ate s'mores, created art and, most importantly, continued their journey of healing during this year's Camp Erin held in Assonet.

The Freetown Fire Department will sponsor a free fire safety program for children at 2 p.m. Sunday.

The second annual "Walk Your Paws Off" dog walk to benefit the Humane Society & Shelter SouthCoast will be held Sunday, with a rain date of June 21.

Proponents of the Route 24 interchange, designed to ease traffic in Assonet and bring 11,000 jobs to the area, may have to bid farewell to $76 million in federal funding if the endeavor can't get through the bidding process.

Former New Bedford City Councilor Ed Tracey is living in Georgia now, but part of his heart is in Assonet, where his daughter is a resident at the Institute for Developmental Disabilities Inc.

Kristy Bernacchio and Fabio Fagundes were married Aug. 16, 2008, at Mullein Hill Baptist Church by the Rev.

While officials in Wareham were relieved to have their public library regain state certification recently, the future of Freetown's libraries is now in the hands of voters at the June 1 Special Town Meeting.

Police arrested a 38-year-old New Bedford man and are seeking charges against his alleged accomplice - a 30-year-old Dartmouth man - in connection with two armed robberies that occurred minutes apart last month.

JOB STATUS Started a new job in payroll on May 1 at the Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board HOW LONG UNEMPLOYED Laid off from Quaker Fabrics in Fall River after plant closed in June 2007 COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT: No For Chris Holt, a sixth-generation Freetown resident, the recession did not start with the global financial crisis that ...

ANGUS: of Assonet, Sunday, April 26, 2009, Richard O., 77. Husband of J. Carol Angus.

On behalf of the family of the late Leo R. Pimental, we would like to give a warm and gracious thank you to all who participated in making his second annual memorial food drive a success.

A woman has been charged with intentionally setting fire to a historic Water Street home early Friday.

The South Coast Opera Club is offering a $1,000 scholarship to assist an individual in pursuing his or her musical education.

New Bedford High School graduating seniors are urged to apply for the Kathleen Joyce Nelson Scholarship, now available through the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts.

Police recently arrested a Fall River man who had previously been deported and had 14 listed aliases.

The town's annual rabies clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Fire Station No.

Two accidents occurred on Route 140 in less than 24 hours this weekend, state police reported Saturday.

Police arrested two people after an Elm Street resident reported an attempted break-in Thursday evening.