Bedford News

Soldiers stomp their boots on the marble floor, raise their voices and make some noise.

New Bedford planner David Kennedy walked atop the New Bedford-Fairhaven hurricane barrier yesterday.

Share + Nov 5, 2009 10:07 pm US/Eastern NEW BEDFORD, Mass. A suspect in a drug investigation was killed Thursday in a gunfight with a state police tactical unit, authorities said.

Therea TMs an alert out from a heart broken person whoa TMs 5 year old Newfie disappeared.

Massachusetts State Police on a case in New Bedford today were met with a barrage of bullets after knocking on a city apartment's door.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Northern Wind Inc., a New Bedford, Mass., seafood processor, for 23 alleged violations of workplace safety standards after a worker was killed on May 4 when he became caught in the moving parts of a large industrial ice-making machine that activated while he was ...

Albina M. Palys, "Sally," age 88, of Fairhaven, died November 2, 2009, unexpectedly at home.

BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 3, 2009 A A A' The Mercury II 5000 manufactured by MicroE Systems is a miniature high-resolution optical encoder that provides motion system designers with good performance, accuracy, versatility, ease of use and low cost of ownership.

We all scream for a Wilhelm Scream! Details: With Living With Lions, the Riot Before, and Break on Through.

Kathleen Harrington, RSM, of New Bedford, a 1967 graduate of Salve Regina University, was honored with the university's 2009 Mission Award during its Fall Festival Weekend.

November is "Family Literacy Month" and there are plenty of ways to celebrate. The following are some of the events going on throughout the Greater New Bedford area as part of the observance: Mayor Scott Lang at City Hall and pick out a book! Mayor Lang encourages parents to read to their children and hopes to see all children take an interest in ...

Alda A. Fonseca, age 93, died Friday, October 30, 2009 at home, after a brief illness.

Police have accused a 35-year-old Providence man of abducting a 14-year-old girl in Rhode Island, then bringing her to New Bedford, Mass., and sexually assaulting her.

NASCAR's officially sanctioned online racing simulator, iRacing.com, has signed a one-year deal to be the presenting sponsor of the syndicated TV show, '3 Wide Life'. The 30-minute show targeted to the hard-core racing fan reaches 65 million households and is broadcast over-the-air and on cable, including on regional networks FS Midwest, ...

Rutgers coach Fred Hill added another offensive weapon to his Class of 2010 on Tuesday in prep shooting guard Austin Carroll.

Share + Oct 27, 2009 9:01 am US/Eastern NEW BEDFORD, Mass. Officials at a Massachusetts high school say they will change the school's logo rather than engage in a potentially costly legal battle with Virginia Tech.

President Barack Obama with Scott Paiva, 18, New Bedford, Ma., during a meeting with Youth Entrepreneur Challenge winners in the Oval Office, Oct.

With cases of the so-called swine flu growing statewide, several Massachusetts hospitals are barring or limiting visits by children.

'350' movement Many UU churches will be participating in the "350" movement on Saturday, in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in December in Copenhagen.

Three hotel workers' failure to notify police while watching a man pummeling a woman on a Waikiki beach was appalling, but bad Samaritanism is neither illegal nor subject to civil lawsuits in Hawaii and most other states.