Bedford News

Today, Culture*Park presents its eighth annual Short Plays Marathon at Gallery X, 169 William St.

The Coast Guard announced Friday the results of an investigation into the Nov. 13, 2008, sinking of the fishing vessel Costa & Corvo in which a New Bedford, Mass., fisherman lost his life.

The Coast Guard says a New Bedford fishing boat became rapidly unstable as a full fishing net was lowered on deck, causing it to sink and kill its captain a year ago.

Lt. Joseph P. Travers, 88, NBPD Ret., of New Bedford, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at his daughters home after a long illness.

Mitchell F. Gacek, 87, of New Bedford, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at New England Deaconess Hospital.

Police aren't fond of weighing crimes against one another. But when someone stole tools valued at $3,500 from a Habitat for Humanity construction site in Bedford recently, Police Lt.

Shares of digital mammogram system maker Hologic Inc. fell Tuesday after a government task force recommended that women wait longer before having mammograms, and have the breast examinations less often.

J. Richard "JR" Bancroft, age 73 years of Lakeville, MA died Saturday, November 14, 2009 after a period of failing health, at his home surrounded by his family.

For Nicole and Daniel Sheffield's two young sons last year, Santa Claus did not wear a red suit, have a white beard or slide down a chimney with a bag of presents.

Kabelo Zwane '12 was found dead on Saturday, Nov. 7, in a wooded area in Bedford, Mass., the MIT News Office reported yesterday afternoon.

They're people who make a special mark on the SouthCoast, some in their small towns, some on a larger stage.

Coughing into your cell phone could soon save you a trip to the doctor's office.

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.

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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.