Fairhaven News

A teenage driver smashed his car into a utility pole and landed in Mill Pond just after midnight Thursday.

Unlike its neighboring towns, Marion does not have a community center for its older residents, a population estimated at 1,476 people, about 29 percent of town residents.

A final public meeting will be held today to discuss the updated New Bedford/Fairhaven Harbor Plan.

November is National Family Caregivers Month, and there are a variety of sources and events you can use.

Roberta Ann Cabral, 62, of Fairhaven, died unexpectedly Monday, November 9, 2009, at St.

When the Lavalettes first went off-grid, there were times the family needed to check its bulletin board to know which energy system was in use.

The body of a 21-year-old soldier from Plymouth - one of two paratroopers missing in Afghanistan since last week - was found Tuesday, according to his widow, Patricia Sherman, who is 51 2 months pregnant with their first child.

A number of events are planned on SouthCoast to mark Veterans Day; included are: New Bedford Parade: Steps off at 9 a.m. Nov.

The town has put out to bid planned upgrades to Fairhaven's wastewater treatment facility, including the installation of an anaerobic sludge digestion system, according to William A. Fitzgerald Jr., Board of Public Works superintendent.

Police rescued a suicidal teenager from the roof of Fairhaven High School early Saturday morning after a three-hour ordeal.

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

Fairhaven officials are warning residents to be on the alert for rabid wildlife after a skunk found in the Adams Street area tested positive for rabies.

Early education raises achievement, and many communities are responding by offering full-day kindergarten.

One of the oldest continuing inter-denominational ecumenical organizations in the Northeast United States, the Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford, is celebrating its 70th anniversary on Nov.

Shackled by hundreds of home foreclosures, one of the highest unemployment rates in the state and a lingering financial crisis, Mayor Scott W. Lang presides over the city of New Bedford during one of the most difficult periods in recent history.

Police have arrested a Fairhaven man suspected of recently breaking into several homes and cars on West Island and stealing home goods and electronic items.

The chickens are officially off the Vliet family property, but the squawk surrounding them may not be over.

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

Attleboro police arrested a Wareham man this morning who had been wanted for allegedly kidnapping a woman outside a Fairhaven Stop & Shop earlier this month.

Fairhaven police are searching for a man accused of briefly kidnapping a woman at a supermarket in that town last week.