Acushnet News

The Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts has awarded college scholarships from eight scholarship funds to 2009 graduates of New Bedford High School Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School , the New Bedford Global Learning Charter School and Old Rochester Regional High School .

A 25-year-old Acushnet man has been charged with animal cruelty for allegedly running over and killing a mother duck as she led her 12 tiny ducklings through the Dartmouth Mall parking lot on June 13.

A 28-year-old Acushnet man was held Tuesday night at the Bristol County House of Correction after he failed to post bail for charges stemming from a motor vehicle fatality in February.

PACE Head Start is currently accepting applications for the upcoming school year that will begin in September.

Two days after the dawn of the new year in 1841, the whaler Acushnet tiptoed into frigid New Bedford Harbor, the first small steps on a lengthy voyage to the hunting grounds of the South Pacific.

On Monday morning, Edward Kramer woke up to find that his $7,000 wheelchair had been stolen from his back deck.

Joao C. Botelho, 78, of Fall River, passed away on Tuesday. He was husband of Maria Alexandrina Botelho; and father of Joseph Botelho of Acushnet, Jorgelina Cote, Lee Souza, George and Robert Botelho, all of Fall River, Laurinda Resendes of Porto City, Portugal, Juliet Silva of Somerset, Peggy Botelho of Lakeville, Bella Luddy of Swansea and the ...

Selectmen have not exactly been shopping for a new town counsel, but they have been looking at ways to save money and the annual legal affairs account was not exempt from the scrutiny.

First-graders from Acushnet Elementary School recently raised money for the Simmons family of New Bedford.

Police say a Massachusetts man ran over a mother duck as she was walking with 12 ducklings in a shopping mall parking lot.

Police say a Massachusetts man ran over a mother duck as she was walking with 12 ducklings in a shopping mall parking lot.

Wendy Price-Baldassari - already charged with larceny for the tales of woe she allegedly spun as part of a scam to get Good Samaritans to give her cash - could soon be facing more charges in two states, according to spokesmen for several police departments.

The Southeastern Regional Transit Authority plans to replace aging buses and buy new equipment with $6.5 million in federal stimulus money.

Selectmen will try to resolve two issues tonight related to the town's legal services and a contract extension with the SEMASS waste-to-energy plant in Rochester.

The town has submitted its new master plan to state economic development and transportation agencies for review of site-ready projects that could qualify for federal stimulus funding or public projects construction money.

Watched by friends and family and bathed in warm sunlight, the class of 2009 bade farewell to Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School in Rochester at the annual graduation ceremony on Sunday.

Selectmen have unanimously appointed Heather Sylvia as the town's new Council on Aging director.

The following graduated Thursday night from Bristol County Agricultural High School: Acushnet, Melissa Vieira; Fairhaven, Shawna LaPointe; Lakeville, Chelsea Galuski; New Bedford, Steven Albert, Amanda Couturier, Krystal Gillespie, Kallie Lima, Abishal Savino, Amanda Sylvia, Katelyn Vieira, and Mariah Whiteman; Rochester, Lindsay Aldworth and Tayla ...

The town's new master plan will go to state economic development and transportation agencies for review of site-ready projects that might win some U.S. stimulus funding or public projects construction money.

CARRION: of New Bedford, Wednesday, May 27, 2009, Radames, 57. Son of Bienvenida Carrion and the late Antonio Carrion.