Fall River News

It's never too early for SMILES. SMILES Mentoring held a late October opening for the second annual Miles for SMILES Walk-Run-Bike-Skate-athon set for next March.

Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank is floating a proposal to use the interest the government collects from the federal financial bailout fund to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay the mortgage.

We remain fascinated by Lizzie Borden. More than a century after she was tried and acquitted for the gruesome murders of her father and step-mother, the legend of Lizzie seems to grow more mythical each year.

A 30-year-old inmate at the Bristol House of Correction died Wednesday, Nov. 11, apparently of natural causes, according to a spokesman for the district attorney.

IN MAY, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that suspects who had carried loaded illegal firearms did not qualify as dangerous - that the offense was a "passive and victimless'' crime.

The federal housing chief will visit southeastern Massachusetts to see the impact of the foreclosure crisis and discuss how stimulus money is used to boost the economy.

Advocates for the homeless are worried about the potential spread of H1N1 flu in that population, but state health officials say they are not a priority.

Though street-level crime has increased this year in New Bedford, officials say the joint efforts of law enforcement and community groups over the last several years has helped the city be recognized in a recent Forbes Magazine survey of "America's Safest Cities." Based on 2008 crime statistics reported to the FBI, the new Forbes survey ranks the ...

State Rep. Michel J. Rodrigues, D - Westport, has announced that the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation has scheduled a listening session to take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Fall River Heritage State Park, 200 Davol St.

The Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld the conviction of a man who tampered with a natural gas line inside his estranged wife's home, finding that gas can be considered a dangerous weapon.

The Aging and Disability Resource Consortium of Southeastern Massachusetts recently hosted a conference titled A Community Together: Disabled and Elders.

November, 2009 - BankFive, headquartered in Fall River, MA on Main Street, celebrated the 10-year anniversary of their Dartmouth, MA location on Faunce Corner Road on August 21st and 22nd of 2009.

November 5, 2009 - Fall River, MA - BankFive's Express Office, located at 55 Thirteenth Street, Fall River, MA, has been remarkably successful with their Sunday hours of operation.

DATELINE: PEMBROKE, PLYMOUTH AND RAYNHAM, MAa The event was well received and over 100 people attended including those in the insurance industry and vendors.

Minority candidates made history in Massachusetts mayoral elections Tuesday, while it was a mixed result for many long-term incumbents.

Several SouthCoast members of the judicial system were honored Sunday at the annual Red Mass hosted by the Fall River diocese at St.

Just when it seemed that our table - loaded with squid rings, cod fish cakes, smelts, and Dao wine - couldn't fit another plate, Ines De Costa delivered a pork loin marinated in fresh squeezed oranges, wine, paprika, and fresh garlic.

Three students in Bristol Community College's environmental technology program brought a little something to Westport Shellfish Constable Gary Sherman recently.

Jeffrey Mullan, incoming secretary and CEO of the state's new transportation super-agency, said this morning that the new MassDOT will take a businesslike approach to its own affairs, and look to use transportation projects and transportation-owned real estate to spark broader economic development.

A five-foot long alligator wandering near a Massachusetts highway has been wrangled safely away from the public.