Fall River News

The third of eight children, Edith grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts and worked as a bookkeeper before her marriage to Sidney Lansky, a prominent New Bedford attorney.

Fifty-nine young persons from parishes throughout the Fall River Diocese will receive the Pope St.

FALL RIVER, Mass. - The Fall River Historical Society has been given an antique teapot with a direct tie to Lizzie Borden.

Physicist and Fall River native Ernest Moniz Thursday won Senate confirmation to lead the Energy Department and help direct clean-energy investments while deciding how much of the U.S.'s natural gas bounty should be exported.

Belmont resident Melissa Morley, Belmont native Patrick Brusch, Belmont Police Chief Richard McLaughlin and O'Neill and Associates Vice President and Belmont native Amy Claire Brusch attended a benefit to honor New England police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty last year.

John Stein: "Bing Bang Boom!" CD release show at the Wamsutta Club, 8 p.m. May 17.

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe leaders and consultants unveiled new casino designs Tuesday night with curved tower hotels they say add a "wow factor" to the $500 million proposed project.

A man armed with what he claimed was a bomb was arrested Monday after robbing the Hess Gas Station, 614 Pleasant St., police said.

From Kane Funeral Home: E. Louise Vose, 87, a resident of Easton for 53 years, died Thursday, May 9, 2013 at the LydiaTaft House in Uxbridge after a period of failing health.

The only Army National Guard unit in the state to be mobilized during the Vietnam War marked the 45th anniversary of its call-up Monday with ceremonies at Fort Taber.

AGUIAR: of New Bedford, Sunday, May 12, 2013, Fernando F., 76. Husband of Maria Odelta Aguiar.

Carnations handed out for Mother's Day and "UMass Dartmouth Strong" buttons dotted the campus Sunday morning as 1,369 undergraduates geared up to received their first degree.

When Dave Lechan was asked to bring a pony to a family birthday party many years ago, little did he know that the request would lead to a successful business venture that would bring joy and laughter to thousands of people of all ages.

Pastor Tom Cabral of Redemption Fellowship in Fall River, Mass., talks about his church to a driver waiting at an intersection for the traffic light to turn green.

In 2001, Times-Picayune food editor Dale Curry interviewed a couple of local chefs along with their mothers.

The Attleboro Arts Museum is preparing to close down their current exhibit and start work on the next High Art project.

Marilyn M. Cobb, 82, of Westport, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at Brandon Woods of New Bedford.

Through the use of video conferencing, Bristol County Juvenile Drug Court is expanding from New Bedford into the juvenile courts in Fall River and eventually Taunton and Attleboro.

The Mill Children, an exhibition inspired by Lewis Hine's nearly century-old photographs of child workers, begins a five-month run at UMass Dartmouth's Cherry & Webb Gallery this month.

Of the six candidates running in the Somerset Annual Town Election, selectman's candidate Scott LeBeau had raised the most money as of the deadline to submit campaign finance reports eight days before the election.