Fall River News

Fall River resident Sam Sutter, the Bristol County district attorney, filed the necessary signatures to get on the ballot Tuesday, Brian McNiff, a spokesman for the secretary of state's office said.

FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Mayor William Flanagan has scheduled a news conference for 4 p.m Wednesday to announce the beginning of ferry service from Block Island to Fall River's State Pier, he said in a news release Tuesday.

Where a plaintiff contends that sections 86-88 and 86-201 of the Revised Code of Ordinances of the City of Fall River have zoned out adult entertainment in violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 16 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, he is not entitled to relief, as sections 86-88 and 86-201 provide ... (more)

David W. Oliveira/Standard-Times special file Spectators watch as the first boat leaves the starting line at Hartley's Reservoir on Snipatuit Road for the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race on the 2011 holiday.This year's race is tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. Take part in a Memorial Day tradition with the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race on the Mattapoisett ... (more)

Fall River police are asking for the public's help in locating a 17-year-old girl who has been missing since Friday evening.

A Westport man was arrested Friday in connection with an armed bank robbery in Fall River earlier this month, police said.

Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner Edward M. Lambert Jr.

The last thing New Bedford needs is another perpetual shrine set up by those mourning a loved one shot by police or gang members.

SUBMITTED PHOTO BEST FEET FORWARD: Bob B. Gaw and Cathy Gaw represent team Don't Stop Believing at last year's Relay For Life of Greater Fall River with granddaughter Hailey, the child of team captain Jen Gaw.

CLEMMENS AND DANIEL GURWIN ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Andrea Belanger, left, and her band The Blind Woods are preparing for their second appearance at Bonnaroo, a celebrity-packed music festival in Tennessee.

Steve Heaslip/Cape Cod Times file A flag flutters over a decorated veteran's grave.

When the Navy's newest guided-missile destroyer enters service, it will bear the name of Thomas Hudner, a Fall River native who received the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman in 1951.

Tiverton police charged a Fall River man with two counts of felony assault with a dangerous weapon after an alleged incident at the Moose Cafe , where two employees had to lock themselves in a back room in fear for their safety.

If hip or knee pain is keeping you from doing the things you love, you are invited to learn about innovative robotic-arm assisted technology that has changed the way Fall River-area orthopedic surgeons can treat one of the most common reasons for joint pain.

Harbor Queen Cruises is ready to set sail out of Fall River beginning in June, and the Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry will help kick off the season with its own dinner cruise event on May 31.

Fall River police are hoping someone can help them identify this man, who robbed a 7-Eleven store at 933 Pleasant St.

A report last week in the Boston Herald reported that a "shadowy consortium of higher-ed honchos" paid a lobbyist with student fees and textbook and food revenues to lobby the government on behalf of the state's 15 community colleges.

A Fall River woman faces OUI charges after she allegedly parked her car in the middle of a travel lane in Grafton early Saturday.

The Diabetes Association, a program of People, Incorporated was recently named an accredited diabetes education program by the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

Sixty SouthCoast Residents learned about Agenda 21, SmartGrowth, Sustainable Development and other threats to their constitutional right to own property at an informative presentation at the Fall River Public Library in Fall River, MA.