New Bedford News

It's not just a house. It's a piece of history. In 1806, Caleb Spooner and his wife, Lydia, moved into their brand new Cape Cod style home.

State police found drugs, guns and a large amount of ammunition inside the Shawmut Avenue apartment of Thomas Garnett, who was killed last week during a shootout with police executing a search warrant at his residence.

A New Bedford-based fishing boat capsized and sank last year because it became unstable when a full fishing net was being lowered onto the deck, the Coast Guard said in a report released today.

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

A symposium on the North Atlantic Right Whale, held Tuesday and Wednesday at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, drew 200 people from far and near to the Whaling City.

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

Police are investigating two stabbings that occurred early Sunday in the South End.

After being out of work for more than eight months, 30 laid-off New Bedford firefighters are returning to duty this week because of federal stimulus money recently awarded to the city.

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.

The New Bedford School Department has launched a sister-city project with the Cape Verdean islands of Sao Filipe and Santa Cruz in a partnership that includes the Wareham and Brockton schools and Bridgewater State College.

Southbridge town officials Catherine Nikolla, Wilfrid Cournoyer and Mark Morin listen to Greater New Bedford Industrial Foundation Executive Director Thomas Davis talk about the turn-around his city's industrial park has seen in the last decade.

Police arrested a city man in connection with an early morning shooting Tuesday outside the 7-Eleven convenience store at 489 Rockdale Ave.

Open House: Nov. 7 and 8, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Details Built in 1920 Historic charm Walk to Buttonwood Park Small, low-maintenance yard Detached garage The foursquare Colonial is, as its name suggests, very much square in shape.

Massachusetts State Police on a case in New Bedford today were met with a barrage of bullets after knocking on a city apartment's door.

There is a growing legend out there, egged on by Hollywood and extremist Web sites, that the ancient Maya predicted the world would end on Dec.

City narcotics police raided a North End residence Tuesday evening, arresting two brothers and seizing drugs and cash.

New Bedford Mayor Scott W. Lang said the ranking was "extremely gratifying." "The work that has been done over the last four years has been very comprehensive," Lang said, describing how law enforcement, community leaders and prosecutors have collaborated to fight crime, especially gun violence.

The New Bedford voters have spoken - at least the 20 percent who turned out to the polls have - and their message is that they are very, very happy with what they already have.

New Bedford was recently named the sixth-safest city in the U.S. by Forbes Magazine.

Police have arrested a city man in connection with a stabbing Saturday during a house party on South Second Street.