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NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police are clearing out a homeless encampment near the Hayden McFadden Elementary School. Police were made aware of the encampment through a Facebook posting that claimed homeless people living under the I-195 overpass were harassing students for money as the children were walking to and from school...

NEW BEDFORD - An arrest has been made in the murder of a homeless man in New Bedford. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says 37-year-old Jorge Arce of Taunton was arrested Wednesday night by a Massachusetts State Trooper on Route 24 in Bridgewater...

NEW BEDFORD - A shed fire outside a mill at 1 Wamsutta St. led authorities to discover a large homeless encampment hidden in the brush Monday afternoon.

Today begins New Bedford's annual Point-in-Time Count to identify the number of homeless individuals in the city. Pat Sullivan, Director of Planning, Housing and Community Development for the city, tells WBSM News that about 45 volunteers, assisted by New Bedford Police, will spend 24 hours counting the number of sheltered and unsheltered homeless in the city...

NEW BEDFORD — The New Bedford Educators Association collected more than $3,900 in donations for their annual winter coat drive. With the donations, the school nursing staffs, who coordinate the drive, were able to purchase more than $5,000 worth of clothing and toiletries for students in need with discounts from local businesses...

The overflow shelter will be open this evening.

New Bedford's Emergency Overflow Shelter will be open this evening.

New Bedford's Emergency Overflow Shelter will be open Friday night.

A fire at a homeless encampment in New Bedford could have been a lot worse than it was. New Bedford firefighters responded to reports of a fire behind the former Building #19 along Rt. 140 Wednesday afternoon. Upon arrival, firefighters found one of the makeshift shelters had caught fire from a homemade furnace that was being used to warm several lean-tos...

A homeless man has died in New Bedford's South End. New Bedford Police say a worker atop the hurricane barrier reported finding the man just after 5:30am Tuesday at Cove Road near Stapleton Street. The man was reportedly having trouble breathing, and soon passed away...