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NEW BEDFORD - The Downtown New Bedford branch of the Registry of Motor Vehicles is relocating. In a surprise announcement, MassDOT says the branch will permanently close the Union Street location on Friday at 5 P.M. and open it's new location at the New Bedford Industrial Business Park on Monday, February 6th...

NEW BEDFORD - The Buttonwood Park Zoo has once again appeared on a list of the Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants. The list, compiled by In Defense of Animals, places the New Bedford zoo in their "Hall of Shame," making this the seventh consecutive year the zoo has appeared on the list...

A Rhode Island coyote that was spared euthanization after a public outcry could find a new home at New Bedford's zoo. Keith Lovett, the director of Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford tells WBSM News the zoo would take the coyote known as Cliff, but only if several conditions are met, including giving Cliff a physical examination...

Charges are being filed in connection to the death of a goose in a New Bedford park. Police say a New Bedford juvenile will be charged with cruelty to animals. The charge stems from the killing of a Canada goose on September 1 near the duck pond at Brooklawn Park...

A second Canada goose has been found dead at Brooklawn Park in New Bedford. Police responded to the duck pond at the park Saturday afternoon, and found a dead goose with a bag tied over it's head. Animal Control removed the bag, and saw that the goose had sustained an injury to the head...

Major changes coming to the Buttonwood Park Zoo.

Buttonwood Park Zoo Director Keith Lovett says there's not much change in Ruth the elephant's condition. Ruth is reported as suffering from gastrointestinal complications, and hasn't been able to pass food. Lovett says she is up and about, as zoo staff took her for a walk around the park Thursday morning...

A New Bedford man is found dead of an apparent suicide in Buttonwood Park. The man's body was found by a passerby hanging from a tree near the monument on Fuller Memorial Parkway between Brownell and Rockdale Avenues just before 6am this morning...

When the weather warms up and you want to get the kids out to play, where do you go? Well these are some great playgrounds here on the Southcoast that are worth a visit.

The Greater Fall River RE-Creation Soap Box Derby returns to Fall River on August 15th!  Last year dozens of families turned out to watch their children raced down the hill at North Park in mini cars that looked like space ships, race cars, muscle cars and more.