F&R Auto’s Lender to Pay Over $700K to Customers
Customers of a now-defunct auto dealership in Westport that used deceptive sales practices will receive over $700,000 in debt relief and refunds.
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iPhone vs. Android: The Ultimate Driving Smackdown!
Calling all drivers—does your cell phone type correlate with your driving habits?
Former Westport Car Dealer Slammed with $450K Settlement
A now-defunct auto dealer in Westport is being ordered to pay nearly half-a-million dollars after an investigation by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.
Buzzards Bay Man, Three Others Dead After Auto Auction Crash
BILLERICA, Mass. (AP) - The sudden acceleration and crash of an SUV at a Massachusetts indoor auto auction last week has claimed the life of a fourth person.
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and police confirm 50-year-old Elliott Rowlands Jr...
Dartmouth Dealership Suddenly Closes, Owing Customers Cars and Cash
DARTMOUTH - A now-defunct Dartmouth car dealership owes customers nearly $120,000.
According to a WPRI-TV investigation, Southcoast Auto Exchange recently closed it's doors, leaving several customers without cars they had already purchased, but never received...
Workplace Explosion Injures One on New Bedford/Dartmouth Line
New Bedford and Dartmouth crews responded to an explosion on Rockdale Avenue Friday morning.
New Bedford Fire Chief Michael Gomes tells WBSM News around 9:30am Friday morning, an employee at Marx Auto Center at 132 Rockdale Avenue near the New Bedford/Dartmouth line was using a torch to cut through a 55-gallon steel drum that had contained windshield washer fluid...
Westport Garage Sold
It won’t be Joal's anymore, but garage will remain in the automotive business under another familiar name.
Someone Hit My Car Door And I Don’t Think I Handled It Correctly
Yesterday I went to Walgreens and was sitting in my car before I went in and wouldn’t you know, the customer parked next me went to get in their car and the car door hit my car and left a ding, chip, dent, whatever you want to call it.
Mayor Mitchell Donates
Over 2,500 people from around the world have contributed to a fundraising account for a local pizza delivery driver. Close to $30,000 has been raised for Jarrid Tansey, the 23-year-old driver for Palace Pizza in Dartmouth seen in a viral video calmly taking verbal abuse from workers in a Westport car dealership...
No Meeting
A meeting between the Palace Pizza delivery driver and F&R Auto Sales representatives has been called off.
F&R Sales Manager Gary Baptista tells WBSM News the meeting, orchestrated by national news magazine program Inside Edition, was called off by the delivery driver, Jarrid Tansey.
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