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The Greater New Bedford area — including the towns of Dartmouth and Fairhaven — is set to receive more than $2.3 million in state Seaport Economic Council grants for projects relating to coastal access and the maritime industry.

The drive will provide SouthCoast students with basic needs to succeed.

In this guest opinion piece, Justina Perry shares a list of Black-owned businesses you can frequent to help support their cause.

Access to food and other basic needs is crucial for families in uncertain times like these.

A powerful Nor'easter developing off the Atlantic coast is expected to bring damaging winds, flooding and beach erosion to our area. Forecasters say there is a big punch coming with the coastal low, threatening places from Long Island to Boston and the Southcoast...

The Greater New Bedford Opioid Task Force Drop-In Center will be open from 6-8 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Pilgrim United Church located at 634 Purchase Street.

This past Saturday's horrific events in Charlottesville, Virginia have prompted a local response, as city officials, faith and community leaders and others from the Greater New Bedford area will gather Tuesday night in unity against hate and violence...

A little over a year after the deadly attack at the Silver City Galleria in Taunton, the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School has set up a tribute to their beloved teacher, the late George Heath. Mr. Heath was a teacher at GNBVT who is credited as being one of the heroes who stepped in to save other patrons who were dining in Bertucci's that night in May of 2016... Read M

When people come together to help one another, it strengthens our community... When schools and students come together to help our community, it strengthens our future.

Athyn is a 3 year old Acushnet boy who will be helping lead the survivors' lap in New Bedford tomorrow.