mosquitos

With the wet weather that has made local swamps even swampier, the Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project has announced a plan to get ahead of what could be a heavy mosquito season here on the SouthCoast. Aerial spraying is scheduled to start Thursday night, April 14, from the skies above Mattapoisett. Nor...

Just how bad will Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Virus be on the SouthCoast this summer? We asked a mosquito expert.

Mattapoisett has been moved to "moderate risk" for EEE.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced it was raising the risk level for West Nile virus to moderate in every Massachusetts city and town.

New Bedford, Massachusetts-  The New Bedford Health Department, working closely with the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, is again this year conducting an annual monitoring program to track the potential threat from EEE and WNV carrying mosquitoes ...

Fairhaven residents should take extra precautions against mosquitoes, after West Nile Virus was detected in mosquitoes collected in a trap in town. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has reported that mosquitoes collected in one of its Fairhaven traps tested positive for West Nile Virus on July 6, Fairhaven Health Agent Patricia Fowle confirmed to WBSM News...

The New Bedford Health Department, working closely with the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, is again this year conducting an annual monitoring program to track the potential threat from EEE and WNV carrying mosquitoes...

NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford Health Department, working closely with the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, is again conducting an annual monitoring program to track the potential threat from EEE and WNV carrying mosquitoes...

It happens every year. The threat of West Nile Virus, and EEE. So, this Friday, the city's first spraying will take place.

"Hurry up!  Get in the house," I bark at my kids as they get out of the car.  "Quick!  Before a mosquito gets you!"  My kids must think mosquitoes are like the bogeyman.  It's hard to remember when exactly we got here.  When we were kids, we had to come home when the street lights came on...