The U.S. Coast Guard and a multi-agency task force are searching for a fisherman in the water somewhere off the coast of Martha's Vineyard on the way to New Bedford early Friday morning.
Fairhaven police are continuing the search for a person of interest in a sailboat theft Monday, after initially conducting a water search for the man thought to have taken the vessel from Community Boating Center in New Bedford.
This week a Virginia fisherman pleaded guilty to murder and other charges after attacking his crewmates with a hammer and a knife aboard a scalloping vessel off the Nantucket coast in 2018.
Mattapoisett's Ned's Point Lighthouse has been shot at and vandalized. The Coast Guard is losing its patience as they continue to protect this national landmark.