Fairhaven

Emergency crews in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, were confronted with an unusual rescue Tuesday morning, as they had to dismantle a car to rescue a dog who got stuck under the driver’s seat. “We noticed right after we left the house that Casper was under the back seat, and we could only see his back legs,” said Clarisse Fairbanks, Casper’s owner....

Casper, a poodle, was saved after becoming trapped under the seat of his owner’s car.

Two people are seriously hurt following an overnight single-car crash in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Emergency crews responded to the crash on Howland Road just after midnight on Sunday and found two people trapped inside. According to the Fairhaven Fire Department, the driver was immediately extricated and taken to Rhode Island Hospital. The passenger of the car was severely trapped and, after…

A rainbow crosswalk appeared in front of town hall in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, shortly after the Board of Selectmen voted 2-1 not to allow a pride flag to be flown outside the building. Keith Silvia, a town selectman who voted to deny the request, said “the stars and stripes right there represent everybody.” The request was made before the board at…

Selectmen in Fairhaven denied a request to fly the pride flag outside town hall.

Police in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, are looking for a missing 72-year-old man. Authorities say Kenneth Parks was last seen shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Parks is non-verbal with autism, police said. He was walking with a group of people near Cushman Park when they got separated. He is described as being about 6’2 and 260 pounds. When he was last…

Police are investigating a Fairhaven, Massachusetts, stabbing that left one person injured Thursday afternoon. Officers responded to the area of Main and Elm Streets around 3 p.m. Thursday, police said. When police arrived on the scene, they found a 23-year-old New Bedford man bleeding from multiple stab wounds. The man was treated on the scene for his wounds before being…

A pedestrian who was seriously injured when he was struck by a police cruiser in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on Tuesday night has died, authorities said Friday. Christian Lapaz-Dejesus, 32, of New Bedford, died around 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, according to the Bristol District Attorney’s Office. The district attorney’s office said a Fairhaven police officer...

A pedestrian was seriously injured in Fairhaven, Massachusetts Tuesday night after being struck by a police cruiser, officials said. According to the Bristol County district attorney’s office, an officer was driving a police SUV west on Route 6 when it struck the 32-year-old man just west of a 7-Eleven store. The Fairhaven police and fire departments responded to the crash…

A Massachusetts man is being held on $25,000 bail as police say he sexually assaulted a woman and held her against her will in a tent for days in a remote part of Fairhaven. The woman told local police that, over the course of two days, she was assaulted multiple times and that her attacker stole her belongings in an…

A car crashed into an Environmental Police K-9 cruiser in Fairhaven on Tuesday morning, injuring a police dog inside, according to authorities. The dog, K-9 Kank, was the only occupant of a marked police car when the other vehicle collided with the cruiser, Fairhaven police said. K-9 Hank was taken to a local veterinary hospital, where he is being treated…

A man is dead Wednesday after a fiery crash in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Shane Pacheco, a 31-year-old North Dartmouth resident, was driving a Ford F-150 on Bridge Street when his truck went off the road and hit a tree.

A teenage boy was hospitalized Wednesday morning after police say he was struck by a hit-and-run driver while he was riding his bicycle in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. When officers arrived at the intersection of Adams and Brown streets around 6:45 a.m., police said the 14-year-old was conscious and alert.

Crews effort to rescue a whale stuck on the shore of Hoppy’s Landing in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

Crews were working Tuesday to rescue a stranded whale off the coast of Massachusetts. WJAR reported the whale was stranded at Hoppy’s Landing in Fairhaven. A stretcher and pontoons will reportedly be used to try to free the whale.

Massachusetts have safely located a woman last seen early Tuesday morning in Fairhaven.

Online dating is a lot like rolling the dice: You make a connection and take your chances. But instead of finding love, one Massachusetts woman found herself in the middle of scam, with thousands of dollars on the line.

Authorities say a car that was fleeing police blew a stop sign in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and crashed into another car, killing its driver. Surveillance footage shows a suspect’s speeding Chevrolet Malibu trying to evade police before the crash that killed 68-year-old Janet Murphy, a New Bedford woman who was driving a Toyota Corrolla. A male passenger who was in...

A man is in serious condition at a Boston hospital after he was rescued from an apartment fire in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Firefighters received calls around 6:10 p.m. Saturday reporting a fire at McCormack Manor, located at 157 Washington Street. Crews found heavy smoke on arrival coming from the rear of the multi-unit 3-story apartment building.

Police in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, are investigating after they racist graffiti was found on a fence outside a resident’s home. The racial slur was painted on the Castle Avenue resident’s backyard fence, according to police.