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A 22-year-old woman accused of abandoning her infant son’s body at Fort Taber in New Bedford, Massachusetts, last year was arraigned Monday. Daniela Michell Escobar-Mejia appeared in New Bedford District Court Monday, charged with improper disposal of a body. The body of her baby boy, initially called “Baby Doe” before investigators could determine his identity, was discovered in a...

The South Coast Rail — a highly-anticipated project that will bring direct commuter rail service to southeastern Massachusetts — isn’t expected to open to passengers until spring 2025, marking another delay for an initiative that has been decades in the making. The MBTA held two community meetings Thursday in New Bedford and Fall River to give the public an update,…

Rescuers and emergency teams were searching for 28-year-old Alex DaLomba Tavares of New Bedford after he was swept away at the Gozalandia waterfall in the Municipality of San Sebastián.

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The body of a Massachusetts man who was swept away by the current at a waterfall in Puerto Rico on Wednesday has been found, according to the authorities. Rescuers and emergency teams were searching for 28-year-old Alex DaLomba Tavares of New Bedford after he was swept away at the Gozalandia waterfall in the Municipality of San Sebastián. Daniel Cabrero...

A 60-year-old man who was shot in New Bedford, Massachusetts, late last month has died and the suspected shooter will now face upgraded charges, authorities said Monday. Ronald Sinclair, 60, was shot on Austin Street on the afternoon of April 29. He was taken to the hospital where he remained until he died on Friday, May 3, according to the…

A mother cat and her four newborn kittens were rescued from the ceiling of a local restaurant this week. The Animal Rescue League of Boston said they received a call after employees at a New Bedford restaurant called them to say they could hear kittens mewing from the ceiling. They didn’t release the name of the restaurant because they...

A mother and daughter from New Bedford are at the center of three separate animal cruelty cases all tied to the same apartment where prosecutors say investigators found malnourished animals living among feces, urine and flies. Korina Ferreira, 46, was convicted by a jury in New Bedford District Court on Monday for a 2020 animal cruelty case. According to the…

Vineyard Wind, the wind farm under construction off the coast of Massachusetts, has begun delivering energy to the power grid from five of its planned 62 wind turbines, company and state officials said Thursday. The five turbines are operating at full capacity, generating 68 megawatts of power — enough to power about 30,000 homes, according to company officials, who described…

A man accused of shooting a New Bedford, Massachusetts, police detective last year was arrested Wednesday. Denzel Gomes, 18, was responsible for a drive-by shooting that happened on the North End back on July 17, 2023, Massachusetts State Police said. In that shooting, the detective was shot in the face and another person in the foot, police said. The detective…

The man responsible for a deadly shooting at a New Bedford, Massachusetts, housing project in 1991 has been identified, authorities said Monday. Witnesses confirmed that Claudio Jorge was the long-unidentified man who killed Brent Davis, a 20-year-old from Newport, Rhode Island, at the Brickenwood Housing Project on Oct. 25, 1991, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office. Investigators who…

A search for a missing student athlete from UMass Dartmouth ended tragically Tuesday. The student had last been seen in an on-campus dormitory around 2 a.m. Monday, university police said. Authorities were conducting a water search Tuesday in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Prosecutors with the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that 21-year-old Flordan “Flo” Bazile had been found dead, apparently...

Police say they tried to talk Paul Coderre down and used a Taser, but ultimately he fired his gun and shot an Acushnet officer in the leg, leading to his death when officers returned fire.

It started out as a night of drinking with friends but it ended with a shootout with police that ultimately led to a former Massachusetts city fire official’s death. Former acting New Bedford Fire Chief Paul Coderre, 55, was drinking with friends at the Bayside Lounge in Fairhaven when he got into an altercation Friday. He tried to drive home,…

Authorities say 55-year-old Paul Coderre was drinking with friends at the Bayside Lounge in Fairhaven when he got into an altercation inside.

An Acushnet police officer was treated and released from the hospital after being shot in the leg by Paul Coderre, who previously headed the New Bedford Fire Department; officers returned fire, killing Coderre.

A woman died in New Bedford, Massachusetts after a car crash on Friday evening. Massachusetts State Police say they responded to 911 calls regarding a multi-vehicle crash on Route 140 at around 5:10 p.m. Authorities say 28-year-old Julia Luiz was driving a Toyota Camry that became disabled in the left lane. Luiz was outside her car in the roadway when…

Communities like New Bedford, Fall River and Taunton will have direct rail access to Boston for the first time in decades.

The MBTA is on track to deliver Commuter Rail service to the South Coast in 2024, marking the first time in decades that cities like New Bedford and Fall River will have direct rail access to Boston. Physical construction of the tracks and new stations is substantially complete, and going into the new year, MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng says…

Authorities say the former acting fire chief of New Bedford, Massachusetts, was killed after opening fire on police in Fairhaven Friday, injuring one officer from Acushnet. The shooting happened at Bayside Lounge on Sconticut Neck Road. Police responded around 5 p.m. to a report of an intoxicated man, later identified as 55-year-old Paul Coderre of Dartmouth, who was fired as…

A jury took less than four hours to convict a New Bedford man of repeatedly raping a 12-year-old girl when she was living with him, the Bristol County District Attorney said Wednesday. Christopher Baez-Rivera, 29, was convicted of raping and molesting the victim after a two-week trial at Fall River Superior Court. He was sentenced to 12 to 15 years…