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For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum will host a live reading of Herman Melville’s classic novel Jan. 5-7.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell will be sworn-in for his sixth term Monday.

Police killed a former New Bedford acting fire chief Friday after he shot an officer outside a Fairhaven bar.

FAIRHAVEN — A former New Bedford interim Fire Chief was fatally shot in a confrontation with police that also left an officer wounded outside a local bar Friday night, authorities reported. Paul Coderre, who had served as the interim fire chief, was at the Bayside Lounge on Sconticut Neck Road before the incident occurred. According

Authorities in Massachusetts said a former fire chief was shot and killed by police Friday after the man pulled a gun on officers outside of a bar near the southeastern town of Fairhaven.

Ambitious goals for school construction projects and road repairs, housing growth and climate protection are among the top concerns for mayors settling into the corner office for the first time.

A former interim fire chief was killed in a shooting with South Coast police officers on Friday, a statement from the mayor's office said.

Paul Coderre, who was fired last January as acting chief of the New Bedford Fire Department, was shot and killed after opening fire on police and injuring an...

A large police presence was spotted in Fairhaven Friday night.