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Former Fall River Mayor Found Guilty of Wire Fraud, Extortion © Boston Globe via Getty Images Former Fall River, Massachusetts, Mayor Jasiel Correia (center) arrives to the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston on Monday, April 26, 2021, when opening statements in Correia’s federal corruption trial began. Former Fall River, Massachusetts Mayor Jasiel Correia was found guilty Friday of wire fraud, filing false tax returns and extorting money from marijuana companies in a high-profile corruption trial that put a spotlight on the city. In all, the jury found Correia guilty...

“I’m basically trying to help people heal,” said Mary Zema. Zema, a resident of Warwick, R.I., retired from the Fall River Public Schools system in 2019 after 33 years teaching music at all different grade levels. Since then, she’s been busy writing and recording songs in her home studio, performing most of the instrumentals and vocals herself. “I’ve been doing it nonstop for a year and a half, in my basement for a few hours every day,” she said. She aims to release her album in late June, with some songs already available on her Facebook and Soundcloud.

Ex-girlfriend testifies about former Fall River mayor’s high-spending ways Shelley Murphy © Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Former Fall River mayor Jasiel Corriea walked away from the John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse on Thursday. Former Fall River mayor Jasiel F. Correia II showered her with gifts, his former girlfriend testified Thursday, from $700 Christian Louboutin high heels to Tiffany jewelry and a Kate Spade handbag. He flew across the country for a day trip to celebrate the Fourth of July with her, rented a helicopter to show her Newport, R.I, and spent $949 for...

A grand jury returned indictments against a former Fall River and New Bedford pastor on Friday, with multiple counts of rape and assault and battery.  The Rev. Mark Hession was indicted out of Barnstable Superior Court on two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault and battery on a child less than 14 and one count of intimidation of a witness, a superior court official confirmed Monday. Hession served as parochial vicar at Holy Name Church in Fall River after he was ordained in 1984 and in 1987 was transferred to St. Mary Church in New Bedford. He also has served at St. Joan of Arc Ch...