New Bedford rooming house fire victims to be housed through Friday
The city of New Bedford have kicked in some extra funding to keep those displaced housed through Friday. But what then?
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The city of New Bedford have kicked in some extra funding to keep those displaced housed through Friday. But what then?
Fall River took some major steps in 2021 toward lessening the opioid epidemic's impact on the city.
FALL RIVER — People dealing with substance abuse can now be directly connected to recovery resources by going to Fall River fire stations, thanks to a new program that’s the first of its kind in Massachusetts. “This program will make the first step of recovery easier and more accessible to those who don’t know where to turn,” Mayor Paul Coogan said at a press conference announcing the program on Wednesday at the city’s North Fire Station. A new sign outside each of the city’s six fire stations marks them as “safe stations” for people dealing with addiction. Between 7 a.m. an...