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TAUNTON — A Taunton man has been wounded in a city shooting on Wednesday evening, according to Taunton police. Police said in a release that officers responded to the area of Mador Avenue for a report of a shooting at around 8:10 p.m. Wednesday. They arrived to find the...

It is not unusual for Rhode Island, the biggest little blue state in the Union, to send Republicans to Congress. When I was a reporter in Providence, Rhode Island in the 1990s, Republicans Claudine Schneider and Ronald M. Machtley represented the Ocean State in the U.S. House of Representatives. Republican John Chaffee served in the U.S. Senate for years.

The Fair and Secure Massachusetts committee is circulating petitions to repeal the new Massachusetts Work and Family Mobility Act that allows people who are in the country illegally to obtain a Massachusetts driver's license. The law, enacted by the Massachusetts Legislature in May, was vetoed by Republican Governor Charlie Baker,...

There are a number of uniquely New England ice cream flavors. It’s doubtful you’ll find cranberries, grape nuts and even lobster in ice cream in other parts of the country. We’ve told you about ginger ice cream, but now it’s time to introduce you to another old-timey Massachusetts...

On Thursday, June 30, a festive musical blowout at Cisco Brewers Kitchen and Bar in New Bedford will feature nationally-renowned blues musician James Montgomery, and SouthCoast favorites like Chubby and Tiny Tavares of the Grammy-winning Tavares, Mike "Tunes" Antunes from Beaver Brown Band, Candida Rose and Calu Bana, popular Cape Verdean vocalists Kevin Gomes and Angella K of K G Express, and a first-time appearance for Simpatico, directed by Carlton Pina.

WAREHAM — Wareham firefighters extinguished a fire in a train car on Tuesday, just days after responding to a gas leak scare at the Cranberry Highway Target. The Wareham Fire Department wrote about the incidents in two Facebook posts late Tuesday night. In the first post, the department described...

BROCKTON — After a massive drug sweep in Brockton on Tuesday morning, state and Brockton police have arrested 15 city residents and one Rockland man for allegedly dealing fentanyl and cocaine. They also issued 24 more arrest warrants for other suspected area drug dealers and took 17 other people...

A Taunton woman was left speechless after leaving a sonogram appointment, not just because of the excitement that surrounds a pregnancy, but because of what the sonogram showed. Ashley Ness will welcome quadruplets into the world this August, taking her family of six to a family of 10 in a...

BOSTON — A Malden man was sentenced on Tuesday for receiving child pornography, including images of an infant — images that were allegedly given to him by a Fall River woman. The U.S. Attorney's Office stated in a release that 51-year-old Paul Weddington will serve 12 years in...

After months of anticipation, the latest Chick-fil-A on the SouthCoast is officially ready to open. You've likely seen construction underway at SouthCoast Marketplace on William S. Canning Boulevard since the winter and wondered when all the amazing chicken nuggets and waffle fries would be coming your way. Well, that wait is finally over.

NEW BEDFORD — A fire that broke out at a garage in New Bedford on Tuesday evening started as a vehicle in the garage was being repaired — and firefighters also responded to two other fires at the same time. No injuries were reported in any of the...

FALL RIVER — A Fall River man has been arrested after police said they caught him with an unlicensed firearm earlier this week. At around 8:35 a.m. Monday, officers received a tip that 23-year-old Carson Underwood had allegedly threatened someone with a gun, according to police. Officer Marques Pires...

If I could take home every animal I met, I would, but the amount of love I have for animals doesn’t add up to the lack of space or funds I have. Instead, I’ll spread the word about eligible pets that are up for adoption on the SouthCoast, and thanks to the help of local shelters, we give them a spotlight on Wet Nose Wednesday.

Travel on any highway, street, or byway in the SouthCoast region, and you'll see a collection of yellow diamond-shaped signs posted by the Commonwealth or your local community warning you of potential hazards in your pathway. Everything from kids to horses to fowl are on our roadways, and it's no...

The 2004 Major League Baseball season was unlike any other in my lifetime. The World Series was pure magic, legendary. It's the stuff that baseball dreams are made of. Not only was the 2004 season historic in that it was the first time that the Boston Red Sox won the World Series since they defeated the Chicago Cubs four games to two in the 1918 World Series 86 years before, but it was also the 100th edition of the World Series.

Tucked away along the side of Route 44 in Rehoboth is one of the most significant sites in the history of the SouthCoast, but you’d never know it from our school history books. Anawan Rock is the place where the Wampanoag it is named for surrendered to the English...

There it sits behind a building on Fairhaven’s Huttleston Avenue – alone, forgotten, a marker of a bygone era few seem to recall. Once, it shone bright, illuminating the night with its offerings of meats, cheeses, vegetables and other delicious options. Now it is a dim, empty, soulless reminder that despite its clever marketing slogan, Blimpie is not “America’s Sub Shop,” at least not on the SouthCoast.

Electrocution is a very real danger that people don't take seriously enough. Earlier this month, a North Easton man was killed when he was electrocuted while trying to remove an antenna from a Taunton home. But it isn't just on land where you need to be concerned. Would you consider...

Massachusetts is home to so many different accents that it’s hard to keep up. The world is quick to point out a Boston accent, but it takes a true local to hear the difference between a person from New Bedford and a person from Plymouth. A Wareham man decided...

TAUNTON — Taunton police have arrested a city man in connection to an armed robbery at a gas station last week in which the clerk was injured. Police said in a release that 38-year-old Christopher Azevedo has been taken into custody and charged in the GeKo gas station robbery last Wednesday.