The MBTA is reviving train service from Boston to Fall River and New Bedford, but a series of cost-saving decisions will lead to slower, less frequent service than commuters were initially promised.
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Genoveva Andrade, Jasiel Correia’s chief of staff, is spared jail time as Fall River corruption probe nears completion
Andrade, 50, was sentenced to a year of probation and fined $50,000.
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In Fall River, a shrinking church keeps a connection to Ukraine alive
As the war in Ukraine spreads throughout the country, a dwindling Ukrainian congregation in Fall River hopes their prayers will make a difference for their priest’s relatives outside Lviv.
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Former Bristol County prosecutor to run for D.A. in first contested election in 16 years
The last time voters in Bristol County, Massachusetts had more than one candidate for district attorney on their ballots was 2006. For the following sixteen years, the power of choosing which crimes to prosecute belonged to Sam Sutter and his first assistant Thomas Quinn III, who was appointed district attorney after Sutter left office in […]
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Brayton Point shifts toward future as an offshore wind hub
Three years ago, the concrete cooling towers at the Brayton Point Power Plant crumbled to the ground in a controlled explosion that some considered a harbinger of America’s clean energy transition. Within seconds, the remains of what was once the Town of Somerset’s main employer and heaviest polluter became a pile of rubble. The demolition […]
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Dartmouth will hold town referendum on high school’s Indian logo
Athletes from Dartmouth High School compete in sports leagues as the Indians, a team name that some town officials are seeking to cast aside as they align the high school with sports teams across the country reconsidering language and imagery that’s offensive to Native Americans. But the conversation in Dartmouth ground to a halt this […]
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Commercial fishermen take their fight against Vineyard Wind to court
A pair of lawsuits filed recently by fishing interests aims to block the development of the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. Vineyard Wind received federal approval in May to erect 62 turbines on a stretch of the ocean floor 15 miles south of the island, enough to power […]
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Fall River reconsiders body cameras as police face questions over Anthony Harden’s death
The mayor is negotiating with the city’s police unions this winter over a move most American police departments of Fall River’s size have already made.
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Southcoast hospitals hit with biggest surge in COVID-19 patients yet
Record numbers of patients from Massachusetts’ least vaccinated city are overwhelming local emergency rooms, nearly nine months after a vaccine that largely prevents severe cases became publicly available.
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Sheriff Hodgson faces challenge from Attleboro Mayor Paul Heroux, a former prison administrator
This will be the first contested reelection bid for Sheriff Thomas Hodgson since 2010.
