UPDATE: 11 A.M. BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — The Appalachian Power company reports about 416 customers near Rucker Road are currently without power after a vehicle struck a pole on Monday morning. At this time, AEP says power is expected to be restored by 3 p.m. on May 20. — BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — […]
NEW BEDFORD — At the Eversource facility in the New Bedford Business Park in the city’s far North End, there’s a high security room of the utmost importance. It’s so secure, even the vast majority of the hundreds of Eversource employees who work at the site will never see inside, New Bedford Eversource Systems Operations […]
It was a combination soap company and fertilizer store where the trademarked Sàpone brand of granulated soap was manufactured by the T. Hersom Co, in New Bedford. Thomas Hersom registered the soap under the brand name Thos. Hersom & Co.’s Sàpone on Oct. 1, 1889, according to Library of Congress records. The trademark for Thos. […]
A man was arrested and charged with first-degree murder Friday in the fatal shooting of another man who was walking to his car in Bridgeview Wednesday, police said. Anthony Calderon, 20, of Bedford Park, was apprehended and charged in the killing. Police said Arturo Cantu, 39, was shot twice as he left his apartment in […]
NEW BEDFORD — A 38-year-old New Bedford man was held without bail following arraignment on a murder charge Tuesday in New Bedford District Court. Defendant Christopher Smith addressed the court during the arraignment, saying, “I’m not guilty, your honor.” Smith had initially been charged with armed assault to murder but the charge was changed to […]
May 1—A Manchester driver faces numerous charges, including felony reckless conduct, after fleeing the scene of a head-on collision on Route 101 in Bedford Tuesday evening, officials said. Maria Rosario, 51, was also charged with conduct after an accident, resisting arrest, simple assault and littering, according to a news release. Investigators determined that she was […]
NEW BEDFORD — If the offshore wind industry takes off like proponents hope, and if New Bedford becomes a key location within it like many believe it will, the nature of competition between different entities taking up residence in the Whaling City and throughout the region might take on a more collaborative tone than some […]
NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford Police Department confirmed the dock that partially collapsed Friday afternoon belonged to seafood processor Eastern Fisheries, the same company that dealt with a dock collapse incident in the fall. According to NBPD Media Relations Specialist Holly Huntoon, NBPD was called around 3:30 p.m. on Friday to “assist with an outer […]
A Brooklyn man was charged Friday with scamming a Bedford resident out of $28,000 by pretending to be a Microsoft employee — further proof that people should be on alert for pop-ups asking for personal information or cash. Bedford Police responded Thursday evening to a report from a Bedford resident who said they were scammed. […]
Bedford’s mayor’s race includes the incumbent, a former council member and a newcomer who helped lead the failed effort to pardon Tiger King Joe Exotic, the subject of a Netflix documentary who is in a federal prison on animal cruelty charges and a murder for hire scheme. The three candidates in the city of 48,724 […]
As we head into a new week, let’s take a look at the news from this past week. On Friday, an earthquake strong enough to be felt on the SouthCoast was reported in the north-central region of New Jersey, according to staff at the National Weather Service’s Norton office. NWS meteorologist Kristie Smith said the quake […]
In the first 50 years of the city’s existence, New Bedford had an abundance of businesses from foundries to electronics and toy companies to cordage and glass companies, and the celebrated whaling industry was going strong. Who would have known that the building where New Bedford celebrated its industrial achievements would one day become a trolley […]