New Bedford is emerging as a leader in addressing vacant properties. The city has a dedicated staff member focused on reviving empty homes and a new legal internship program to help resolve legal ...

NEW BEDFORD — The nation’s only Portuguese-language-focused public library will remain open after a public outcry prompted city officials to rethink its decision earlier this month to shutter the ...

Question 1, the newly passed government transparency ballot measure, will make most records held by the Legislature and governor public records — unless the Legislature acts soon to roll it back. The ...

Dozens of people saw the first MBTA commuter rail train pull into New Bedford Station just before 4:27 a.m. on Monday. They heard the conductor shout “all aboard!” South Coast Rail isn’t a project ...

The Arlington Democrat focused her campaign on defending her first-term record against the cost-of-living crisis and ...

Incumbent Democrat Tom Hoye prevails over independent challenger Melanie Patenaude Layden with 17 of the county’s 20 cities and towns counted.

I always like a politician who does good stuff when nobody is looking, especially if it involves doing good that requires you to roll up your sleeves as opposed to writing a check. In that County ...

State Sen. Mark Montigny, a Democrat, captured nearly two-thirds of the vote Tuesday, perhaps bolstered by a nationwide “blue wave.” ...

Democrat Chris Markey announced Tuesday night that he had secured enough votes to win the Bristol County district attorney’s race, beating Republican Seth Aitken. Early, unofficial results gathered by ...