HYANNIS – Colonel Rick Rathbun (Ret.), Executive Director of the Municipal Police Training Committee, and Interim East Falmouth Academy Director Donald Mills announced the graduation of 49 officers from the MPTC East Falmouth Police Academy’s 1st Recruit Officer Class. After completing over 20 weeks of rigorous, standardized law enforcement training, these graduates will serve as...
A Bristol County highway crash left a motorcycle rider with serious injuries. According to the fire department, at approximately 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Attleboro Fire Department crews were dispatched to the area of Pleasant Street (Route 123) at Emory Street for a reported motor vehicle crash involving a motorcycle. Upon arrival, first responders found a...
Massachusetts residents love their pizza and apparently so do some of their reps on Beacon Hill. On Thursday, the Massachusetts Senate referred SD 2852 to the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. The bill, presented by Michael D. Brady representing the Second Plymouth and Norfolk Districts, is as follows: “Chapter 2 of the General...
An operation performed by authorities has led to the arrest of over a dozen people. According to police, on Wednesday, members of the Boston Human Trafficking Unit, and the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit conducted an operation to combat sexual exploitation of women. Officers were joined by our partners from the Massachusetts State Police Special...
A festival that brings food, faith, and entertainment to the city is returning once again. Day of Portugal Fall River, which takes place every year at the Gates of the City down near the waterfront on Ponta Delgada Blvd. is back in 2025. One of the more popular events in Fall River which features Portuguese...
BOSTON – The American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts, the Boston Teachers Union, and the Massachusetts Teachers Association released the following statement Thursday in response to news that federal immigration Judge Jenny Beverly has ordered 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes da Silva, a Milford High School student arrested last weekend by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, be released on $2,000 bond:...
Foodies from Fall River and beyond are rejoicing as the region’s favorite noodle supplier is back in business. The Oriental Chow Mein Company, located at 42 8th St in Fall River, has been a cornerstone of the local culinary scene since 1937, producing its iconic Hoo-Mee brand chow mein noodles and gravy mix. These noodles...
Authorities have released the name of a man killed in a Cape Cod motorcycle crash. According to police, on Wednesday, at 1:30 p.m., the Falmouth Police Department and Falmouth Fire and Rescue Department responded to a serious two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle on West Falmouth Highway (Route 28), just south of Braeside Road in the...
The City of Fall River Zoning Board of Appeals has announced that a Public Hearing will be held on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at 6:00pm in the first floor Hearing Room, One Government Center, Fall River, MA, in order to hear the following petitions. OLD BUSINESS 01. Applicant: KARA O’CONNELL c/o Atty Jeffrey P. Medeiros 180 (AKA...
BOSTON – A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for leading a large-scale drug trafficking organization on the North Shore of Massachusetts. In November 2023, millions of doses of fentanyl and methamphetamine laced pills and powder with street value estimated to be over $7 million, were seized from a stash location and...