Dartmouth

The sixth mass vaccination site in Massachusetts, and the first in the southeastern part of the state, opened Wednesday at a former Circuit City in Dartmouth. This site, open to all eligible residents, will begin administering 500 doses per day and gradually increase to over 2,000 doses daily over the course of several weeks. Wednesday was a soft launch, but,…

About 300 people are expected to get their vaccine at the new site in Dartmouth on Wednesday.

A sixth mass vaccination site opens in Massachusetts Wednesday at a former Circuit City in Dartmouth.

As New England football fans prepare to watch their former hometown quarterback play for a different team in the Super Bowl on Sunday, Mother Nature is delivering a whole other challenge for officials in the region to tackle. Several cities and towns in Central and Southern Massachusetts have already issued snow emergencies for Sunday, as an incoming storm is forecast…

A U.S. Army Special Forces veteran accused, along with his son, of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chair Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a box is imploring U.S. officials to block their extradition. In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, days after a judge cleared the way for the pair to be handed over to Japan,...

Bianca Smith, the first Black female coach in MLB history, is ready for the challenge of her historic opportunity with the Red Sox.

An investigation is underway in Dartmouth, Massachusetts after a woman was struck and killed by a car Thursday night. Police say 56-year-old Wendy Tolley, of New Bedford, was walking on State Road shortly before 10p.m. when she was struck. Tolley died as a result of her injuries. Police say the driver is a 24-year-old woman from Dartmouth. A part...

A 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit southern New England on Sunday, causing little serious damage but a rattling plenty of people’s nerves. The quake was first reported as magnitude 4.0, but later downgraded to 3.6. It struck just after 9 a.m. and was centered in Buzzards Bay, off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Here’s a quick look at everything we…

The strongest earthquake to hit southern New England in decades rattled homes and nerves Sunday morning, but didn’t cause any significant damage, authorities said. The quake was first reported as magnitude 4.0, but later downgraded to 3.6. It struck just after 9 a.m. and was centered in Bliss Corner, a section of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, according to the U.S. Geological Survey….

An earthquake originating in the Bliss Corner neighborhood of Dartmouth shook windows and homes across Massachusetts Sunday.

Local seismologist, Dr. Alan Kaftka, says earthquakes happen on a regular basis in New England— but Sunday’s 3.6 magnitude quake was the strongest to hit southern New England in decades. It was centered in the Bliss Corner section of Dartmouth with its epicenter in Buzzards Bay off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

The 10-year-old girl who died after a three-car crash in Westport, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning has been identified by authorities as Anilda Ribeiro. Ribeiro and her 9-year-old sister were both rushed to the hospital after the second of two serious crashes within hours near the Rhode Island border. Ribeiro was pronounced dead at St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River early Monday...

A 10-year-old girl has died after a three-car crash in Westport, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning that sent a total of seven people to nearby hospitals, authorities said. It was the second of two serious crashes in the town on the Rhode Island border within hours. Around 2:15 a.m., Westport police received “several frantic 911 calls” about a crash at the…

A 20-year-old woman has been arrested after she allegedly struck a 19-year-old pedestrian in the North Dartmouth Mall parking lot and left the scene, authorities say. The pedestrian was brought to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. Dartmouth police were called around 9 p.m. Saturday night for a report of the crash. As they were investigating, they…

A pedestrian who was hit by a vehicle last Thursday in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, has died from his injuries, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s office. Ryan Silvia, 37, of Fall River, died Sunday evening at Rhode Island Hospital from injuries he sustained the night of July 16, the district attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Police were called to the area…

Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, as a homicide. The body of 27-year-old Cortez Cornejo of New Bedford was found shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday on Horseneck Road. Homes in the area are secluded and within a mile of Buzzards Bay. Police believe Cornejo’s death to be a homicide. An...

A 74-year-old man was found unresponsive after going missing in a boat off the coast of Massachusetts. The U.S. Coast Guard first said it was looking for Robert Griffith in Buzzards Bay near Slocum River in Dartmouth. His Carolina Skiff was found on Barneys Joy Point. The Coast Guard later said Griffith had been recovered unresponsive. There was no...

Authorities say the death of a man found alongside a road in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning is being investigated as a homicide. Dartmouth police received a 911 call from a motorist at 5:10 a.m. Tuesday saying they had seen a male collapsed on the side of the road in the area of 180 Horseneck Road, the Bristol District Attorney’s…

Serious injuries were reported after a rollover accident on Route 195 east in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning, according to officials. The crash occurred near exit 12 around 5:20 a.m. and the right lane has closed, according to the Massachusetts Department of Tranpsortation. Massachusetts State Police responded to the crash, which involved one car with one person inside. No further…

The newest field hospital for COVID-19 patients opened Wednesday at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. It’s the fifth field hospital in the state.