Saturday, October 24, 2026

Local news for the towns of Buzzards Bay
and the lower Taunton River
Updated 11:22 p.m. Oct. 24

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Top stories

10:40 p.m.SwanseaPolice: Swansea man charged with OUI after pickup crashes into Route 6 home
9:39 p.m.New BedfordLegislator Watch: how South Coast lawmakers voted the week of Oct. 19
9:16 p.m.New BedfordPolice log: Five New Bedford arrests on Oct. 22, one on seven charges including daytime breaking and entering
4:04 p.m.FreetownCrash cuts Route 24 south to one lane near Exit 10 in Freetown
2:57 p.m.New BedfordNew Bedford council committee to consider closing two Hathaway Road safety requests
12:58 p.m.Fall RiverOccupant freed after vehicle crashes into Fall River home
12:26 p.m.Fall RiverFall River police arrest one man, seek a second in Brayton Avenue machete attack
9:03 a.m.New BedfordPolice: North Dartmouth driver charged with OUI after car pulls into path of school bus carrying 15 children

10:40 p.m.SwanseaPolice: Swansea man charged with OUI after pickup crashes into Route 6 home
9:39 p.m.New BedfordLegislator Watch: how South Coast lawmakers voted the week of Oct. 19
9:16 p.m.New BedfordPolice log: Five New Bedford arrests on Oct. 22, one on seven charges including daytime breaking and entering
4:04 p.m.FreetownCrash cuts Route 24 south to one lane near Exit 10 in Freetown
2:57 p.m.New BedfordNew Bedford council committee to consider closing two Hathaway Road safety requests
12:58 p.m.Fall RiverOccupant freed after vehicle crashes into Fall River home
12:26 p.m.Fall RiverFall River police arrest one man, seek a second in Brayton Avenue machete attack
9:03 a.m.New BedfordPolice: North Dartmouth driver charged with OUI after car pulls into path of school bus carrying 15 children

South Coast Legislator Watch

How the state representatives, state senators and members of Congress who represent the 15 South Coast towns vote, taken from the official roll calls. Every member on every vote, recorded the same way for all of them.

Votes and roundups

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Legislator Watch: how South Coast lawmakers voted the week of Oct. 19

Every roll call the Massachusetts House took the week of Oct. 19, with each South Coast representative's vote on the gas tax holiday, an offshore wind transfer, two amendment packages and House passage of the $2.35 billion supplemental budget. The state Senate and Congress recorded no votes.

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