https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-i195-route-18-closures-oct-18-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T06:30:00-04:00New Bedford I-195/Route 18 work brings overnight Route 18 closures through Nov. 1 https://southcoast360.com/shawn-oliver-lieutenant-governor-nominee-oui-arrest-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T11:44:00-04:00Shawn Oliver returns to City Hall, declines to discuss OUI arrest https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-council-tax-exemptions-three-housing-projects.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-16T12:00:00-04:00Fall River Council approves tax exemptions for three housing projects https://southcoast360.com/swansea-special-town-meeting-junior-high-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Swansea votes Monday on a $149.7 million Case Junior High, the first of two local votes the project needs https://southcoast360.com/police-log-new-bedford-oct-12-14-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T16:40:00-04:00Police log: New Bedford arrests, Oct. 12 to 14 https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-gabriel-house-recalled-sprinkler-fire-code-oct-15-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T08:30:00-04:00State moves to require yearly checks for recalled sprinkler heads, a change Fall River firefighters proposed after Gabriel House fire https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-police-courts-machete-assault-two-sentences-oct-15-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T11:25:00-04:00Fall River police and courts: reported machete assault under investigation; two men sentenced in cocaine and bus station robbery cases https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-police-hanna-medal-of-valor-gabriel-house-oct-14-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T10:00:00-04:0013 Fall River police officers receive state Medal of Valor for Gabriel House fire rescues https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-police-search-warrant-loaded-handgun-two-arrested-oct-18-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T11:55:00-04:00Police: Two men face firearm charges after loaded handgun flies out window in Fall River search https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-will-flanagan-running-for-mayor-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T15:05:00-04:00Former Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan says he is running for mayor again https://southcoast360.com/freetown-cemetery-vandalism-guilty-plea-oct-14-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T16:55:00-04:00Man pleads guilty in 2022 Freetown cemetery vandalism case, ordered to serve 90 days in jail https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-shawn-oliver-oui-case-what-happens-next-license-rules-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T11:00:00-04:00Shawn Oliver's OUI case: what comes next in court, and the license rules after an arrest https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-shawn-oliver-police-reports-50-mph-blood-draw-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T16:12:00-04:00Police reports: Oliver estimated at 50 mph in a 30 zone before crash, refused blood test https://southcoast360.com/shawn-oliver-campaign-suspension-what-it-means-for-nov-3-ballot-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T11:00:00-04:00Oliver suspends campaign, but his name stays on Nov. 3 ballot https://southcoast360.com/shawn-oliver-oui-case-timeline-crash-to-arraignment-oct-17-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T11:00:00-04:00Shawn Oliver OUI case: a timeline from the Saturday night crash to Monday's arraignment https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-gale-warning-buzzards-bay-oct-19-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T10:00:00-04:00Gale warning for Buzzards Bay and the sounds runs 8 p.m. Monday to 8 p.m. Wednesday https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-roadwork-overnight-closures-i195-route-25-route-6-oct-19-23-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T08:30:00-04:00Overnight lane closures hit I-195, Route 24 and Route 25 this week; Marion starts Front Street sidewalk work https://southcoast360.com/police-log-new-bedford-oct-15-18-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T20:10:00-04:00Police log: 15 New Bedford arrests Oct. 15 to 18, four on OUI charges https://southcoast360.com/marion-wareham-road-water-main-state-grant-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T20:10:00-04:00Marion gets $2.09 million state grant to replace 1928 water main on Wareham Road https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-school-calendars-election-day-thanksgiving-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T20:10:00-04:00No school on Election Day in 10 South Coast districts: the days off and early releases through Thanksgiving https://southcoast360.com/dighton-bristol-plymouth-admission-policy-siblings-staff-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T20:10:00-04:00Bristol-Plymouth committee votes to add sibling and staff-child provisions to its 2027 admission policy https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-shawn-oliver-oui-case-transferred-fall-river-district-court-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-20T23:03:17-04:00Shawn Oliver's OUI case moves to Fall River District Court, docket shows https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-ice-82-arrests-southeastern-massachusetts-operation-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-20T17:23:00-04:00ICE says it arrested 82 people in a three-day September operation in southeastern Massachusetts https://southcoast360.com/marion-buys-new-ambulance-scituate-no-longer-needed-380000-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-20T21:54:00-04:00Marion skips an expected three-year wait, paying $380,000 for a new ambulance Scituate no longer needed https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-governor-race-polls-healey-minogue-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-20T15:57:00-04:00Healey leads Minogue in two new polls of the Massachusetts governor's race https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-hayden-mcfadden-students-safe-after-evacuation-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-20T15:14:00-04:00Hayden McFadden Elementary students safe after afternoon evacuation, superintendent says https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-youth-health-grants-council-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T07:20:26-04:00New Bedford youth will choose who gets $355,000 in health grants https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-10-million-david-almond-settlement-fall-river-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T20:09:20-04:00Massachusetts agrees to $10 million settlement over the 2020 death of Fall River teen David Almond https://southcoast360.com/matthew-worster-parole-denied-easton-mother-murder-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T23:19:20-04:00Parole Board denies release for Matthew Worster, who murdered his mother in Easton at 17 https://southcoast360.com/police-log-new-bedford-oct-19-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T18:27:55-04:00Police log: Five New Bedford arrests listed for Oct. 19, the four approved all on warrants; none Oct. 20 https://southcoast360.com/wareham-second-quarter-tax-bills-due-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T22:44:20-04:00Wareham second-quarter property tax bills are due Nov. 2 https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-flanagan-announces-2027-mayor-run-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T17:59:21-04:00Will Flanagan says he will run for Fall River mayor in 2027, a year after the stabbing that nearly killed him https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-route-79-davol-street-three-bids-opened-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T18:50:27-04:00MassDOT opens 3 bids to redevelop 20 acres along Route 79 in Fall River; local developer Tony Cordeiro among them https://southcoast360.com/federal-marriage-fraud-ring-six-charged-fall-river-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T18:17:46-04:00Federal prosecutors charge six, five of them from Fall River, in marriage fraud ring https://southcoast360.com/marion-acushnet-warn-scam-emails-permit-applicants-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T18:34:22-04:00Marion warns of scam emails impersonating the Planning Board; Acushnet posted a similar alert this month https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-question-3-all-party-primary-explainer-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T18:44:24-04:00Question 3: what the all-party primary plan would change about how Massachusetts picks candidates https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-question-4-election-day-registration-explainer-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T19:49:24-04:00Question 4: what Election Day voter registration would change at Massachusetts polling places https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-gale-warning-ends-cold-nights-sunny-weekend-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T17:59:21-04:00Gale warning ends as gusts linger; cold nights give way to a sunny weekend https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-next-step-nursing-homes-sweetwater-denied-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T18:57:22-04:00State blocks California chain's bid to buy 11 nursing homes, four of them in Bristol and Plymouth counties https://southcoast360.com/steamship-authority-wind-cancellations-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T14:05:25-04:00Wind sends Vineyard ferries to Vineyard Haven, cancels two Nantucket high-speed trips https://southcoast360.com/lakeville-police-seek-missing-15-year-old-sophia-herrera-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T13:00:53-04:00Lakeville police ask for help finding missing 15-year-old Sophia Herrera https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-jennifer-gonzalez-detention-motion-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T02:34:20-04:00Prosecutors say Fall River marriage fraud defendant could flee before trial https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-lindsay-clancy-holdout-juror-ruling-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T05:34:22-04:00Judge refuses to let Clancy defense question holdout juror who forced mistrial https://southcoast360.com/new-york-man-arraigned-great-white-shark-capture-barnstable-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T08:19:20-04:00New York man held on $10,000 bail in capture of Aaron, a tagged great white shark, off Cape Cod https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-road-construction-four-streets-oct-26-nov-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T04:39:20-04:00Dartmouth road construction starts Monday on four streets; no daytime parking in the work zones https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-engine-9-house-budget-public-safety-reserve-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T13:39:20-04:00House passes state budget New Bedford lawmakers say will keep Engine 9 running https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-police-59520-federal-road-safety-grant-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T10:19:20-04:00New Bedford police awarded $59,520 in federal funding for road safety enforcement https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-weather-josephine-offshore-cold-nights-dry-weekend-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T01:09:20-04:00Subtropical Storm Josephine stays offshore; gusty Thursday, a colder night, then a dry weekend for the South Coast