https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-town-meeting-oct-20-borrowing.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-16T12:00:00-04:00Dartmouth Town Meeting Oct. 20 will weigh about $11.3 million in borrowing and spending https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-nov-3-election-polling-places-ballot-questions.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-16T12:00:00-04:00Dartmouth voters: nine polling places, nine state questions on Nov. 3 ballot https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-veterans-day-parade-2026-register.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-16T12:00:00-04:00Fall River seeks groups for Nov. 11 Veterans Day Parade https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-polling-places-move-ward-5c-6f-nov-3.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-17T12:00:00-04:00Two South End polling places move for New Bedford's Nov. 3 election https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-two-card-ballot-early-voting-nov-3.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-17T12:00:00-04:00Fall River's Nov. 3 ballot comes on two cards; mail voters must return both https://southcoast360.com/marion-front-street-sidewalks-crack-sealing-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-17T12:00:00-04:00Marion starts Front Street sidewalk work Monday; crews to crack-seal 14 roads 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/wareham-fall-town-meeting-oct-26-2026-warrant.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T06:30:00-04:00Wareham Town Meeting Oct. 26 to weigh $1 million conservation restriction and new police radios https://southcoast360.com/early-voting-this-week-acushnet-dighton-lakeville-seekonk-wareham-oct-19-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T06:30:00-04:00Early voting this week in Acushnet, Dighton, Lakeville, Seekonk and Wareham https://southcoast360.com/halloween-events-marion-wareham-dighton-lakeville-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T06:30:00-04:00Marion, Wareham, Dighton, Lakeville list Halloween events for Oct. 21 to 31 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/gale-watch-buzzards-bay-vineyard-nantucket-sounds-oct-19-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T14:54:00-04:00Gale watch posted for Buzzards Bay and the sounds, Monday evening to Wednesday evening 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/somerset-taco-bell-battery-storage-hearings-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Somerset Taco Bell plan goes to two boards Oct. 20 and 22; battery storage hearing runs into November https://southcoast360.com/fairhaven-special-town-meeting-nov-17-2026-draft-warrant.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Fairhaven's draft Nov. 17 warrant includes a citizens petition to ban license plate readers https://southcoast360.com/freetown-special-town-meeting-warrant-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Freetown selectmen to vote Monday on Nov. 9 Town Meeting warrant, with data center zoning on the draft https://southcoast360.com/westport-sanford-road-paving-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Sanford Road paving in Westport starts Oct. 26, from Briggs Road to Route 6 https://southcoast360.com/rochester-electricity-aggregation-plan-review-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Rochester's revised town electricity plan is open for comment through Oct. 31 https://southcoast360.com/rehoboth-selectmen-oct-19-data-center-zoning-hearing-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Rehoboth selectmen take up Special Town Meeting articles Oct. 19; Planning Board may vote on data center zoning Oct. 28 https://southcoast360.com/acushnet-emergency-management-volunteers-call-firefighters-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Acushnet seeks emergency management volunteers, call firefighters and lateral police hires https://southcoast360.com/dighton-special-town-meeting-draft-warrant-nov-9-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Dighton draft warrant for Nov. 9 town meeting would use $1.19 million in free cash, including bridge design https://southcoast360.com/mattapoisett-select-board-oct-20-town-meeting-recommendations-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Mattapoisett Select Board, Finance Committee vote Oct. 20 on Nov. 9 town meeting articles; warrant not yet online https://southcoast360.com/mattapoisett-early-voting-hours-oct-19-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Mattapoisett early voting: Town Hall hours, deadlines and what is on the Nov. 3 ballot https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-voc-tech-school-committee-borrowing-admissions-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech committee votes Oct. 20 on admissions lottery rules and short-term borrowing https://southcoast360.com/rochester-select-board-special-town-meeting-date-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Rochester Select Board to weigh a Jan. 25 Special Town Meeting; no warrant posted yet https://southcoast360.com/somerset-berkley-school-committee-50000-donation-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T15:48:00-04:00Somerset Berkley school committee takes up $50,000 gift, new revolving fund and allergy policy Oct. 20 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-firefighters-honored-gabriel-house-fire-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T16:40:00-04:00Fall River firefighters honored for Gabriel House fire response https://southcoast360.com/marion-select-board-liquor-license-hearing-unpaid-taxes-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T18:09:00-04:00Marion Select Board to hold liquor license hearing, review unpaid taxes and water bills https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-town-meeting-sidewalk-snow-towing-bylaws-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T21:24:00-04:00Dartmouth Town Meeting to vote on a 24-hour sidewalk snow rule, $300 fines and a police tow rotation https://southcoast360.com/dighton-stormwater-bylaw-hearing-one-acre-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T08:00:00-04:00Dighton hearing Wednesday on stormwater bylaw rewrite and a one-acre permit trigger https://southcoast360.com/fairhaven-budget-group-wastewater-plant-privatization-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T21:24:00-04:00Fairhaven budget group takes up sewer plant operations again as town forecasts show gaps of $1.16 million or more https://southcoast360.com/fairhaven-football-friday-finals-records-oct-16-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T21:50:00-04:00Fairhaven stays unbeaten at 6-0: Friday football finals and records across the South Coast 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-traffic-board-school-four-way-stops-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T21:24:00-04:00Fall River Traffic Board weighs four-way stops near schools and drop-off parking limits Wednesday 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/freetown-planning-board-beech-bluff-farm-composting-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T08:01:00-04:00Freetown Planning Board resumes Beech Bluff Farm composting hearing Tuesday, with a town engineering review ordered https://southcoast360.com/marion-board-health-issues-rabies-advisory-after-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T14:38:04-04:00Marion Board of Health issues rabies advisory after positive raccoon test https://southcoast360.com/marion-heron-cove-townhomes-planning-board-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T21:24:00-04:00Marion Planning Board takes up Heron Cove Estates, a plan for up to 57 townhomes on Route 6, on Monday https://southcoast360.com/mattapoisett-mahoney-housing-plans-planning-board-conservation-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T08:01:00-04:00Mattapoisett boards take up two Dennis Mahoney & Sons housing plans; wetlands hearing moves to high school https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-finance-committee-snow-ice-deficit-wrap-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T21:24:00-04:00New Bedford council members ask Monday how the city will use $713,442 in state winter aid and handle last winter's snow bill 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/rehoboth-open-space-recreation-plan-draft-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T08:00:00-04:00Rehoboth's draft open space plan puts drinking water first and calls for tighter subdivision rules 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's name stays on Nov. 3 ballot after Minogue campaign says he left race 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 the Fall River transfer 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-girls-soccer-field-hockey-volleyball-week-oct-12-17-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T08:00:00-04:00Somerset Berkley soccer and field hockey go unbeaten for the week, Fairhaven volleyball goes 3-0: South Coast girls roundup https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-i-195-roadwork-leads-41-new-oct-23-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-23T09:54:37-04:00I-195 roadwork leads 41 new South Coast work zones this week 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/wareham-sewer-commissioners-edu-rate-review-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T08:01:00-04:00Wareham sewer board reviews its 1996 billing formula during a $27.7 million plant upgrade https://southcoast360.com/westport-town-hall-annex-water-former-high-school-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T21:24:00-04:00Westport's Town Hall Annex runs on a temporary water system as the Select Board weighs moving offices to the former high school https://southcoast360.com/acushnet-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T23:07:00-04:00Acushnet home sales nearly double as supply shrinks to 1.3 months https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T23:07:00-04:00Dartmouth new listings jump 43% and the median sale price drops below $580,000 https://southcoast360.com/dighton-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T23:07:00-04:00Dighton sales more than double as the median price rises 9.3% https://southcoast360.com/fairhaven-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T23:07:00-04:00More than half of Fairhaven home sales close above asking as sales slip https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T21:52:00-04:00Fall River homes take 10 days longer to sell as the number on the market climbs 20% https://southcoast360.com/freetown-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T23:07:00-04:00Freetown listings nearly double, and buyers take their time https://southcoast360.com/marion-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T23:07:00-04:00Marion homes sit longer as supply climbs; Planning Board weighs up to 57 townhomes https://southcoast360.com/mattapoisett-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T23:07:00-04:00Mattapoisett's median sale price jumps 28% on just 26 sales https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T21:52:00-04:00New Bedford home sales rise 13% while the median price holds flat https://southcoast360.com/rehoboth-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T23:07:00-04:00Rehoboth homes sell below asking on average as the spring price peak fades https://southcoast360.com/rochester-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T23:07:00-04:00Rochester permits 100 new homes this year, including a 68-unit building https://southcoast360.com/somerset-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T23:07:00-04:00Somerset's median sale price climbs 11% as bidding cools https://southcoast360.com/swansea-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T23:07:00-04:00Swansea's median sale price keeps climbing, reaching a one-year high https://southcoast360.com/wareham-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T21:52:00-04:00Wareham's median sale price falls 5% even as sales and price per square foot rise https://southcoast360.com/westport-home-market-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-18T23:07:00-04:00Westport homes sell faster and in greater numbers as the median price falls 9.3% https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-best-fall-walks-trails-preserves-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T11:00:00-04:00Best fall walks on the South Coast: 10 public trails, picked by six tests https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-fall-weekend-things-to-do-oct-23-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T11:00:00-04:00South Coast weekend, Oct. 23 to 25: a free day at the Whaling Museum, Boo at the Zoo, hayrides and a Fall River thriller 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/if-minogue-wins-oliver-lieutenant-governor-what-the-constitution-says-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-20T00:10:00-04:00If Minogue wins, Oliver is elected lieutenant governor: what the constitution says happens next 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 14 of 26 South Coast districts and charter schools: 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/south-coast-school-superintendents-2026-27-leadership-changes-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-19T20:10:00-04:00Who runs South Coast schools this year, with new leaders in Fall River and at Bristol-Plymouth https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-connect-free-help-homelessness-ymca-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-20T20:31:00-04:00New Bedford Connect brings free help for people facing homelessness to the YMCA on Wednesday https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-bristol-community-college-career-fair-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-20T21:54:00-04:00Bristol Community College holds a free college and career fair in Fall River on Nov. 2 https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-library-haunted-walk-through-early-closing-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-20T19:08:00-04:00Fall River Public Library turns into a haunted walk-through Oct. 22 and closes early that afternoon https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-nathaniel-philbrick-spinner-author-talk-nov-18-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-20T21:54:00-04:00Author Nathaniel Philbrick to talk about his Gold Rush book at New Bedford's Steeple Playhouse Nov. 18 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-halloween-weekend-picks-oct-23-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-20T21:54:00-04:00South Coast Halloween weekend, Oct. 23 to 25: Fairhaven's costume parade, a Victorian mourning night and two haunted attractions 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 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-shawn-oliver-council-seat-if-elected-lieutenant-governor-explainer-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-20T10:30:00-04:00Would Shawn Oliver have to leave the City Council if he's elected lieutenant governor? 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/bristol-county-home-sales-rise-september-national-sales-slip-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T00:27:00-04:00Bristol County home sales rose 15% in September as national sales slipped https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-hidden-in-plain-sight-parents-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T08:35:26-04:00Dartmouth hosts free event to help parents spot hidden teen risks https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-lizzie-borden-in-mourning-final-sunday-oct-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T21:29:20-04:00Lizzie Borden House's Victorian mourning evenings end their October run Sunday https://southcoast360.com/marion-swap-shop-veterans-ceremony-hazardous-waste-dates-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T18:47:48-04:00Marion dates to watch: swap shop closes Oct. 28, Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11, hazardous waste day Nov. 14 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/south-coast-firefighters-graduate-state-fire-academy-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T18:14:23-04:00Six South Coast departments among 41 new firefighters graduating the state academy 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-ballot-questions-voter-guide-overview-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T23:59:20-04:00Nine questions, one ballot: the South Coast 360 voter guide to Nov. 3 https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-question-2-public-defender-union-explainer-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T23:59:20-04:00Question 2: whether public defenders gain the right to unionize 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/massachusetts-question-5-revenue-limit-rebate-explainer-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T20:54:20-04:00Question 5: what rewriting the state tax cap would mean for refunds and for the budget https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-question-6-nature-for-all-fund-explainer-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T20:54:20-04:00Question 6: what the Nature for All Fund would do with sales taxes from sporting goods https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-question-8-marijuana-repeal-explainer-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T21:59:20-04:00Question 8: what repealing recreational marijuana sales would keep, and what it would end 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/swansea-voters-decide-10-ballot-questions-nov-3-election-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T17:05:28-04:00Swansea's Question 10: a no forfeits about $61 million in aid and rebates, a yes adds $141 to $200 a quarter on the average home, committee says https://southcoast360.com/wareham-posts-sample-ballot-november-3-2026-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T17:05:28-04:00Wareham posts sample ballot for the Nov. 3 state election https://southcoast360.com/marion-school-committee-sippican-improvement-plan-comfort-dogs-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T09:50:25-04:00Marion School Committee weighs Sippican School's two-year plan, $193,629 in grants and a comfort dog study Thursday https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-football-week-7-preview-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T16:20:25-04:00Week 7 football: Diman hosts Old Colony, Durfee and Atlantis Charter go on the road 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/marion-property-tax-bills-due-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T19:49:21-04:00Marion property tax bills are due Monday, Nov. 2 https://southcoast360.com/mattapoisett-town-committee-openings-finance-library-trustees-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T03:34:20-04:00Mattapoisett seeks volunteers for two open seats: Finance Committee and Library Trustees https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-fire-hosts-regional-drone-drill-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T13:14:21-04:00New Bedford firefighters host six-agency drone drill for emergency response https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-mariza-fado-zeiterion-oct-23-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T06:14:20-04:00Fado star Mariza returns to the Zeiterion on Friday night https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-powwow-mishoon-public-sessions-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T11:34:23-04:00New Bedford's first annual Powwow is Saturday as mishoon demonstrations continue https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-veteran-of-the-year-jim-gagnon-veterans-transition-house-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T05:49:21-04:00New Bedford veteran Jim Gagnon named Southeastern Massachusetts Veteran of the Year https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-zeiterion-halloween-week-shows-oct-29-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T06:14:20-04:00Halloween week at the Zeiterion: Price Is Right Live, Mystic Pizza and Rocky Horror https://southcoast360.com/swansea-entertainment-luxury-cinemas-opens-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T12:35:26-04:00Entertainment Luxury Cinemas opens its Swansea theater on Swansea Mall Drive 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-bedford-two-police-officers-fired-flock-license-plate-reader-misuse-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T17:19:21-04:00New Bedford fires two police officers over license plate camera misuse 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/police-log-new-bedford-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T17:19:21-04:00Police log: Seven New Bedford arrests on Oct. 21, including an OUI and two dangerous weapon counts https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-fire-district-3-retiree-medicare-rate-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T01:34:21-04:00Dartmouth Fire District 3 will review retiree Medicare plan rate increase Oct. 27 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/dartmouth-school-committee-oct-26-meeting-policy-readings-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T07:09:20-04:00Dartmouth School Committee meets Oct. 26 with policy first readings https://southcoast360.com/dighton-final-town-meeting-warrant-drops-police-vehicle-nov-9-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T22:14:20-04:00Dighton's final Nov. 9 town meeting warrant drops a $66,703 police vehicle and two other articles https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-house-rejects-gas-tax-holiday-fall-river-split-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T10:19:20-04:00House rejects 60-day gas tax holiday, 30 to 122; Fall River delegation splits 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/swansea-town-meeting-approves-case-junior-high-borrowing-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T05:09:21-04:00Swansea Town Meeting approves $88.3 million borrowing for a new Case Junior High https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-question-9-gun-law-referendum-explainer-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T11:34:23-04:00Question 9: the vote to keep or repeal the 2024 Massachusetts gun law 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 https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-school-facilities-subcommittee-meeting-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-22T01:59:20-04:00Fall River school facilities subcommittee takes up master plan, windows project tonight https://southcoast360.com/freetown-police-body-cameras-start-nov-6-oct-23-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-23T15:28:10-04:00Freetown police will start wearing body cameras Nov. 6 https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-dpw-teamsters-contract-gps-snow-deficit-oct-23-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-23T15:28:10-04:00Fall River signs three-year public works Teamsters contract with raises and limits on truck GPS https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-home-market-rates-dip-price-cuts-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-23T14:14:53-04:00South Coast home market: mortgage rates dip to 7.32% as sellers cut prices on 77 homes https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-pumpkins-cornstalks-yard-waste-compost-after-halloween-oct-23-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-23T06:44:20-04:00Dartmouth will take Halloween pumpkins and cornstalks with curbside yard waste https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-halloween-week-events-oct-26-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-23T15:41:39-04:00Halloween week on the South Coast, Oct. 26 to 31: Baby Boo at the zoo, library trick-or-treating and a Halloween night haunt https://southcoast360.com/acushnet-man-among-four-charged-pandemic-relief-fraud-oct-23-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-23T20:39:11-04:00Acushnet man among four indicted in federal pandemic relief fraud case https://southcoast360.com/legislator-watch-south-coast-lawmakers-votes-week-of-oct-19-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T21:39:07-04:00Legislator Watch: how South Coast lawmakers voted the week of Oct. 19 https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-city-council-votes-ban-flock-license-plate-cameras-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-23T03:39:21-04:00New Bedford City Council passes ban on license plate reader cameras https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-leo-choquette-asks-shawn-oliver-resign-council-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-23T08:20:20-04:00Councilor Leo Choquette asks Shawn Oliver to resign from the New Bedford City Council https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-police-wont-renew-flock-license-plate-camera-contract-oct-23-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-23T19:46:29-04:00New Bedford police won't renew Flock license plate camera contract https://southcoast360.com/rochester-select-board-high-street-32-new-poles-hearing-nov-16-oct-23-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-23T02:39:20-04:00Rochester to hear Verizon and Eversource request for 32 new poles on High Street https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-school-committee-clears-superintendent-oleary-assault-allegation-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-23T08:11:32-04:00Video review finds no assault: School Committee clears New Bedford Superintendent Andrew O'Leary https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-vehicle-into-home-rescue-power-cut-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T12:58:35-04:00Occupant freed after vehicle crashes into Fall River home https://southcoast360.com/freetown-route-24-south-crash-exit-10-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T16:04:30-04:00Driver cited in one of two Route 24 crashes in Freetown that sent three to hospital, State Police say https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-school-bus-crash-oui-arrest-hathaway-road-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T09:03:26-04:00Police: North Dartmouth driver charged with OUI after car pulls into path of school bus carrying 15 children https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-halloween-night-safety-dark-by-6-fires-peak-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T18:10:02-04:00Halloween night safety: dark soon after 6 p.m. on the South Coast, the hour federal data show fires peak https://southcoast360.com/swansea-pickup-crashes-into-route-6-home-oui-arrest-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T22:40:47-04:00Police: Swansea man charged with OUI after pickup crashes into Route 6 home https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-heating-oil-tops-6-dollars-fuel-assistance-season-nov-1-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T04:24:20-04:00Fuel assistance benefits set at up to $1,450 as heating oil tops $6 a gallon in Massachusetts https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-clocks-fall-back-nov-1-daylight-saving-time-ends-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T05:34:20-04:00Clocks fall back Sunday, Nov. 1, as a bill to end the switch waits in the Senate https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-leaf-yard-waste-pickup-ends-december-town-guide-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T17:06:06-04:00Curbside leaf pickup ends by Dec. 11 in Fall River, Somerset and Swansea: dates, rules and drop-off spots https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-whaling-beyond-new-bedford-special-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T02:29:20-04:00Whaling beyond New Bedford: how Fairhaven, Westport, Mattapoisett and their neighbors sailed and built the fleet https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-machete-assault-arrest-warrant-brayton-avenue-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T12:26:01-04:00Fall River police arrest one man, seek a second in Brayton Avenue machete attack https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-arrest-summons-warrant-how-criminal-cases-start-explainer-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T15:38:39-04:00Arrest, summons or warrant: how a criminal case starts in Massachusetts https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-dangerousness-hearing-pretrial-detention-explainer-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T03:29:20-04:00How a Massachusetts judge decides whether to hold someone before trial https://southcoast360.com/police-log-new-bedford-oct-22-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T21:16:22-04:00Police log: Five New Bedford arrests on Oct. 22, one on seven charges including daytime breaking and entering https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-committee-hathaway-road-safety-requests-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T14:57:20-04:00New Bedford council committee to consider closing two Hathaway Road safety requests https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-2026-mcas-results-by-district-grades-3-8-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-24T08:22:00-04:002026 MCAS results, district by district on the South Coast: English dips, math holds close to last year https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-brayton-avenue-truck-crash-three-hospitalized-oct-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T09:51:30-04:00Berkley man charged in Fall River pickup crash ordered held without bail, due back in court Nov. 24 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-pickups-crash-into-homes-swansea-fall-river-oct-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T17:29:24-04:00Swansea crash driver due for arraignment Wednesday; Fall River crash driver ordered held without bail https://southcoast360.com/rochester-fy27-tax-rate-10-62-first-increase-since-2017-oct-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T10:29:17-04:00Rochester tax rate rises to $10.62, its first increase since 2017 https://southcoast360.com/swansea-aldi-grand-opening-nov-5-former-price-rite-oct-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T17:41:57-04:00ALDI sets Nov. 5 grand opening for its new Swansea store https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-ems-police-fire-revive-64-year-old-cardiac-arrest-oct-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T20:46:46-04:00Fall River police, fire and EMS bring back 64-year-old in cardiac arrest https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-high-school-sports-weekend-roundup-week-7-oct-23-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T16:21:17-04:00Fairhaven and Apponequet reach 7-0, New Bedford wins at Brockton: South Coast weekend sports roundup https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-week-ahead-concerts-talks-walks-oct-26-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T20:49:21-04:00Beyond Halloween: blues, bluegrass, poetry and moonlit walks on the South Coast, Oct. 26 to Nov. 1 https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-oui-arrest-license-suspension-arraignment-what-law-says-oct-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T22:09:20-04:00After an OUI arrest in Massachusetts, the license can go before the case is decided https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-7-4-million-grants-alden-street-columbia-street-lead-pipes-oct-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T10:59:48-04:00Fall River council takes up $7.4 million in grants for Alden Street, Columbia Street and lead pipes https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-free-them-all-rally-riverside-park-ice-oct-24-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-27T11:14:22-04:00New Bedford rally at Riverside Park calls for an end to ICE operations https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-early-voting-final-week-hours-mail-ballot-deadline-oct-26-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T09:52:38-04:00Early voting enters its last week: hours in 10 South Coast towns and Tuesday's mail ballot deadline https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-bridges-poor-condition-massdot-inspection-data-oct-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T10:53:10-04:0025 larger South Coast bridges rated poor in state inspection data, nine of them in New Bedford https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-free-cash-stabilization-funds-per-resident-dls-oct-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T17:01:43-04:00South Coast cities and towns held $169 million in free cash and stabilization funds in mid-2024, state comparison shows https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-snow-days-last-day-of-school-2026-27-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T21:24:20-04:00Snow days and the last day of school: how nine South Coast districts plan for winter https://southcoast360.com/swansea-dighton-school-projects-state-board-votes-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T10:20:30-04:00State school building board votes Wednesday on Swansea junior high deal and Dighton Elementary plan https://southcoast360.com/fairhaven-whaling-special-part-2-oct-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-04T06:05:32-05:00Fairhaven's whaling century, and the captain who told the raiders to stand off https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-raccoon-rabies-slades-farm-lane-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-26T12:55:19-04:00Raccoon tests positive for rabies on Slades Farm Lane in Dartmouth https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-granite-mills-history-durfee-metacomet-charlton-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-26T06:16:01-04:00How Fall River's granite cotton mills rose as the city nearly quadrupled https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-medicare-open-enrollment-2027-premiums-plans-dec-7-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-26T21:07:42-04:00Medicare Advantage premiums rise in Massachusetts for 2027 as open enrollment runs to Dec. 7 https://southcoast360.com/rochester-holiday-color-run-family-fest-dexter-lane-field-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-27T11:14:22-04:00Free holiday color run and family fest comes to Rochester's Dexter Lane Field on Sunday https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-paraprofessional-trial-viveiros-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-26T13:15:09-04:00Fall River school paraprofessional charged with assaulting a student set for trial Monday https://southcoast360.com/police-log-new-bedford-oct-23-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-26T17:46:02-04:00Police log: 22 New Bedford arrests Oct. 23 to 25, including two on animal cruelty charges and nine on warrants https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-council-committee-data-center-ban-hearing-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-26T06:19:21-04:00New Bedford council committee backs mayor's citywide data center ban https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-legislative-races-nov-3-contested-unopposed-open-seat-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-26T08:04:20-04:00Nine of 13 South Coast legislative races on the Nov. 3 ballot are two-party contests https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-srta-staff-shortages-cancel-route-9-trips-seventh-notice-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-26T20:29:20-04:00SRTA cancels four Route 9 trips for staff shortages, its seventh such notice in October https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-police-search-warrant-east-main-street-guns-fentanyl-arrest-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-27T18:35:26-04:00Man charged in Fall River gun and fentanyl search released on GPS with curfew, docket shows https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-downtown-businesses-halloween-trick-or-treat-stroll-fallfest-paused-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-27T21:39:20-04:00Downtown New Bedford businesses plan a Halloween trick-or-treat stroll with FallFest on hold this year https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-fairhaven-swing-bridge-history-million-dollar-bridge.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T12:48:38-04:00How the New Bedford-Fairhaven swing bridge became the 'Million Dollar Bridge' https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-fort-taber-fort-rodman-clarks-point-granite-fort-history.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T06:05:25-04:00The granite fort at Clark's Point was planned in 1846, outdated by 1870 and spared from demolition in 1906 https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-jack-o-lanterns-compost-yard-waste-food-scraps-after-halloween-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-27T11:34:21-04:00New Bedford jack-o'-lanterns can be composted after Halloween, with yard waste pickups running to Dec. 7 https://southcoast360.com/wareham-pierceville-road-tremont-station-bridge-keystone-carnegie-history.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T18:20:46-04:00West Wareham's Pierceville Road bridge came from Andrew Carnegie's bridge company and was moved there in 1887 https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-hickey-starks-slade-street-shooting-superior-court-arraignment-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-27T22:39:20-04:00Judge orders man held without bail in Fall River Slade Street shooting case; co-defendant released on GPS https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-new-assessments-fourth-quarter-tax-bill-revaluation-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-27T10:44:20-04:00Dartmouth's new assessments pushed to one spring tax bill as revaluation starts late https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-gauvin-firing-fight-legal-investigation-bills-143000-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-27T19:44:20-04:00Fall River spent about $143,000 investigating and defending the firing of ex-chief Paul Gauvin, invoices show https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-federal-seafood-strategy-us-caught-label-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-27T21:24:21-04:00Federal seafood strategy proposes a 'U.S.-Caught' label and rule changes, with New Bedford the top port by value https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-machete-attack-second-man-arrested-developing-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T09:29:54-04:00Second man charged in Brayton Avenue machete attack pleads not guilty, bail set at $50,000 surety or $5,000 cash https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-rifle-arrest-clark-arraigned-held-developing-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T10:39:02-04:00Man charged after rifle found in Fall River traffic stop is held until Feb. 25, court clerk says https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-route-79-davol-street-corridor-completed-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T19:45:00-04:00Route 79 and Davol Street rebuild is finished in Fall River, state says, opening about 20 acres of waterfront land https://southcoast360.com/rehoboth-kylee-monteiro-gregory-groom-pretrial-outcome-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T13:25:54-04:00Developing: No decision yet on plea request in Kylee Monteiro murder case; next date Nov. 10 https://southcoast360.com/rehoboth-kylee-monteiro-gregory-groom-pretrial-plea-request-family-objects-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T01:59:20-04:00Kylee Monteiro murder case back in court Wednesday as her family objects to a manslaughter plea request https://southcoast360.com/wareham-police-officer-charged-rape-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T08:19:20-04:00Wareham police officer charged with rape and strangulation, held without bail; state suspends his certification https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-property-tax-limit-rises-new-growth-certified-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T08:36:21-04:00Fall River's property tax limit rises about $5.9 million as the state certifies new growth https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-winter-gas-bills-liberty-eversource-nov-1-rates-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T20:05:25-04:00State approves winter gas charges for Liberty and Eversource customers starting Nov. 1 https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-battleship-cove-big-mamie-uss-massachusetts-history.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T15:55:00-04:00How 'Big Mamie' escaped the scrapyard and found a home in Fall River https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-hetty-green-witch-of-wall-street-whaling-heiress-history.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T18:36:00-04:00How New Bedford's Hetty Green became the 'Witch of Wall Street' https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-i-195-overnight-closure-east-providence-potter-street-bridge-nov-6-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T20:17:27-04:00I-195 will close in both directions overnight Nov. 6 in East Providence for a bridge demolition https://southcoast360.com/taunton-route-140-route-24-ramp-overnight-closures-south-coast-roadwork-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T23:59:38-04:00Route 140 south and a Route 24 ramp close overnight Oct. 29 in Taunton; more roadwork set across the South Coast https://southcoast360.com/wareham-factory-five-racing-build-it-yourself-car-kits-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T08:44:20-04:00From a Dartmouth shop to Wareham: Factory Five's three decades of build-it-yourself cars https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-developer-kfoury-asbestos-case-change-of-plea-hearing-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T12:55:26-04:00Change-of-plea hearing set for Fall River developer charged in King Philip Mill asbestos case https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-howard-moreno-armed-robbery-superior-court-held-without-bail-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-27T06:24:20-04:00Judge sets $1,000 bail for Fall River man in Franklin Street armed robbery case https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-machete-attack-ramalho-pleads-not-guilty-bail-set-oct-25-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-25T16:12:12-04:00Police: Second man wanted in Brayton Avenue machete attack arrested after short foot chase https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-paraprofessional-burgo-trial-postponed-nov-16-developing-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T14:42:11-04:00Trial in Fall River school paraprofessional case postponed to Nov. 16, court records show https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-pavao-rodman-street-store-robbery-superior-court-bail-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T16:07:42-04:00Bail set for Fall River man charged in attack on Rodman Street store clerks; armed robbery charge not part of Superior Court case https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-police-rifle-ammunition-traffic-stop-arrest-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-27T11:44:21-04:00Man charged after rifle found in Fall River traffic stop pleads not guilty, held pending Thursday hearing https://southcoast360.com/wareham-police-officer-gomes-dangerousness-hearing-friday-developing-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T14:42:11-04:00Rape case against Wareham police officer, now in Plymouth District Court, is next set for Nov. 27 https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-question-1-public-records-explainer-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T23:19:20-04:00Question 1: what a yes vote would open on Beacon Hill, and the Legislature's own records bill still in conference https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-question-7-starter-homes-explainer-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-21T21:59:20-04:00Question 7: two polls split on the starter-homes rule, and what it would change on the South Coast https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-no-federal-election-observers-nov-3-polls-developing-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T14:16:35-04:00No federal election observers at New Bedford polls Nov. 3, city says https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-election-day-voting-rights-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T11:08:50-04:00Election Day is Tuesday: ID rules, provisional ballots and moved polling places for South Coast voters https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-council-tables-harm-reduction-bags-seven-hills-sstar-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T11:23:49-04:00Fall River councilors table harm reduction bag review, ask state health officials, Seven Hills and SSTAR to attend https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-free-waterfront-parking-lot-anawan-street-opens-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T19:02:32-04:00Free 113-space waterfront parking lot opens Thursday at 45 Anawan St. in Fall River https://southcoast360.com/dighton-trash-bags-30-health-cemetery-sewer-fee-hearing-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T14:16:35-04:00Dighton selectmen weigh $30 trash bag rolls and higher health permit and burial fees Wednesday https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-3-1-million-snow-ice-deficit-savings-no-federal-blizzard-aid-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-27T21:24:21-04:00Fall River council votes to pay $3.1 million snow and ice deficit from savings, with no federal blizzard aid https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-pearl-street-garage-sell-1-05-million-or-repair-6-million-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T08:19:20-04:00Fall River administration says sell the Pearl Street garage for $1.05 million instead of paying more than $5 million in repairs https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-protect-act-sheriffs-governor-race-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T09:19:20-04:00Bristol and Plymouth county sheriffs join call to revisit PROTECT Act limit on release notices to ICE https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-contested-legislative-races-campaign-money-raised-spent-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T08:36:21-04:00What the 18 candidates in the South Coast's contested legislative races raised and spent through Sept. 30 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-single-family-tax-bills-rose-all-19-communities-fy2027-rates-pending-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T14:16:35-04:00Average single-family tax bills rose in all 19 South Coast communities as 18 wait on new rates https://southcoast360.com/taunton-elderly-disabled-tax-aid-fund-apply-dec-15-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T16:07:42-04:00Taunton seniors and disabled homeowners earning $41,047 or less can apply for property tax aid by Dec. 15 https://southcoast360.com/taunton-fy2027-tax-limit-rises-new-growth-certified-classification-hearing-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T19:21:40-04:00Taunton's property tax limit rises about $6.2 million for fiscal 2027 as the state certifies $149.4 million in new growth https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-srta-lists-16-bus-trips-third-disruption-notice-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T23:59:38-04:00SRTA lists 16 New Bedford bus trips in its third disruption notice in three days https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-srta-cancels-six-more-trips-staff-shortages-51-in-october-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T08:44:20-04:00SRTA cuts six more New Bedford bus trips for staff shortages, raising October's count to 51 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-trash-fees-bags-town-by-town-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T20:05:25-04:00What trash costs town by town, from free stickers in Freetown to a $365 curbside bill in Wareham https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-mitchell-urges-oliver-public-explanation-crash-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T19:02:32-04:00Mayor Jon Mitchell urges Shawn Oliver to explain the Oct. 17 crash publicly https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-nashawena-mill-47-apartments-tax-break-belleville-avenue-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T11:23:49-04:00New Bedford mayor seeks 10-year tax break for 47 apartments in vacant Nashawena Mill buildings https://southcoast360.com/dighton-elementary-student-leaves-school-grounds-recess-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T16:38:56-04:00Dighton Elementary student, 5, left school grounds during recess and was found safe, district says https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-school-committee-superintendent-notice-protect-act-policies-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T08:36:21-04:00Fall River School Committee adopts PROTECT Act policy and a rule that the superintendent notify every member directly https://southcoast360.com/taunton-council-bans-data-centers-one-year-moratorium-oct-20-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T14:16:35-04:00Taunton council bans data centers and adds a one-year moratorium, with no exemption for existing buildings https://southcoast360.com/wareham-town-meeting-sewer-plant-land-lease-public-safety-radios-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T23:02:08-04:00Wareham voters back leasing sewer plant land and $1.8 million for public safety radios https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-halloween-trick-or-treat-weather-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-28T08:44:20-04:00Weather service forecasts a clear, dry Halloween night with lows of 28 to 34 on the South Coast https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-police-investigate-stabbing-18-year-old-pearce-street-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T19:46:22-04:00Fall River police investigate stabbing that sent an 18-year-old to the hospital https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-srta-cancels-24-bus-trips-staff-shortages-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:44:20-04:00SRTA cancels 34 bus trips in New Bedford and Fall River Thursday afternoon, its most on one notice this month https://southcoast360.com/acushnet-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Acushnet holds at 18 homes for sale as five new listings replace five that left https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Dartmouth homes for sale rise to 55 as the median asking price tops $700,000 https://southcoast360.com/dighton-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Dighton homes for sale dip to 30 as the median asking price eases to $775,000 https://southcoast360.com/dighton-selectmen-raise-trash-bags-30-jan-1-table-health-fees-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T17:23:07-04:00Dighton large trash bag rolls go to $30 on Jan. 1 as selectmen hold off on higher health permit fees https://southcoast360.com/fairhaven-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Fairhaven homes for sale jump to 41 after eight new listings in a week https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Fall River has 200 homes for sale, the most on the South Coast, and 16 price cuts https://southcoast360.com/freetown-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Freetown homes for sale climb to 29 with five new listings, two under $400,000 https://southcoast360.com/marion-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Marion's median asking price climbs to $1.17 million as a $4 million house hits the market https://southcoast360.com/mattapoisett-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Mattapoisett's 36 homes for sale see no price cuts as the median holds at $949,000 https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00New Bedford has 182 homes for sale and the South Coast's lowest median asking price, $449,450 https://southcoast360.com/rehoboth-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Rehoboth sellers cut two prices by $196,000 combined as homes for sale slip to 44 https://southcoast360.com/rochester-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Rochester homes for sale jump to 27 as six new condos list near $1 million https://southcoast360.com/somerset-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Somerset homes for sale rise to 24 as the median asking price holds at $549,000 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-gas-prices-bristol-county-4-04-a-gallon-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:57:38-04:00Bristol County gas averages $4.04 a gallon, about $1.20 more than last fall https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00South Coast home market: mortgage rates fall to 7.24% as homes for sale climb to 873 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-jobless-rates-new-bedford-fall-river-september-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T07:19:20-04:00New Bedford's jobless rate falls to 5.8% and Fall River's to 5.2% in September https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-social-security-3-6-percent-raise-january-ssi-1029-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:57:38-04:00Social Security checks rise 3.6% in January, and the top SSI payment climbs to $1,029 https://southcoast360.com/swansea-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Swansea homes for sale fall to 29 as the median asking price drops to $579,900 https://southcoast360.com/wareham-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Wareham homes for sale dip to 79, with the South Coast's least expensive listings https://southcoast360.com/westport-home-market-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Westport house cut by $325,000, the largest price drop on the South Coast this week https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-fishing-logbooks-records-call-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Fishing Heritage Center wants New Bedford fishermen's old logbooks and settlement sheets https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-halloween-weekend-guide-taunton-fall-river-swansea-oct-30-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T18:25:00-04:00Halloween weekend picks, Oct. 30 to Nov. 1: Taunton's Haunt for Hunger, a Swansea movie night and Sunday music https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-leaf-yard-waste-pickup-drop-off-taunton-freetown-marion-wareham-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T14:35:27-04:00Taunton's last curbside leaf pickup of 2026 is the week of Nov. 16, and Freetown and Marion take leaves at their transfer stations https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-trick-or-treat-hours-town-by-town-halloween-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T12:35:30-04:00New Bedford police advise families to consider trick-or-treating in daylight on Saturday https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-veterans-day-parades-ceremonies-wareham-fairhaven-nov-11-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T07:04:20-04:00Veterans Day on the South Coast: parades, ceremonies and what is closed or changed on Nov. 11 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-winter-heat-shutoff-protection-nov-15-march-15-financial-hardship-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T06:59:39-04:00Winter heat shutoff protection runs Nov. 15 to March 15: who qualifies on the South Coast and how to claim it https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-winter-parking-bans-snow-towing-rules-fall-river-dartmouth-somerset-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:44:20-04:00Winter parking bans: how Fall River, Dartmouth and Somerset clear the streets and who pays for a tow https://southcoast360.com/taunton-old-colony-history-museum-100-years-bristol-academy-church-green-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T20:35:25-04:00Taunton's Old Colony History Museum marks 100 years in the old Bristol Academy on Church Green https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-gauvin-post-certification-in-effect-kept-off-duty-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Gauvin's police certification remains in effect during state review, but Fall River's interim chief keeps him off duty https://southcoast360.com/police-log-new-bedford-oct-26-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T22:05:42-04:00Police log: 13 New Bedford arrests Oct. 26 to 28, including an OUI arrest and three late Wednesday drug arrests https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-freetown-post-election-ballot-count-nov-6-7-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T20:02:35-04:00Fall River will count outstanding mail and early ballots in public Nov. 7, four days after the election https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-where-to-vote-nov-3-polling-places-drop-boxes-town-by-town-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T12:36:34-04:00Where to vote Nov. 3: polling places in Taunton, Fall River and five towns, and the 8 p.m. drop box deadline https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-conservation-commission-mcallister-shaw-street-terminal-dredging-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T17:23:07-04:00Plan to dredge a Shaw Street terminal basin for deeper-draft vessels returns to Fall River's Conservation Commission Monday https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-council-funds-trash-crew-raises-accepts-7-4-million-alden-street-lead-pipes-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T19:58:56-04:00Fall River council funds raises for trash and pothole crews and takes $7.4 million for Alden Street, lead pipes and Columbia Street https://southcoast360.com/marion-route-6-route-105-left-turn-signal-work-starts-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:57:38-04:00Work starts Monday to add a left turn from Route 6 onto Route 105 in Marion https://southcoast360.com/mattapoisett-somerset-fy2027-tax-limits-new-growth-certified-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:57:38-04:00Mattapoisett and Somerset tax limits rise for fiscal 2027 as the state certifies new growth https://southcoast360.com/somerset-selectmen-data-center-moratorium-planning-board-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:57:38-04:00Somerset selectmen send a data center moratorium to the Planning Board and order hearing notice right away https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-heating-oil-propane-prices-week-of-oct-26-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T08:35:42-04:00Heating oil holds at $6.25 a gallon in Massachusetts as propane rises again https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-medical-debt-erased-bristol-plymouth-county-residents-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T14:59:04-04:00Medical debt erased for 1,864 Bristol and Plymouth county residents in a $38 million nonprofit round https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-winter-energy-relief-solar-charge-off-680-oil-heat-benefit-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T01:37:37-04:00State will take the solar charge off electric bills January to March and offer up to $680 to middle-income oil heat households https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-school-spending-per-student-fy2024-fall-river-new-bedford-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T06:20:26-04:00Fall River and New Bedford school spending per student rose more than 50% in five years, state figures show https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-towns-required-school-spending-chapter-70-fy2027-fall-river-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T16:58:46-04:00South Coast communities must put $22.8 million more of their own money into schools in fiscal 2027, state figures show https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-unused-levy-capacity-prop-2-5-fy2026-somerset-new-bedford-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T22:35:03-04:0017 of 19 South Coast communities taxed within 1% of their Proposition 2 1/2 limit in fiscal 2026, state figures show https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-why-energy-costs-so-high-massachusetts-explainer-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T14:49:20-04:00Why heating oil, gas and electricity cost so much on the South Coast https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-epa-sawyer-street-pcb-soil-cleanup-plan-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T19:31:49-04:00EPA plan would clear PCB soil from New Bedford's Sawyer Street property and open most of it to housing https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-lead-paint-healthy-homes-program-aid-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T12:36:29-04:00New Bedford's lead paint program helps eligible homeowners and landlords remove hazards https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-mitchell-says-he-will-veto-license-plate-reader-ban-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T00:17:19-04:00Mitchell says he will veto New Bedford's license plate reader ban and send councilors police rules instead https://southcoast360.com/dighton-rehoboth-investigator-dighton-elementary-recess-student-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T18:25:00-04:00Dighton Elementary gets a playground fence by next week after 5-year-old left recess, superintendent says https://southcoast360.com/swansea-dighton-msba-grant-case-junior-high-dighton-elementary-cost-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T03:54:20-04:00State approves $55.6 million toward Swansea's $149.7 million junior high; Dighton school plan put at $123.2 million https://southcoast360.com/taunton-high-football-game-day-pickup-road-closure-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T23:09:03-04:00Taunton High football games get a new pickup spot and a 5 p.m. road closure starting Friday https://southcoast360.com/fairhaven-joshua-slocum-spray-sailing-alone-special-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:57:38-04:00The sloop in a Fairhaven field that carried Joshua Slocum alone around the world https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-line-steamboats-new-york-history-special-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T06:05:25-04:00The Fall River Line: 90 years of overnight steamboats to New York https://southcoast360.com/taunton-silver-city-reed-and-barton-history-special-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T10:34:18-04:00How Reed & Barton and its Britannia ware helped make Taunton the Silver City https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-high-school-sports-week-8-preview-halloween-weekend-oct-30-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T13:26:30-04:00Week 8: Fairhaven and Apponequet reach 8-0 before the MIAA cutoff, plus Saturday's finals https://southcoast360.com/taunton-sewer-rates-rise-5-percent-july-2027-council-5-4-vote-oct-13-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T22:43:32-04:00Taunton sewer rates will rise 5% on July 1, 2027, after a 5-4 council vote https://southcoast360.com/somerset-sewer-plant-upgrade-funding-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-29T08:58:10-04:00Somerset sewer board sets aside up to $100,000 for emergency repair, plans December talks on paying for plant upgrade https://southcoast360.com/dighton-group-home-fight-several-taken-to-hospitals-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T13:19:10-04:00Four patients transported after disturbance at group home in Dighton, chiefs say https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-manufacturers-making-it-in-massachusetts-awards-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T11:52:13-04:00Somerset shipyard, Westport brewery among South Coast companies honored with state lawmakers' manufacturing awards https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-bristol-county-sheriff-fired-captain-medical-leave-retaliation-ruling-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T10:39:15-04:00Judge lets fired Bristol County sheriff's captain press his claim that he was let go for taking medical leave https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-marijuana-shop-4-6-million-lawsuit-city-countersuit-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T14:39:51-04:00Fall River files countersuit against the marijuana retailer suing the city over $4.6 million in fees https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-early-voting-ends-983000-ballots-in-360000-mail-ballots-out-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T18:10:39-04:00Early voting ends with more than 1 million Massachusetts ballots in and about 330,000 mail ballots not yet returned https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-school-busing-17-million-argosy-charter-srta-savings-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T07:41:05-04:00Fall River school busing to cost $17 million this year as a new committee weighs $300,000 in savings on charter school buses https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-senior-grocery-rides-paused-driver-shortage-council-on-aging-dec-1-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T11:22:01-04:00Fall River senior grocery rides restart after the bus driver left; city plans to move them to the Council on Aging by Dec. 1 https://southcoast360.com/bristol-county-sheriff-9-9-million-fiscal-2025-costs-senate-budget-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T15:24:11-04:00Senate budget bill sets aside up to $9.9 million for Bristol County sheriff's 2025 costs https://southcoast360.com/legislator-watch-house-2-35-billion-budget-no-new-money-south-coast-towns-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T15:49:42-04:00Legislator Watch: House's $2.35 billion budget names no new money for South Coast towns https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-fire-station-9-senate-committee-public-safety-reserve-oct-29-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T05:35:25-04:00Senate committee keeps $2 million reserve that New Bedford lawmakers tie to Fire Station 9 https://southcoast360.com/bristol-county-district-attorney-race-markey-aitken-campaign-money-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T20:07:16-04:00Markey has raised more than 4 times Aitken's total this year in the first contested Bristol DA general election in decades https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-charter-school-tuition-86-million-reimbursement-short-fy2027-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T13:39:20-04:00South Coast charter school tuition projected at $86 million, with state reimbursement $2.4 million short of the formula https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-reported-crime-2025-fbi-figures-fall-river-new-bedford-taunton-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T19:13:42-04:00South Coast police reported more violent and property crimes in 2025 as statewide rates fell, FBI figures show https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-srta-126-canceled-bus-trips-staff-shortages-records-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T21:53:29-04:00SRTA has canceled 158 bus trips in New Bedford and Fall River since Sept. 1, 92 of them from Oct. 26 to 30 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-traffic-deaths-2025-most-since-2020-dartmouth-i-195-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T20:47:11-04:00South Coast road deaths rose to 42 in 2025, the most since 2020, with 11 in Dartmouth https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-audit-committee-mayors-office-hire-225000-cut-lockton-fee-oct-21-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T18:32:49-04:00New Bedford audit committee recommends no further action on review of mayor's office hire after questions about $225,000 cut https://southcoast360.com/southcoast-health-ceo-mccready-steps-down-canessa-interim-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T17:50:37-04:00Southcoast Health CEO David McCready steps down as board names Stephen Canessa interim leader https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-masscore-graduates-state-high-school-course-rule-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T17:31:35-04:00Most South Coast graduates already finish MassCore, the course plan the state wants every high school to offer https://southcoast360.com/taunton-galligan-new-bedford-winslow-2026-schools-of-recognition-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T04:09:20-04:00Taunton's Galligan and New Bedford's Winslow named 2026 state Schools of Recognition https://southcoast360.com/taunton-school-committee-substitute-nurse-pay-central-office-high-school-paving-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T11:13:38-04:00Taunton School Committee raised substitute nurse pay to $225 a day and reworked central office jobs Oct. 7 https://southcoast360.com/dighton-rock-state-park-carvings-history-special-oct-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T18:50:25-04:00Dighton Rock: the carved Taunton River boulder and the centuries of theories about it https://southcoast360.com/friday-night-football-south-coast-every-game-kickoff-where-to-watch-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T15:41:56-04:00Friday night football on the South Coast: every game, kickoff and where to watch or listen https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-beats-dartmouth-football-52-20-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T22:04:24-04:00New Bedford beats Dartmouth 52-20, scoring twice around halftime to pull away https://southcoast360.com/old-rochester-beats-somerset-berkley-football-42-7-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T22:32:09-04:00Benji Baptiste scores three times as Old Rochester beats Somerset Berkley 42-7 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-high-school-football-scores-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T22:39:38-04:00Durfee beats Brockton 21-8 as New Bedford and Old Rochester roll https://southcoast360.com/taunton-council-rejects-fy2027-budget-firefighters-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T15:49:42-04:00Taunton council rejects final budget spending, including firefighter raises, amid dispute over its own lawyer https://southcoast360.com/taunton-eric-nichols-police-chief-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T13:42:47-04:00Capt. Eric Nichols is set to take over as Taunton police chief Nov. 1 https://southcoast360.com/taunton-floral-street-one-way-four-way-stop-cherry-street-nov-9-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T07:53:29-04:00Floral Street in Taunton turns one way Nov. 9, with a four-way stop at Cherry Street https://southcoast360.com/taunton-former-police-station-23-summer-street-for-sale-proposals-due-jan-20-oct-28-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T04:09:20-04:00Taunton puts its former police station on Summer Street up for sale, with proposals due Jan. 20 https://southcoast360.com/acushnet-selectmen-retiree-medicare-plan-options-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T18:34:11-04:00Acushnet holds off on cheaper retiree Medicare plans, leaves matter with attorney https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-i195-east-ramp-route-18-south-closes-december-to-spring-2029-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-30T09:09:21-04:00MassDOT will close New Bedford's I-195 east ramp to Route 18 south from December to spring 2029 https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-restaurants-cooking-oil-thefts-police-no-reports-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T17:09:13-04:00New Bedford restaurant owners describe cooking oil thefts; police say no reports have been filed https://southcoast360.com/raynham-brush-fire-cobb-street-berkley-dighton-rehoboth-crews-oct-30-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T11:38:43-04:00Tankers from four towns and a Dighton forestry unit help fight wind-driven brush fire in Raynham https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-zoning-board-approves-the-hathaway-280-apartments-hathaway-road-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T10:41:48-04:00Dartmouth zoning board approves The Hathaway, 280 apartments on Hathaway Road https://southcoast360.com/bristol-county-register-of-probate-race-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T01:33:38-04:00Thomas Hoye Jr. and Melanie Layden are on the ballot again for Bristol County register of probate https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-ninth-congressional-district-keating-macallister-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T01:38:46-04:00Keating and Macallister on offshore wind, fishing, nuclear power, Medicare and taxes: the 9th District race on South Coast ballots today https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-whats-on-your-ballot-nov-3-town-by-town-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T01:43:41-04:00What's on your Nov. 3 ballot, town by town, and which precincts get a different one https://southcoast360.com/taunton-state-representative-races-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T01:30:33-04:00Taunton votes in three state House districts Nov. 3, with Field and Quintal meeting again in the 3rd Bristol https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-health-connector-open-enrollment-2027-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T20:55:09-04:00Health Connector sign-ups for 2027 are open, and Fallon plans leave Bristol and Plymouth counties https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-flu-covid-shot-clinics-november-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T15:39:20-04:00Where to get a flu or COVID shot on the South Coast in November https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-crash-hot-spots-fall-river-highland-president-avenues-89-crashes-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T13:38:12-04:00Police reports name Highland and President avenues in Fall River in 89 crashes over three years, more than any other South Coast intersection https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-residential-share-property-tax-rising-split-rates-fy2026-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T10:41:48-04:00Taxes on South Coast residential property grew three times as fast as on business property since fiscal 2023, state figures show https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-town-electricity-programs-save-17-a-month-after-costing-more-in-2025-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T06:55:03-04:00Town electricity programs now save a typical South Coast home $17 to $18 a month, after costing more in 2025 https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-evolve-academy-flex-virtual-hybrid-pathway-state-waiver-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T06:45:19-04:00State lets Fall River keep Evolve Academy's virtual and hybrid FLEX Pathway for two more school years https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-chronic-absence-falls-15-of-24-districts-2025-26-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T10:11:29-04:00Chronic absence fell in 15 of 24 South Coast school districts last school year https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-lizzie-borden-case-record-and-legend-special-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T02:35:42-04:00The Lizzie Borden case: what the 1892 and 1893 record shows, and where the legend took over https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-fairhaven-moby-dick-175-melville-acushnet-special-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T15:05:29-05:00Moby-Dick at 175: the Fairhaven whaleship and the New Bedford Herman Melville wrote https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-sgt-william-carney-fort-wagner-flag-medal-of-honor-special-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T20:50:27-04:00Sgt. William Carney of New Bedford and the flag that never touched the ground https://southcoast360.com/westport-whaling-special-part-3-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-04T15:35:27-05:00Westport's whaling century, and the last whaler its shipyards built https://southcoast360.com/taunton-mobile-home-parks-water-rate-cut-jan-1-5-percent-increases-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T12:21:07-04:00Taunton mobile home parks on one water meter are set for a 30% lower water rate Jan. 1 https://southcoast360.com/taunton-scadding-street-bridge-pile-driving-noise-detour-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T10:34:09-04:00Pile driving at Taunton's Scadding Street bridge brings daytime noise through Dec. 31 https://southcoast360.com/lakeville-special-town-meeting-nov-18-license-plate-reader-ban-blight-bylaw-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T13:03:05-04:00Lakeville voters will decide Nov. 18 whether to ban town use of license plate readers and facial recognition https://southcoast360.com/marion-tax-classification-hearing-nov-3-fy2027-rate-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T03:31:11-04:00Marion continues its tax classification hearing to Nov. 17 before the fiscal 2027 rate is set https://southcoast360.com/taunton-light-plant-bills-versus-eversource-national-grid-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T10:41:49-04:00A Taunton light plant home using 600 kilowatt-hours pays about half what Eversource and National Grid customers nearby pay https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-highway-lane-ramp-closures-week-of-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T20:55:09-04:00New Bedford's Route 18 and three I-195 ramps can close overnight through Nov. 15, and Route 140 closes nightly in Taunton https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-rail-half-price-monthly-pass-ends-nov-30-zone-8-388-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T14:13:13-04:00South Coast Rail's half-price monthly pass ends Nov. 30, with the Zone 8 pass set to return to $388 https://southcoast360.com/wareham-fire-crews-active-fire-park-avenue-developing-nov-01-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T15:14:20-05:00Developing: Everyone made it out of Park Avenue house fire in Wareham, chief says https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-national-grid-electric-bills-rise-9-46-income-discount-tiers-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T05:57:42-05:00Typical National Grid electric bill rises $9.46 a month in the Fall River area as bigger income discounts begin Nov. 1 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-heat-pump-winter-rate-national-grid-eversource-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T16:20:37-05:00Enrolled heat pump homes pay 9.3 cents less a kilowatt-hour for National Grid delivery starting Nov. 1, 7.8 cents less at Eversource https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-mass-save-heat-pump-rebates-drop-jan-1-install-by-dec-31-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T22:29:30-05:00Mass Save heat pump rebates drop Jan. 1, up to $1,000 less for a whole-home air source system https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-whaling-museum-expansion-summer-2027-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T10:50:25-05:00New Bedford Whaling Museum's $37 million welcome center will open within 10 months, its CEO says https://southcoast360.com/seekonk-police-halloween-party-firearm-arrest-reservoir-street-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T00:04:20-05:00Police: Central Falls man faces gun charges after loaded firearm found at Seekonk Halloween party https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-statewide-offices-attorney-general-secretary-treasurer-auditor-what-they-do-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T01:58:44-05:00Attorney general, secretary, treasurer and auditor: what each office does and who is running Tuesday https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-election-day-tuesday-poll-hours-what-to-bring-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T01:51:37-05:00Election Day Tuesday: South Coast polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and ballots postmarked by Tuesday count if they arrive by Friday https://southcoast360.com/somerset-battery-storage-hearing-fairfield-inn-montaup-site-nov-5-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T00:47:41-05:00Somerset battery storage hearing on the Montaup site moves to the public library Thursday https://southcoast360.com/middleborough-town-meeting-nov-9-data-center-ban-plate-reader-ban-nichols-roof-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T21:52:13-05:00Middleborough town meeting Nov. 9 will vote on a data center ban, a plate reader ban and the Nichols Middle School roof https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-polling-places-moved-taunton-dartmouth-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T06:50:33-05:00Eight Taunton precincts and Dartmouth's Precinct 9 vote Tuesday in places they did not use in 2024 https://southcoast360.com/taunton-winthrop-street-29-apartments-auto-repair-shop-planning-board-nov-5-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T06:12:06-05:00Taunton Conservation Commission approves wetlands filing for 29-apartment Winthrop Street plan, with Planning Board review Thursday https://southcoast360.com/bristol-county-silverscript-choice-medicare-drug-plan-ends-2027-premiums-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T16:50:52-05:00SilverScript Choice Medicare drug plan ends Dec. 31 for 6,723 Bristol County members, CMS records show https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-new-bedford-renters-half-pay-30-percent-of-income-census-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T13:49:20-05:00About half of Fall River and New Bedford renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent and utilities, Census figures show https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-i195-route-18-rebuild-nine-months-early-what-to-know-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T09:34:21-05:00New Bedford's I-195 rebuild moves to its next phase this winter, nine months early, with the finish still set for 2030 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-paychecks-bristol-plymouth-county-pay-trails-state-bls-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T20:37:12-05:00Pay grew 1.9% in Bristol County and 0.6% in Plymouth County early this year, behind the state's 4.8%, federal figures show https://southcoast360.com/wareham-mattapoisett-marion-flood-insurance-costs-up-since-2021-fema-data-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T16:30:48-05:00Flood insurance for a typical insured single-family home in Wareham cost $1,645 in 2025, up 39% since 2021, FEMA data show https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-week-ahead-nov-2-7-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T18:39:20-05:00South Coast week ahead, Nov. 2 to 7: Election Day, a Fall River urban renewal plan, Marion's tax hearing and Parsons Dance https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-school-calendar-november-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T05:24:23-05:00No school on Election Day in 14 of 26 South Coast districts and charter schools, class in 12 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-football-playoff-pairings-nov-6-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T23:32:13-05:00Old Rochester, Fairhaven and Apponequet open the football playoffs Thursday, Nov. 5, and New Bedford plays Friday at Springfield Central https://southcoast360.com/rochester-assessors-property-inspections-begin-tax-bills-due-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T16:55:08-05:00Rochester assessors begin state-required property inspections Monday as tax bills come due https://southcoast360.com/westport-select-board-annex-well-hixbridge-road-power-lines-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T12:34:20-05:00Westport Select Board takes up the Town Hall Annex well and Eversource's Hixbridge Road line work Monday https://southcoast360.com/taunton-route-24-route-140-interchange-rebuild-half-done-night-closures-nov-1-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T04:44:21-05:00Taunton's Route 24 and Route 140 interchange rebuild is half done as Route 140 closes overnight through Thursday https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-ledgewood-boulevard-sewer-manhole-wastewater-wetlands-emergency-cleanup-oct-27-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-01T16:25:18-05:00Dartmouth approves emergency cleanup after private sewer line spills wastewater into wetlands https://southcoast360.com/raynham-police-fire-combine-dispatch-center-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T17:29:20-05:00Raynham combines police and fire dispatch, freeing a firefighter for emergency calls https://southcoast360.com/westport-police-missing-16-year-old-found-safe-oct-31-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-10-31T15:49:20-04:00Missing Westport 16-year-old found safe, police say https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-free-repair-swap-day-keith-middle-school-nov-7-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T20:29:50-05:00Free repair workshops and a holiday decor swap come to Keith Middle School in New Bedford on Saturday https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-lindsay-clancy-motion-to-dismiss-hearing-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T11:40:06-05:00Prosecutor says Lindsay Clancy case would be retried as judge weighs dismissal bid https://southcoast360.com/scituate-shawna-gramkow-wiretapping-charge-clancy-father-recording-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T20:29:50-05:00Police: Florida influencer charged with wiretapping over recording of Patrick Clancy's father https://southcoast360.com/dartmouth-new-bedford-9th-bristol-state-representative-pacheco-tam-answer-voter-questions-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T13:53:10-05:009th Bristol state representative candidates Pacheco and Tam answer five questions before Tuesday's vote https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-4th-congressional-district-auchincloss-stalcup-voter-questions-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T19:27:04-05:004th District side by side: Auchincloss and Stalcup on taxes, energy bills, housing, roads and schools for Fall River and Taunton voters https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-assessors-fiscal-2027-tax-split-homes-businesses-nov-5-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T23:00:30-05:00Fall River assessors take up the fiscal 2027 tax split between homes and businesses Thursday https://southcoast360.com/freetown-town-meeting-nov-9-data-center-district-water-line-match-capital-fund-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T20:29:50-05:00Freetown town meeting Nov. 9 will vote on a data center district, a $250,000 water line match and $1.5 million in savings https://southcoast360.com/mattapoisett-town-meeting-nov-9-water-sewer-building-main-street-design-free-cash-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T16:47:37-05:00Mattapoisett voters will decide Nov. 9 on a $3.96 million water and sewer building and $850,000 from free cash https://southcoast360.com/somerset-assessors-tax-rate-split-brayton-point-new-england-power-nov-5-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T17:49:27-05:00Somerset assessors take up how next year's tax bill is split between homes and businesses Thursday https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-election-results-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T19:22:13-05:00South Coast election results, Nov. 3, 2026 https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-snap-rolls-drop-new-bedford-fall-river-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T15:45:21-05:00More than 11,000 fewer New Bedford and Fall River residents get SNAP than a year ago, state figures show https://southcoast360.com/westport-old-high-school-5-million-first-phase-annex-well-water-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T22:24:10-05:00Westport board backs a $4.96 million first step at the old high school and holds off on the annex well https://southcoast360.com/dighton-rehoboth-schools-unified-champion-district-special-olympics-oct-23-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T14:12:49-05:00Special Olympics Massachusetts names Dighton-Rehoboth schools a Unified Champion District https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-roadwork-13-streets-closures-delays-week-of-nov-2-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-02T22:37:25-05:00Fall River roadwork this week: 13 city streets on the closures list, and daytime Route 6 work starts Tuesday https://southcoast360.com/taunton-berkley-cocaine-sale-federal-indictment-middleboro-providence-men-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-05T07:13:32-05:00Providence man pleads not guilty in federal cocaine case prosecutors tie to Taunton and Berkley https://southcoast360.com/bristol-county-district-attorney-aitken-markey-candidates-side-by-side-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T18:52:48-05:00Bristol County's open district attorney seat today: Aitken and Markey side by side, topic by topic https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-freetown-westport-state-senate-house-candidates-side-by-side-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T18:52:48-05:00Four contested Fall River area seats in the Legislature: the Senate and House candidates side by side https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-attorney-general-secretary-treasurer-auditor-candidates-side-by-side-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T18:52:48-05:00Attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and auditor side by side: the 8 candidates on utility bills, housing, voting, pensions and audits https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-governor-lieutenant-governor-candidates-side-by-side-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T18:52:48-05:00Governor's race side by side: Healey, Minogue and James on taxes, energy bills, housing and schools https://southcoast360.com/massachusetts-us-senate-candidates-side-by-side-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T18:52:48-05:00U.S. Senate side by side: where Markey, Deaton, Ayyadurai and Tache stand on 7 topics, from taxes and energy bills to schools https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-fairhaven-acushnet-mattapoisett-marion-rochester-state-senate-10th-bristol-candidates-side-by-side-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T18:52:48-05:004 candidates, 2 races: the 2nd Bristol and Plymouth Senate and 10th Bristol House candidates side by side https://southcoast360.com/plymouth-county-commissioner-nyman-obrien-candidates-side-by-side-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T18:52:48-05:00Plymouth County Commissioner on 5 South Coast ballots today: Nyman and O'Brien side by side https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-ballot-questions-what-they-mean-for-your-household-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T10:06:27-05:00What the 9 ballot questions mean for a South Coast household, starting with $3.9 million in local marijuana taxes https://southcoast360.com/wareham-2nd-plymouth-state-representative-gaskey-hewins-side-by-side-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T18:52:48-05:00Wareham's 2nd Plymouth House race today: Gaskey and Hewins side by side, topic by topic https://southcoast360.com/fall-river-whats-on-your-ballot-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T15:09:20-05:0014 races and 9 questions on Fall River's ballot today, polls open until 8 p.m. https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-whats-on-your-ballot-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T17:53:52-05:0014 races and 9 statewide questions on New Bedford's ballot today, polls open until 8 p.m. https://southcoast360.com/taunton-whats-on-your-ballot-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T15:09:20-05:0022 contests and 9 questions on Taunton's ballot today, polls open until 8 p.m. https://southcoast360.com/old-rochester-football-playoff-run-bay-path-nov-6-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T17:53:52-05:00A year after an 0-4 start, Benji Baptiste and 7-1 Old Rochester host Bay Path's Wing-T in the Division 6 playoffs https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-i-195-lane-closures-somerset-fall-river-full-closure-east-providence-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-03T15:09:20-05:00I-195 loses lanes both ways Wednesday night, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., between Somerset and Fall River, before Friday's full closure in East Providence https://southcoast360.com/dighton-planning-board-solar-battery-storage-moratorium-june-2028-nov-4-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-04T06:05:32-05:00Dighton Planning Board weighs a pause on new solar farms and battery storage through June 2028 https://southcoast360.com/dighton-water-district-special-meeting-nov-10-300000-capital-fund-service-lines-nov-4-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-04T18:44:55-05:00Dighton Water District voters weigh $300,000 for capital fund, $50,000 for service lines Nov. 10 https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-mitchell-license-plate-reader-ordinance-council-approval-30-day-limit-nov-4-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-04T18:25:18-05:00Mitchell says his plate reader rules would 'strictly regulate' New Bedford's cameras https://southcoast360.com/seekonk-town-meeting-nov-9-fire-station-middle-school-study-data-center-ban-nov-4-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-04T18:44:54-05:00Seekonk voters take up $9.75 million fire station and middle school study at Nov. 9 town meeting https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-election-results-what-we-know-wednesday-morning-nov-4-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-04T11:25:51-05:00Healey, Ed Markey, Keating and Auchincloss win, AP calls seven ballot questions: South Coast results https://southcoast360.com/westport-acushnet-st-gelais-unseats-ouellette-8th-bristol-flips-republican-nov-4-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-04T18:18:30-05:00St. Gelais unseats Rep. Ouellette in unofficial results, flipping the 8th Bristol House seat to Republicans https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-how-voted-2026-compared-with-2024-town-by-town-nov-6-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-04T18:25:45-05:00How the South Coast voted: about a quarter fewer ballots than 2024, and Deaton's share down in all 17 communities https://southcoast360.com/apponequet-football-unbeaten-season-playoff-foxborough-nov-5-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-04T08:46:08-05:008-0 Apponequet and Joe Procaccini, with 28 touchdowns, visit Jack Martinelli's Foxborough in Thursday's Division 5 playoff opener https://southcoast360.com/south-coast-high-school-scores-nov-3-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-04T11:14:46-05:00South Coast scores for Nov. 2 and 3: Fairhaven edges Westport, and Bishop Stang volleyball opens the MIAA tournament Wednesday https://southcoast360.com/new-bedford-assessors-tax-classification-review-homes-businesses-split-nov-5-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-05T07:20:11-05:00New Bedford assessors open the yearly review of how the tax bill splits between homes and businesses https://southcoast360.com/plymouth-select-board-raises-liquor-license-auto-dealer-fees-2027-nov-5-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-05T07:16:57-05:00Plymouth raises liquor license fees for 2027, all-alcohol license from $1,800 to $2,800 https://southcoast360.com/taunton-free-yard-waste-drop-off-saturdays-november-convenience-center-nov-5-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-05T07:23:18-05:00Taunton drops its yard waste fee four Saturdays in November at the East Britannia Street drop-off https://southcoast360.com/taunton-route-140-full-closure-both-directions-exit-19-route-44-thursday-night-nov-5-2026.htmlSouth Coast 360en2026-11-05T06:50:23-05:00Route 140 in Taunton closes both ways Thursday night, 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., at the Route 24 interchange