Sheriffs should take no proactive role in elections and should instead leave those duties to election officials, according to ...

Gov. Maura Healey called on ICE to release more information after at least 10 arrests Monday and more Tuesday morning. Mayor Jon Mitchell criticized ICE “overreach.” ...

A Light reporter videotaped an arrest near the waterfront. Another reporter saw a half-dozen vehicles and what appeared to be ICE agents huddling at the Dartmouth Mall.

Two offshore wind giants have put their monthslong legal dispute to rest. Vineyard Wind and its turbine supplier, GE Vernova, this week announced they reached an “amicable settlement” that resolves ...

The New England Fisheries Management Council says it “lacks the operational capacity” to take action, so crafting the policy may be left in the federal government’s hands.

Dilge Dilsiz, Pamela Hoss and the alumni of BCC learned how to truly engage the world, which is perhaps the most significant thing any artist should strive for.

Nine measures are in the mix for the November ballot, tying the record last set in 1994. They range in topics from ...

When Victor Fonseca left school at the age of 16, this kid from New Bedford’s South End had a skill that is difficult to acquire in a classroom: charm. It’s a trait that has carried him throughout his ...

The MBTA is tweaking departure times, cutting late-night trains, and changing the route of one peak trip in a new Fall River/New Bedford Line schedule that will take effect on July 21. Departure times ...

SOUTH COAST ARTISTS! You’re being hunted. Maybe haunted. Definitely not ghosted. The New Bedford Light is on the trail for ...

As lawmakers weigh reforms to the ballot question process, the state’s top election official called it a “safety valve for democracy,” and said “you might change some of the procedures, but you ...

The emergency call stations, commonly found on college campuses and increasingly used in parks and downtown areas across the ...