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16+ hour, 18+ min ago   (422+ words) NEW BEDFORD – The city will dedicate its Herman Melville statue on Aug. 14 at 11 a.m. at Seamen’s Bethel, where Melville once sat in a pew in the chapel’s southeast corner. The future author worshipped at the chapel as a young man…...

16+ hour, 20+ min ago   (368+ words) New Bedford voters can now request mail-in and absentee ballots for the state primary election, with application deadlines set for late August and late October. The Board of Election Commissioners announced ballot applications are available through several methods, according to…...

13+ hour, 17+ min ago   (124+ words) The small Massachusetts north shore community of Rockport recently rejected an offer of free LED lighting to replace older infrastructure. Residents there worried that the new, brighter lights would... The small Massachusetts north shore community of Rockport recently rejected an…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (71+ words) City councilors are putting cannabis lounges on the back burner amid questions on enforcement and the process. New Bedford snuffs out cannabis lounges amid enforcement concerns NEW BEDFORD — City councilors are putting cannabis lounges on the back burner amid questions…...

3+ hour, 19+ min ago   (535+ words) Boston University will pay more than $104.3 million to the city of Boston over the next five years, the largest Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes agreement in the city’s history, Mayor Michelle Wu’s Office announced Tuesday. Boston relies heavily on property taxes to fund a…...

3+ hour, 24+ min ago   (1464+ words) Published Jul 30, 2026 10:58 AM EDT It may already feel like a distant memory, but Cambridge Analytica was once implicated in one of the biggest social media scandals in history. The explosive incident forced a mass reckoning over privacy and surveillance in…...

12+ hour, 1+ min ago   (307+ words) International Motors, LLC is preparing to sell its assets, leading to more than 1,300 people losing their jobs. In a WARN notice filed with the state this week, International Motors announced it would be selling the majority of its assets in…...

13+ hour, 22+ min ago   (402+ words) CereVasc, Inc., a clinical-stage medical device company developing minimally invasive treatments for neurological diseases, today announced the opening of its new manufacturing and research facility in Wilmington, Massachusetts, following two major milestones: completion of enrollment in its STRIDE pivotal trial…...

15+ hour, 58+ min ago   (132+ words) A three-bedroom house could be built at the end of a cul-de-sac in Worcester. The house is proposed for a piece of land next to 52 Silverdale Avenue, near the public footpath leading to London Road. Plans submitted to Worcester City…...

16+ hour, 5+ min ago   (540+ words) Another scheduled change in electric pricing is coming to Massachusetts. For some households, it will mean higher monthly costs on top of already expensive bills. Starting Aug. 1, the shift is expected to add roughly $10 per month for many customers served…...