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Fall River Herald News
April 14, 2018
The Boys and Girls Club of Fall River received $1,000 to support staff for its Triple Play program. • Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.) was awarded $1,000 to help provide scholarships to youth for their Explore Your Environment program. • The RAPPP Program at Southcoast Health received $1,000 toÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 14, 2018
The city will receive just over $2.6 million in Community Development Block Grant awards and other funding for housing and homelessness. FALL RIVER — The city will receive just over $2.6 million in Community Development Block Grant awards and other funding for housing and homelessness.
Fall River Herald News
April 14, 2018
FALL RIVER — Mayor Jasiel Correia II has hired a new inspectional services director. Glenn Hathaway, a five year veteran in Inspectional Services as a building inspector, was notified by Correia on Wednesday. On Thursday afternoon he was surrounded by several dozen city co-workers congratulatingÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 14, 2018
David Medeiros, 44, stood in the courtroom silently, looking down on his cuffed hands, as Superior Court Judge William F. Sullivan sentenced him Friday in Fall River. FALL RIVER - A Fall River man will spend at least 13 years in prison after being convicted this week of raping a 13-year-old relative in hisÃâà...
wbsm.com
April 14, 2018
FALL RIVER - Initial reports of a pipe bomb in a vehicle in Fall River on Friday turned out to be false. The Fall River Police Department says an officer was investigating a vehicle that had been parked in a no-parking zone on Bank Street at around 7:30 a.m. on Friday. While taking a closer look at the 1999Ãâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 14, 2018
FALL RIVER — It's going to be a busy time this summer and into next year with road and traffic upgrades, street improvements and infrastructure modernization. Streetscapes. The $7 million streetscapes project is an initiative of Mayor Jasiel Correia II. Beginning the first four projects is exciting, he said.
Portage Daily Register
April 14, 2018
Dorothy and John Priske are passionate about sustainable farming and helping young farmers reach success. The Priskes, who own Fountain Prairie Farm near Fall River, have participated in sustainable farm-to-table farming for many years. After scaling back somewhat, the Priskes wanted an opportunityÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 13, 2018
FALL RIVER — The State Fire Marshal's office has determined that the death of a 69-year-old woman in a city apartment was caused by the improper use of smoking materials. The death of Diane Roy in her Tecumseh Mill apartment occurred on April 7. According to the investigation, Roy's clothes ignitedÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 13, 2018
FALL RIVER - Congratulations to the Fitness Challenge top five finishers. Liz Mota took first place, Glenda Arruda came in second, Erica Bouchard third, Wendy Cole fourth) and Rebecca Randall was fifth. These women worked extremely hard and lost between 13 percent and 19 percent of their bodyÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 12, 2018
FALL RIVER — A local dentist who practices in Swansea was arrested recently on gun and vandalism charges following a neighbor dispute in Fall River. Francis E. Dowling, 52, of 100 Fulton St., is alleged to have threatened to shoot his neighbor's father during an argument last Wednesday where theÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 12, 2018
The children were between ages 5 and 9 when the alleged abuse occurred, according to court documents. FALL RIVER — A Fall River man has been arrested on child abuse charges stemming from allegations that he hit two young family members in his care with a belt on several occasions. The childrenÃâà...
The Boston Globe
April 12, 2018
A Fall River man was arrested on gun charges Wednesday after a dispute over a parking spot led him to vandalize a neighbor's car and threaten to shoot her father, police said. The neighbor, a 47-year-old woman, told police that Francis Dowling, 52, approached her right after she sat down in her car in theÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 12, 2018
The city Redevelopment Authority signed a letter of intent Wednesday with an unnamed national company to begin the process of selling 91 acres off of Innovation Way. FALL RIVER – A 1 million square foot plant, bringing 500 jobs, is being planned for the biopark. The city Redevelopment Authority signedÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 4, 2018
FALL RIVER — Police arrested a Fall River woman accused of brandishing a handgun during a neighbor dispute last week on New Boston Road. Heather Nolette, 28, of 138 New Boston Road, is alleged to have been carrying a loaded silver revolver when she confronted a woman who was arguing withÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 4, 2018
Police reported seizing $90 in cash and spoke with a witness who reported buying crack cocaine from Robinson, who was charged with distribution of a Class B drug. Robinson was released on personal recognizance after being arraigned March 26 in Fall River District Court, and is scheduled to return toÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 4, 2018
The Massachusetts Lottery announced that Rivera-Cirino, of Fall River, is the seventh grand prize winner in the lottery's ”$500 a Week for Life” instant game. A new home and business are in Nakia Rivera-Cirino's future. The Massachusetts Lottery announced that Rivera-Cirino, of Fall River, is the seventhÃâà...
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen
April 4, 2018
School referendums pass in Horicon, Fall River and Cambria ... School referendums passed in Cambria, Fall River and Horicon Tuesday. ... In Fall River, voters passed by a margin of 523 to 463, a referendum to spend $7.8 million for making school improvements including constructing athletic facilities, butÃâà...
SouthCoastToday.com
April 4, 2018
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Providence police and Massachusetts State Police say they broke up a large-scale heroin and fentanyl trafficking operation that was funneling drugs from Greater Providence into Fall River and New Bedford, Mass. In the past week, they arrested eight men and raided five houses inÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 3, 2018
Three Fall River medical marijuana businesses say they will seek recreational permit .... FALL RIVER — All three companies building dispensaries for medical marijuana will apply to sell marijuana recreationally as well. CannaTech Medicinals; Hope, Heal, Health; and Northeast Alternatives will all be inÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 3, 2018
FALL RIVER — A city man will serve up to 12 years in prison after carjacking and assaulting a pair of elderly sisters a day after robbing a laundromat. The Bristol County District Attorney's office announced that Daniel Carvalho, 53, pleaded guilty to a multi-count indictment, charging him with breaking andÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 3, 2018
FALL RIVER – This will take some getting used to. When you walk into the new Ocean State Job Lot in the south end, you will walk right into the food department. Plus the aisles will be wide enough for two people to pass by without becoming best friends. Other than that, the new Job Lot will be a lot like theÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
April 2, 2018
All over the country, all the time, people are out in the street, marching for women's rights, marching for gun control, marching for gay rights. #MeToo. March for Our Lives. In Fall River, we're watching the Pats game, or the Celtics game, or the Red Sox game, or whatever stupid, artificial competition we canÃâà...
WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
March 19, 2018
According to police, the Jeep was later spotted on Route 6 outside of Fall River. Police attempted to pull the Jeep over and when it didn't stop, a chase ensued through several communities. It finally ended in East Providence. Police say Figueroa rammed a Seekonk K-9 cruiser several times during theÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
March 19, 2018
Forever Paws, a no-kill animal shelter in Fall River, will host its annual Spring Fling and Wellness Fair on Sunday, April 8, at Rachel's Lakeside, 950 State Road, Dartmouth, from noon to 5 p.m. Services will include reflexology, massage, reiki, angel and tarot card readings, ear candling, flame card, earthÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
March 19, 2018
Just when I get a little comfortable in Fall River, the big world takes a long look at us and describes what they see. And the headline is never, “State Says Everything Is Fabulous in Fall River,” or “City Government Doesn't Know What to Do With All That Money,” or even, “Fall River: Where EVERYONE CanÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
March 19, 2018
Police officers also found a baseball bat, with shards of glass embedded in it, inside Figueroa's vehicle. FALL RIVER - Authorities say a Fall River man on Saturday evening pulled his vehicle in front of the Fall River police station, got out of his car, grabbed a baseball bat and smashed the station's glassÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
March 18, 2018
FALL RIVER – A new gluten-free baked goods and vegan soup and sandwich cafe is proposing to open in a former chiropractor office at 268 Highland Ave., across from Charlton Memorial Hospital. The Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday approved a variance to change the use of the location.
Fall River Herald News
March 17, 2018
A 21-page report released Friday by the district attorney's office said that Larry Ruiz-Barreto “intentionally and unlawfully” used his motor vehicle to imperil the life of Fall River police officer Nicholas Hoar. The report says Ruiz-Barreto drove at Hoar, who was not in a position to avoid the vehicle and wasÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
March 16, 2018
FALL RIVER — It is no longer a surprise when the teams from the south come calling to Rex-Cut Abrasives. They're courting, really, Robert Gauvin said. They come offering Rex-Cut help and happiness if the company picks up from their home in the industrial park and moves to a new home. “About once aÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
March 16, 2018
Police are asking for assistance to locate a woman they described as “missing and endangered.” FALL RIVER — Police are asking for assistance to locate a woman they described as “missing and endangered.” Police said Tristine Kayne Mersing, 24, was last seen on Wednesday, March 14, wearing blackÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
March 16, 2018
When he lost his parents and began taking care of himself, Richard Cabral realized he had another family to lean on. FALL RIVER – When he lost his parents and began taking care of himself, Richard Cabral realized he had another family to lean on. Durfee High, the Boys and Girls Club, Greater Fall RiverÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
December 31, 1999
FALL RIVER - Every Romeiro who walks Fall River's streets on Good Friday has his or her reason for wearing a shawl, carrying a walking stick and saying the rosary in Portuguese. Joe Medeiros, of Fall River, walked on Friday to give thanks to God for helping him to overcome a cancer diagnosis two yearsÃâà...
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