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Vote for the SouthCoast High School Football Player of the Week for Week 5
The winner for the Week 4 SouthCoast Football Player of the Week poll was Old Rochester’s Gavin Martin. Martin received more than 4,000 votes (79%) to earn the honor. Martin had a hand in three of Old Rochester’s four touchdowns in a win over Dartmouth as he ran for two scores and added a touchdown pass. Martin scored the winning touchdown with five seconds left on a 6-yard run. He carried the ball 13 times for 124...
Things to Do: Factor of Terror, Fear Town kid-friendly Halloween; Fall River Open Studios
“What do you want to do?” If you need an answer to this age-old question for making plans, we’ve got you covered. In Things To Do, we take a look at, well, things to do, happening every week in the Greater Fall River area and around the SouthCoast. ...
Kentucky-Born Abe Lincoln Never Knew of His Massachusetts Roots
The nation's 16th president certainly got around. Recently, we told you how in September 1848, U.S. Representative Abraham Lincoln spent a night at the Grinnell Mansion on County Street. Lincoln was in New Bedford to campaign on behalf of Zachary Taylor's presidential bid and for the re-election of his friend,...
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Sophia Morin breaks assist record for Mashpee girls volleyball
(This story was updated to add new information.) Sophia Morin made history for the Mashpee High girls volleyball team. With her 19 assists in a 3-1 (11-25, 25-12, 25-20, 25-23) win over Sandwich on Monday, she became the first Mashpee athlete to achieve over 1,000 career assists. ...
Trunk or Treat volunteers and cosplayers: Help New Bedford police share Halloween fun
NEW BEDFORD — For those who remember past eras, the streets of many New Bedford neighborhoods may look strikingly empty on Halloween compared to the trick-or-treat-filled evenings of old. While there are some exceptions, the area around the city's South Public Safety Center on Brock Avenue doesn't tend to be one of them. "A lot of these kids who live in this neighborhood, they probably will not come out on Halloween night," New Bedford Police Deputy Scott...
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