When he had his chance, Cuban-born net maker Miguel Sanchez escaped his home country, jumping from a Cuban fishing boat aboard a ship heading to Canada. The young law student escaped to start a new ...

New Bedford and the Fishing Heritage Center are featured in a new commercial aimed at attracting visitors. The center is recording oral histories from fishermen and fishing families. The center has ...

The popular seafood restaurant and market Turk’s Seafood will be featured this Thursday as the first in a new series of mini exhibits at the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center. This fishing family’s ...

Massachusetts has awarded nearly $1.2 million in grants to support the state's fishing industry. How will it help New Bedford ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WJAR) — New Bedford Fire Department said a boat caught on fire Tuesday morning. According to officials, they responded to Merrill’s Wharf for a fishing vessel fire at around 8:38 a ...

New Bedford takes great pride in its port, and its scallopers account for a significant portion of its value. It’s proven that the Port of New Bedford has great value. New Bedford still ranks as the ...

Retired engineer John Ryan spent hours and hours at the hurricane barrier taking thousands of photographs of fishing vessels going in and out of New Bedford Harbor. When his family found thousands of ...

Police want to speak to person who was near person of interest in Brown shooting Providence police say they want to speak to an individual who was near the person of interest in the Brown University ...

New Bedford, the city with the most valuable commercial fishing port in the country, has been undergoing a political shift. President-elect Donald Trump came close to winning the storied working-class ...