A budget is more than a blueprint for spending. It is a reflection of priorities. […]

I used to really love my job. So did my co-workers. I don't know too many people who could make that claim with a straight face but when we said it, we meant it. […]

MIKE VALERI/The Standard-Times The New Bedford High School Hip Hop Club presents its annual show Friday night at the Keith Middle School in New Bedford. […]

On Thursday, the Buzzards Bay Film Festival, in partnership with New Bedford's Pizan's Pizza and Rose Alley Ale House, will launch "Shoot the Summer!," a weekly contest for the best cellphone videos shot in, on, or around Buzzards Bay. […]

Parishioners from three Swansea churches and from two Somerset churches received the Pope Saint Pius X Youth Award from Bishop George W. Coleman yesterday at St. […]

Lakeville resident Nina Mach will be traveling through SouthCoast in a limousine today, a "Philanthropist for a Day," handing out checks to charities. […]

The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to revoke the shellfish license of a Swansea resident for one year after a hearing into violations held last Tuesday. […]

This cult classic about the antics of Holly Golightly and Paul Varjak made famous by Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard will open on Friday May 18 and run through May 20 at St. […]

Bishop George W. Coleman was informed of the honors through the offices of the Apostolic Nuncio - or papal representative - to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano. […]

The Somerset United Methodist Church is having a ham and baked bean supper on Saturday, May 19, at 6 p.m. The supper will be held at Almy Hall, located at 841 Read St. […]

THEY HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS: State Rep. Patricia Haddad presented a citation to William Meehan at the selectmen's meeting last week. […]

Voters at next Monday's Annual Town Meeting will be asked to approve of an article to authorize the selectmen to lease or enter into power-purchase agreements on two pieces of property for solar power generation and also will be asked to OK an article for a zoning bylaw that would put restrictions on large solar farms. […]