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Fire District 1 responds to multiple calls on Fourth of July

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In the evening of July 4, Dartmouth Fire District 1 responded to multiple incidents. At 10:53 p.m., District 1 was dispatched to a residential home on Meadow Shores…

New firefighter joins District 1 after graduating

Deputy State Fire Marshal Maribel Fournier, Firefighter Jacob Andrade, Retired Chief Peter Andrade and Chief Timothy Lancaster. Source: Peter Andrade

Dartmouth Fire Department District 1added a new firefighter to its ranks. Jacob Andrade, the son of retired District 1 Chief Peter Andrade, retired from the…

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Man charged with vehicular homicide out on bail

Andrew Johansen being brought into court. Photos by Kat Sheridan

Dartmouth resident Andrew Johansen, who was charged for hitting and killing Mary Ptaszenski with his car, is out on bail. Johansen was allegedly driving under the influence when he drove onto a sidewalk in New Bedford and hit 70-year-old...

Man who possessed fireworks suspended for two years

Kevin Ruiz stands in front of the judge in October. Photo by Kat Sheridan

Kevin Ruiz, who possessed illegal firework materials that blew up his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Taylor’s house on Sept. 2, was given a two year suspension. During his trial on Friday, April 10, Ruiz was given two years of suspension under the...

Fairhaven man arrested for breaking and entering in Dartmouth

Andre Kerman's booking photo. Source: Detective Lieutenant Keith R. DaCosta

Andre Kerman, 51 of Fairhaven, was arrested and charged with breaking into and stealing from Pearl Vision Center at 83B Faunce Corner Road on Saturday, May 9. The motion alarm at Pearl Vision Center was set off at 4:09 a.m., with the front door...

Update on Westport Mid City Scrap fire

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WESTPORT — As of 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5 fire crews were still on the scene of a fire that broke out at Mid City Scrap, located in Westport. According to the Westport Fire Department, crews were still working on extinguishing deep seated pockets...

Fire breaks out at Westport scrapyard

Plumes of smoke visible from East Briggs road. Photo by Kat Sheridan

WESTPORT — A large fire broke out in Westport at the Mid City Scrap on Monday, May 4 around 4 p.m. The company confirmed that all workers are uninjured. As of 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5, Route 6 from Route 88 to Gifford Road was still closed in...

Fire District receives grants for safety education

Dartmouth Fire District 1 was awarded two grants, one for Student Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.) grant and a Senior S.A.F.E. grant from the Department of Fire Services. They got $5,865.90 from the S.A.F.E. grant and $2,671.41 from the...

Horseneck Road homicide suspect pleads guilty to racketeering in 2020 killing, two other murders

Franklin Antonio Amaya Paredes in New Bedford District Court in July 2020

On Wednesday, April 15, an alleged La Mara Salvatrucha member pleaded guilty to racketeering for his alleged role in three murders, including a killing that occurred near Horseneck Road in July 2020. Franklin Antonio Amaya Paredes, 28 is a...

Learn CPR

Join the District 2 fire station for CPR training on Thursday, April 9 at 6 p.m. Call the station ahead of time at 508-636-2441 to reserve a spot as space is limited. The event is free for those in district 2 and is open to everyone. District 2...

Bristol County District Attorney ordered to test DNA from a 1988 Dartmouth murder

Shawn Tanner, while released on medical parole, shortly before his untimely death in 2022. Source: New England Innocence Project

Thirty-seven years after Shawn Tanner of Dartmouth was convicted of murdering a sex worker in Dartmouth and five years after requesting DNA testing, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled on Friday, Feb. 27 that the Bristol County...

Former Dartmouth man found not guilty for half sister's murder

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Former Dartmouth resident David Reed, who was accused of killing his half sister with a conch shell in 2001, has been found not guilty. Reed's half sister Rose Marie Moniz had been found dead at her home on Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford on March...

Bristol County Jail eliminates nearly $3 million

In an effort to prioritize jail operations, Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux has eliminated nearly $3 million in non-jail positions within the Bristol County Sheriff’s Department. The units that saw positions eliminated or left vacated are COVID...