A UMass Dartmouth freshman football player from Fall River died this month at 18, a report says. Marvins Antoine, a freshman running back for the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs, had been with teammates at Mezzo Lounge on Charles Street in Fall River in the hours before his death, according to…
Fall River recorded 19 property transfers between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, per Bristol County Registry of Deeds records. Of those, 10 had a sale price recorded, ranging from $360,000 to $2,763,750, with a median of $525,000. The period's top sale was 575 North Main St. at $2,763,750, sold by Oakshire…
Fall River recorded 18 property transfers between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, with 10 listing a sale price ranging from $240,000 to $915,000 and a median of $655,000. The period's top sale was 604 Rock St. at $915,000, sold by BMF III LLC to Juston and Jana Mercier. Hamlet Street and Valentine Street
Fall River Public Library expanded its free cultural offerings this week, adding two new museum passes and opening digital access to decades of local history. The library, run through the city's Fall River Public Library system, added passes to Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown, Rhode…
Fall River City Hall has posted a formal notice announcing the planned demolition of the former police station. The notice, one of several items in the city's ongoing News Flash updates, gives no timeline for when demolition work will begin or what the site will become afterward. Elsewh…
Fall River recorded 13 property deed transfers between July 31 and Aug. 3, 2026, but only seven carried a reported sale price, ranging from $250,000 to $820,000 with a median of $440,000. The month's top transaction was 974 Plymouth Ave, which sold for $820,000.
A longtime Fall River firefighter and Army veteran, Thomas Vanasse, has died at 93, Fall River Reporter reports. The outlet's report, headlined "Fall River man who gave several decades serving in United States Army, as ... Fall River firefighter has died," says Vanasse served decades in…
The Lizzie Borden House earned a national nod in USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice contest this week, extending Fall River's true-crime tourism profile beyond local headlines. Meanwhile, City Hall kept two public review windows open, the FY25 draft CAPER report and the 2026-2036 Open S…
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Seth Moulton plans a Fall River campaign stop Thursday evening, per a Patch calendar listing. The event is set for 5:30 p.m. Aug. 27 at 35 North Main Street in downtown Fall River, according to the outlet's listing, "Meet Seth Moulton in Fall River!" Mou…
Fall River's Lizzie Borden legend is heading to a Tennessee stage this week. A theater in Spring City, Tennessee is staging a production centered on Lizzie Borden, the Fall River woman acquitted in the 1892 ax murders of her father and stepmother that made the city's name synonymous wit…
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