Staff helps stop fire from spreading at Somerset nursing home

Quick action by staff at a Somerset, Massachusetts nursing home helped stop a fire from spreading Thursday.

• Aug 8, 2025

Video shows police rescue man from Somerset swamp after 7 hours

Police body camera video shows the successful rescue of a young man who was stranded in a swampy area of Somerset.

• Jun 27, 2025

Driver killed after crashing pickup truck into home in Somerset

One person was killed after a pickup truck crashed into a home in Somerset early Sunday morning.

• Feb 4, 2024

Driver charged with killing Seekonk teen, grandparents faces new charges

Adam Gauthier, the driver accused of killing a Seekonk teen and his grandparents in a crash Christmas night, is now facing new charges.

• Jan 7, 2024

Seekonk teen and grandfather killed by accused drunk, wrong-way driver in Somerset

A 15-year-old boy from Seekonk and his grandfather were killed late Christmas night in Somerset by a wrong-way driver who was drunk, prosecutors said Tuesday.

• Dec 28, 2023

Grandfather, teen killed in Christmas crash

WBZ-TV's Chris Tanaka reports.

• Dec 26, 2023

Somerset woman spreads holiday cheer with hundreds of milk jugs

A Somerset woman is using hundreds of milk jugs to spread some holiday cheer in her neighborhood.

• Dec 2, 2023

Somerset elementary schools ban talk or gestures of weapons

A new guideline at Somerset elementary schools bans any talk or gestures of weapons.

• Aug 25, 2023

New Hampshire wrong way-driver charged with drunk driving

A Somerset man is facing drunk driving charges after New Hampshire State Police said he was driving the wrong way Saturday night.

• Jan 22, 2023

President Biden tests positive for COVID, 1 day after visiting Massachusetts

President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID, one day after visiting Somerset​, Massachusetts.

• Jul 21, 2022

Biden in Massachusetts: Climate change is a 'clear and present danger'

WBZ-TV's Courtney Cole reports.

• Jul 20, 2022

President Biden in Somerset calls climate change a "clear and present danger."

Speaking in Somerset, President Joe Biden previewed executive actions he'll take to combat climate change.

• Jul 20, 2022

President Biden to announce new climate actions in Somerset visit

President Joe Biden will be in Somerset Wednesday afternoon to announce new actions on climate change.

• Jul 20, 2022

President Biden coming to Massachusetts to talk climate change

President Joe Biden is headed to Somerset Wednesday to talk about the climate crisis.

• Jul 19, 2022

President Biden coming to Somerset on Wednesday

President Biden is headed to Massachusetts.

• Jul 19, 2022

Fall River Police Lt. Andrew Crook charged with drunk driving

A Fall River police lieutenant Sunday and Wednesday. He faces domestic violence and drunk driving charges.

• Jul 14, 2022