Nearly 40 restaurants, including Christopher's — a Fall River restaurant owned by one of the organizers — are participating in a fundraiser Friday at St. John's Club in Fall River.

In an industry brimming with rumours of dodgy operators, cotton grower John Norman was staking his claim as an honest broker.

A family of a Gabriel House resident has hired a law firm to investgate the circumstances leading up to the fire at the assited living facility ...