Battenfeld: A lot of people – elected leaders, and state and local fire officials – have plenty of explaining to do in the wake of the tragic fire that swept through a Fall River assisted living ...

River called mutual aid during the Gabriel House fire when firefighters were overwhelmed. But they covered stations, not the ...

Dignity Alliance, an advocacy coalition, is calling on state legislators to ramp up assisted living laws based on forthcoming state report.

Gabriel House had seen better days, but for residents and their families, it was the center of a caring community. The 100-unit ...

A 21-year-old Fall River man was arrested Tuesday on firearms charges following an investigation by police. Fall River Police ...

I’ve long believed that, sooner or later, something terrible would happen that would force a reckoning about assisted living regulation. That moment may have arrived.

The tragedy at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility this week is a stark reminder of why the vulnerable population served by assisted-living facilities deserves the same level of protection as tho ...

Exterminators were called to the Gabriel House multiple times since 2014 to get rid of bedbugs, mice and other pests at the assisted living facility, according to records obtained by Target 12.

There’s no doubt in my mind that that fire was destined to kill 50-plus people,” Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon said ...

As state and local authorities probe Sunday's deadly fire at a Fall River assisted living facility, a firefighter’s union is ...

Sanitation reports say the assisted living facility in Fall River was treated for bed bugs and other pests more than a dozen times over the past five years.