With up to 14 inches of snow blanketing the city after a weekend storm, Fall River’s stepped-up efforts to provide for an increase in unhoused residents seeking emergency shelter to keep warm brought dozens more in out of the cold. 

Thirty of the city’s homeless turned up at the Timao Center at 371 Bay St., Mayor Paul Coogan said in an interview Monday, Jan. 26. Coogan, who visited the Timao Center on Monday morning, said he found residents watching television while avoiding the lousy weather. 

“There's no buses running today, so there's no way for them to get around,” he said. He added that Fall River’s homeless population typically relies on the bus system to navigate the city.

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