Acushnet testing • Saturdays from 9 a.m.–noon in the parking lot behind the Council on Aging (59 South Main Street) using our trailer We have witnessed a decline in the Saturday attendance and this change allows us to adjust our staffing level. Fairhaven testing The Fairhaven Fire Department is administering COVID-19 tests for residents on Saturday… [Read More]
Gifts to Give Needs YOU
Gifts to Give of Acushnet is in need of donated items and volunteers. The organization has continued its mission throughout the pandemic, but with fewer volunteers. They need volunteers to sort and inspect donations, fill backpacks with school supplies, fulfill requests for gift packages, help with small maintenance tasks in the building, and lots of… [Read More]
Can’t Garnish Stimulus Payments
Mass. Attorney General Maura Healey issued guidance to protect consumers who will receive an economic impact payment as a result of the federal government’s American Rescue Plan from unfair and deceptive debt collection practices. The guidance makes clear these payments must go directly to help families and individuals, and not to debt collectors. Any attempt… [Read More]
Black History/Women’s History
A Poet in Stone: Edmonia Lewis (1844-1905). Edmonia Lewis was born free in Upstate New York. She worked for most of her career in Rome, Italy and was the first African American sculptor to achieve international prominence. She began to gain prominence in the United States during the Civil War, incorporating themes relating to Black and indigenous… [Read More]
Bake Sale
The Our Lady of Purgatory Education Foundation is sponsoring a Bake Sale after the Palm Sunday Weekend Liturgies. Please stop by on Saturday, March 27, after the 4:30 pm Liturgy, or on Sunday, March 28, 2021, after the 10:30 am Liturgy. All proceeds benefit the OLOP Education Foundation Scholarship Fund. OLOP Maronite Catholic Church, 14… [Read More]
NBAM Learning Studio
The New Bedford Free Public Library is partnering with New Bedford Art Museum to bring you weekly stories and activities from our galleries! Tune in for songs and more in this free virtual program. Sign up today and get your own free art kit and then join us weekly for story time and an art… [Read More]
Eco Challenge
The Fairhaven Sustainability Committee invites all Southcoast residents to participate in the Earth Month EcoChallenge! Join Team SouthCoast and select from a list of measurable actions you will take during the month to reduce your environmental impact and educate yourself on a variety of topics. There is a wide range of challenges including reducing plastic… [Read More]
Free Food Boxes
The New Bedford Police Department is partnering with the Mass. Military Support Foundation (MMSF) and New Life Church to provide FREE FOOD BOXES to New Bedford residents. The Farmers to Families Food Boxes contain 32 pounds of perishable and nonperishable food items including fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products and meat products. Distribution will be… [Read More]
Missing man found unharmed
By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven Police Chief Michael J. Myers, who activated the Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (SEMLEC) Search and Rescue Unit Wednesday, 3/17/21, reports that the man who was reported missing on Wednesday, Kenny Parks, 72, was found safe. Just before noon on Thursday, Mr. Parks, a New Bedford resident, was located seated in… [Read More]
9-1-1 dispatch center to be named after Sully Sullivan
By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent The Fairhaven Selectboard board voted on 3/22/21 to fulfill Police Chief Michael Meyers’s request to name the 911 dispatch communications center after the late Michael “Sully” Sullivan, a former long-term dispatcher. Mr. Sullivan retired in June 2017 before he lost his battle with cancer on March 23, 2019. “He was… [Read More]
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