The City of New Bedford and La Gondola, Inc. launched swan paddleboats at Buttonwood Park’s pond on 4/14, offering a fun new recreation activity to one of the city’s most historic and cherished parks. The boats are operated by La Gondola, Inc., which since 2004 also operates swan paddleboats at Roger Williams Park in Providence,… [Read More]

Fidelis Hospice is looking for caring people interested in bringing their kindness and unique personality to a bedside. We offer an on-line training and ask for a min. 1/hr week. Contact Lisa Regan, Director of Volunteer Services lisa.regan@ fidelishospice.com ••• Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News at: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Y6V5ARRYH689G  Click here to download the entire… [Read More]

Have you ever wanted to try a garden but didn’t know where to start? Interested in saving money by growing your own organic vegetables? Want to be part of a “growing green” community? If yes, you are in luck because there are Fairhaven Community Garden beds available at three school locations:  East Fairhaven, Hastings Middle… [Read More]

Are you working? Are you, or have you ever, contributed to Social Security? WOULD YOU LIKE TO RETIRE ONE DAY? You are cordially invited to a session on Social Security 101.  Information will include: When are you eligible to receive benefits? How does early retirement affect your benefits? Do you qualify for disability, survivors or… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Mothers’ Club invites applications for two scholar­ships, each for $1,000. The Fairhaven Mothers’ Club Scholarship is for graduating high school seniors planning to study in any field. The Trowbridge/Whitfield Memorial Scholarship is for students planning to study in a medical field. Applicants must be residents of Fairhaven. Applications are available from high school… [Read More]

Press Release The Fairhaven Sustainability Com­mit­tee invites friends and neighbors to join Team SouthCoast April 4–25 for the Drawdown EcoChallenge www.drawdown.org/ecochallenge: a free, fun and social way to learn about and take action to protect our environment. According to Team Captain, Ann O’Brien, “This is a very cool project! “The website is full of wonderful… [Read More]

Have you ever wanted to try a garden but didn’t know where to start? Interested in saving money by growing your own organic vegetables? Want to be part of a “growing green” community? If yes, you are in luck because there are Fairhaven Community Garden beds available at three school locations:  East Fairhaven, Hastings Middle… [Read More]

One of life’s most urgent and important questions? What are you doing for others? Please consider joining an active group of Superhero Boomers and volunteer at GiftsToGive a few hours a week. It’s a total DROP-IN! And right on your doorstep in Acushnet. Open for volunteers six days a week 9 am–5pm on Mon, Tue,… [Read More]

On Tues., 4/10, the general public and current rink users are invited to attend the annual ice allocation meeting for the Hetland Arena, 310 Hathaway Blvd., New Bedford. The meeting will take place at 5:00 PM in the meeting room of the arena and will touch on the allocation process for ice time, review the… [Read More]

Penny Sale Parents and friends of Holy Family-Holy Name School will be sponsoring our 26th annual Penny Sale on Sat., 4/7. Come and buy some tickets and take a chance on winning one of hundreds of  individual prizes being raffled off! They range from household items to children’s toys to gift certificates. There’s even a… [Read More]