By Beth David, Editor Democrat Elizabeth Warren, the senior US Senator from Massachu­setts, made a trip to New Bedford last Thursday, 8/4, to give a speech and presentation that she said was still in the formative stages. She wanted to try it out, she said, and see how people reacted to it. After the presentation, dubbed… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor While neighbors of Fort Phoenix and other Fairhaven residents who frequent the fort are having a hard time accepting the onslaught of Pokemon Go (PG) players there, the players themselves simply do not get what the big deal is. During the day on Monday, 8/8, about 75 to 100 people milled around… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Four Japanese students from Fairhaven’s sister city, Tosashimizu, vistied Fairhaven last week, staying with host families and engaging in a variety of activities, including English lessons, cooking lessons, and visits to downtown New Bedford. The group, organized by the Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society, included three girls, one boy, and one male teacher. Most… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor This year’s annual Teddy Bear Parade in Fairhaven had a special visit from President Teddy Roosevelt, who is, in case you did not know, the reason we have “Teddy” bears at all. It was a hunting trip in 1902 in Mississippi that started it all. President Theodore Roosevelt was not able… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Michelle Carter, the Plainville woman who has been charged with manslaughter in the 2014 suicide death of Conrad Roy III, was in court for a pretrial hearing on Friday, 7/29, for the first time since her appeal to the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court was rejected. The SJC ruled that there was… [Read More]

Press Release The Mass. Property Insurance Underwriting Association (FAIR Plan) has agreed to pay $350,000 to resolve allegations that it impermissibly cancelled homeowners insurance policies between January 2010 and February 2014, Attorney General Maura Healey announced on 7/26. Under the assurance of discon­tinuance, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, the FAIR Plan will pay $350,000 to… [Read More]

The clients of Fairhaven Social Day and the children from the Kool Kids Summer Program got together to enjoy an afternoon of food and fun, thanks to a Community Building United Way Mini Grant. They enjoyed a cookout, face painting, arts & crafts, a magician, a petting zoo, cotton candy and someone making balloon animals…. [Read More]