The Disabled American Vets (DAV), is selling memorial flag holders for graves. They feature branches of the military, police, and fire, for $25 each. Add-ons, such as Purple Hearts, are also available for $6. The DAV is located at 19 Willis St., New Bedford. They are open Tuesday and Thursday, from 9 a.m. to noon…. [Read More]
Sponsors Needed
Wiffle Ball Tournament Join us for a wiffle ball tournament to benefit St. Francis Xavier School in Acushnet on Sat., 8/16, at the school, 233 Main Street. Featuring two divisions, kid/adult; cash prizes for winners. We are looking for teams, community partnerships, and sponsors. $25 per child; $30 per adult. Get a t-shirt and pizza…. [Read More]
Suddenly in Command
The US Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Flotilla 65 is offering the three sessions of the Suddenly In Command boating class in May and June. Each class is 2½ hours long and is designed to instruct those not generally at the vessel helm in the critical basics in case of an emergency. Would you know what to… [Read More]
Fairhaven parade, ceremony honor fallen military
By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven held its annual Memorial Day parade on Monday, 5/26/25, marching on Main Street from Union Street to Riverside Cemetery for a ceremony that included speeches, patriotic music, and the firing of the small cannon by the Fairhaven Village Militia. Along the route, supporters waved flags and clapped as the parade went… [Read More]
Acushnet holds Memorial Day ceremony
By Beth David, Editor The Town of Acushnet held a Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans Memorial to remember and honor US Military servicemembers who died in service to the country. Guest speaker Sgt. Major Jim Rollins of Acushnet, said it was not just an occasion to remember those who gave their lives in service… [Read More]
Select Board chooses committee members
By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Select Board held a marathon meeting on Tuesday, 5/27/25, which included annual appointments to boards/committees, a couple of pole hearings, a fee waiver for the school department, and discussion of creating an Atlas Tack committee or working group. The board held two hearings for utility poles that got a bit… [Read More]
Informational signs installed at Atlas Tack
Submitted by EPA On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) staff, along with federal, state, and local partners, and the Fairhaven community, gathered together to celebrate the unveiling of three interpretive signs that describe site history, site cleanup, and the ecological restoration of the freshwater wetland and tidal saltwater marsh at… [Read More]
S.O.S. is Back!
Submitted by the Fairhaven Sustainability Committee Save Our Shorebirds is Back! And with it…the Piping Plovers have returned to West Island Town Beach. The Fairhaven Sustainability Committee, working with The Lloyd Center for the Environment, is looking to help grow the vanishing flock with a Save Our Shorebirds PR campaign and onsite signage and fencing. … [Read More]
Dear Frankie
The Reprimand Dear Frankie, I still have a lump on my head where my four-year-old nephew hit me with his truck while I was sleeping. When my mom saw what he had done, she took the truck away from him and reprimanded him for hitting me. He responded by crying and ran out of the… [Read More]
Letter_Good Life?
Good Life? Steven Bouley’s good life (5/15/25 issue) is “a good education, wholesome family, financial resources, reliable friends, and physical fitness.” He doesn’t say why this is a good life, claiming that knowledge doesn’t count compared to mystical learning with a “spiritual person” from beyond the material world. He even claims that a good life… [Read More]
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