By Beth David, Editor Acushnet Fairhaven Basketball, which plays in the Metrowest Basketball Association, is made up of kids from the elementary and middle school. This year’s fourth-graders are winning big, hitting a 5-0 record after their 48-10 win on Saturday, 1/11/25, against Dighton-Rehobeth at Hastings Middle School in Fairhaven. Jameson Silva led his team… [Read More]

Amy DeSalvatore, Special to the Neighb News Thank-you Fairhaven:  I want to thank all the members of our community in the Fairhaven area  that responded to a request to display Menorahs, and decorations for Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and other less represented holidays this past Holiday season. At the December meeting of the local group “Fairhaven for… [Read More]

Press Release The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is once again reminding customers to be mindful of text message-based scams, also known as smishing. The scammers are claiming to represent the tolling agency and requesting payment for unpaid tolls. MassDOT urges customers to be cautious about email, text, and phone scams demanding payment of outstanding toll balances…. [Read More]

Dear residents of Fairhaven,  My name is Kelly McGowan Ochoa and I am running for one of the seats on the School Committee.  I have been a lifelong resident of the South Coast and raised my children here in Fairhaven. I am well qualified to represent the residents of Fairhaven on the school committee. Let… [Read More]

Press Release State Representative Mark D. Sylvia (D-Fairhaven) was officially sworn in on January 1, 2025, as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  Rep. Sylvia succeeds former Representative William Straus, who retired after 32 years of distinguished service to the 10th Bristol District. … [Read More]

Press Release The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is pleased to announce the donation of an important 18th-century silver tankard, the gift of Fairhaven, Mass. resident Thomas E. Linzee, Jr. The tankard descended in Mr. Linzee’s family over the last 260+ years.  Made in the 1750s by noted Boston silversmith Samuel Minott (1732-1803), the form… [Read More]

It’s Just Stuff Dear Frankie, My parents are selling our house and mov­ing to a much smaller condo in Florida. My mom texted my siblings with a list of things they would not be moving to Florida and asked they let her know what they wanted.  Most of the stuff nobody wanted, and some of… [Read More]