By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Fire Department held its annual open house on Sunday, 10/15/23, educating the public about fire safety, and demonstrating fire and rescue operations. The department set a small building ablaze to demonstrate how quickly, within a minute or two, a fire can engulf a room, to impress upon the public… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The North Fairhaven Improvement Association held a meeting on 10/12/23 for neighbors to hear from public works superintendent Vinnie Furtado, and Highway Superin­tendent Joshua Crabb about the state’s plans to improve traffic flow in Benoit Square. The Adams Street part of the square is a state road; the Main Street part… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The third annual Kids Fest organized by the Fairhaven Office of Tourism drew hundreds to the fair grounds on the lawn of the Visitors Center and Fairhaven High School on Saturday, 10/14/23, for fun actitivies, vendors and a little entertainment.  The Azorean Cultural Society sang and played a few songs, while… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Mary Lou Nicholson of Be the Solution to Pollution, spoke to fifth grade students at East Fairhaven School on Thursday, 10/12/23, about her efforts to clean local beaches, reduce and eliminate plastic use and waste, and about her work for climate action. The fifth grade classes have been studying about pollution… [Read More]

New Bedford Fire Dept. Press Release Shortly after 2:00pm on 10/11/23, Communications received 911 calls reporting a pier collapse at the end of Hervey Tichon Avenue.  Command Unit 2 reported a large section of bulkhead under construc­tion had collapsed into the water and four construction workers were injured. One worker was pulled from the water… [Read More]

Misunder­stood Dear Frankie, My family ex­pects me to listen to them and to under­stand what they say. On the other hand, they often don’t listen to me or even try to understand what I am saying.  Several neighborhood boys pulled a prank on my brother a couple of weeks ago. They rang our front doorbell… [Read More]