By Beth David, Editor Early Voting ends on Saturday, 10/24, for the 11/3/26 state election. Mail-in and absentee voting is also underway. The deadline to apply for mail-in voting is Tuesday, October 27, at 5 pm.  Contact your town clerk/elections office (see below for each munici­pality) for information on how to request a mail-in or absentee… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 10/26/26, the Fairhaven Select Board voted to negotiate an agreement with Harring­ton Heep to provide legal services to the town. The board interviewed four firms on 10/15, and narrowed the list to three to ask for more information.  At the 10/26 meeting the board looked at information from… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The heads of Fairhaven’s four largest departments, Schools, Public Works, Police, and Fire, sent a letter to the newly formed Budget Working Group in reference to a letter the four departments received with a 12-point framework, or priorities, that the BWG wants the departments to review and adopt. The letter was sent… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The North Fairhaven Open Air Market closed out its season with a Fall Fest at Livesey Park on Saturday, 10/24/26, featuring a full complement of vendors. The day also featured pumpkin painting, a bounce house, music by Dave, and a lot of young’uns in costume just waiting for the Horribles Parade and… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven is known for its precious old buildings, our “architectural wonders,” that were donated by town benefactor, Henry Huttleston Rogers. A quick walk in the center will often leave visitors agape with awe, heads turned upward, many saying, “wow.” And when they tour the high school? Yowsa! But it’s no secret that… [Read More]

Submitted Local Social Worker and Mother Fighting for Her Life Needs Community Support April Lacey, LICSW, a New Bedford resident, devoted mother, and Clinical Team Lead at Compassionate Counseling Company in Fall River, is facing an incredibly difficult battle with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive cancer of the blood and bone marrow. For the past… [Read More]

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Suspecting A Cheating Heart Dear Frankie, Rascal is my friend and neigh­bor. We have been sharing a ride to the dog park for years.  Recently, he has been spend­ing a lot of his time with Maisie. The other day, Rascal didn’t catch a ride because he went to a birthday party for his long-term girlfriend,… [Read More]

Press Release New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center (FHC) is excited to launch a collection and digitization effort focused on fishermen’s documents and is actively seeking logbooks, settlement sheets, vessel trip reports, charts, and other such materials from the local fishing community.  Anyone interested in contributing materials is encouraged to email archives@fishingheritagecenter.org or call 508-993-8894 and… [Read More]