For the first time ever, Boston Ballet will partner with NBC10 Boston to brink Mikko Nissinen’s “The Nutracker” to homes across New England. Celebrate the holiday season with a brand-new, one-hour broadcast of this beloved ballet and bring the magic of “The Nutracker” straight into your living room. Television dates: Sat., 12/12, NECN, 7 p.m.;… [Read More]
Benoit Square lighting without the crowd
By Beth David, Editor COVID may stop crowds, but it can’t stop the holiday spirit. Usually Benoit Square is full of people on the night of the big lighting of the Christmas display, but this year, just about 20 people managed to find out about the event and showed up to enjoy it in person. Sponsored… [Read More]
Selectboard receives workplace climate assessment
By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent An employee engagement and work culture study has determined no “morale problem” at Town Hall among employees, although it did find some negativity. The Fairhaven Selectboard on 12/7 reviewed the study results with Mary Beth Bernard, the consultant who assessed the workplace climate at Town Hall over the summer. That… [Read More]
Board of Health hires health inspector
By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent In the absence of Fairhaven Board of Health Chairperson Peter DeTerra during the board’s 12/2 meeting, BOH members Michael Ristuccia and Geoffrey Haworth interviewed two health inspector candidates, ultimately hiring the lifelong Fairhaven resident as the tiebreaker for the two men’s seemingly equal qualifications. Mr. Haworth and Sarah Dupont, the… [Read More]
Acushnet lights up, but without the crowds
Acushnet did not hold its annual lighting this year due to COVID restrictions, but the fire station and grounds are still decorated and will be lit up every night just like every other year. The town held a Santa parade on Sunday, 12/6, so Santa could still visit Acushnet children, albeit from afar. Residents lined… [Read More]
Group collecting signatures for Charter Commission
Press Release Fairhaven Forward is an apolitical group seeking to collect 1,725 certified signatures to add onto the ballot: “Shall a commission be elected to frame a charter for the Town of Fairhaven.” Once we reach the threshold of signatures needed, voters will vote for this ballot question as well as the nine Fairhaven residents… [Read More]
COVID-19 update: Governor orders whole state back a notch
By Beth David, Editor Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has ordered a rollback of the reopening of businesses in the state. Every community is required to go back to Phase 3, Step 1 regulations starting on Sunday, 12/13. A spike in COVID-19 cases prompted the change. The restrictions limit outdoor event venues and spaces to 50 people… [Read More]
Acushnet residents start pet food pantry
By Beth David, Editor Kenneth Gonsalves saw a man struggling to pay for one can of cat food. He bought the man 10 cans, which made him feel good, but he couldn’t stop thinking about “hungry animals and the families that love them but are struggline to feed them,” he wrote on his Facebook page. So… [Read More]
DaCunha’s Dispatch #2
Week Two: Different ways to organize your work Welcome back! This week, we will be digging deeper into the remote week of hybrid learning to see how students organize and complete work, as well as find out how teachers post work and communicate with kids that need clarification. I wanted to see whether or not… [Read More]
Fairhaven church will switch to renewables by 2030
Press Release Unitarian Universalist Society of Fairhaven (UUSF) is the latest local organization to commit to switching to 100-percent renewable electricity by 2030. The UUSF Board of Governors signed on to The Climate Reality Project’s 100% Committed campaign in November, pledging that their three-building property’s electricity would come entirely from renewable sources by 2030. This… [Read More]
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