The New Bedford Whaling Museum is inviting the community to join a public art initiative, Lighting the Way for ALL, marking the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution recognizing women’s right to vote. The public will decide which of the 10 featured women from the Museum’s project Lighting the Way: Historic Women… [Read More]
WHALE Virtual Tours
This week we are heading over to 148 Hawthorn Street! Join me on WHALE’s Instagram THIS Friday, 5/1 at 10:00 to virtually take a step inside and see the wonders of the Leander A. Plummer House. Get ready to see hand painted woodwork, beautiful Delftware tile fireplaces, and a very early example of an indoor… [Read More]
Livestream Concerts
The New Bedford Symphony Orchestra continues to offer free livestream concerts during the COVID-19 crisis. Visit https://nbsymphony.org. Concerts will remain on the website for viewing, if you miss them. • The Lightness of Spring, Friday, May 1, 7pm EDT Continuing our living room tour, Emmy and Peter bring you an evening filled with a sprinkling of… [Read More]
Mother’s Day Walk
Virtual Walk-a-thon for Peace, Sun., 5/10. Join us on Mother’s Day from 9 a.m.–9:45 a.m. from the comfort of your living room or bed! There will be a link to join the live Virtual Walk-a-thon on our homepage, mothersdaywalk4peace.org. Registration: $20 per person. Proceeds benefit the Peace Institute. The Mother’s Day Walk for Peace is… [Read More]
Sesame Street helps
Sesaem Street characters teamed up with CNN to give children an understanding of the virus and how they can protect themselves, why they can’t see their friends, etc. Here is a link to the “Best moments” from the program: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/25/us/cnn-sesame-street-town-hall-coronavirus-trnd/index.html ••• Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal. Click here to download the entire… [Read More]
Wishing a happy birthday under the specter of COVID-19
By Beth David, Editor In our 4/2 issue, we showed you some pictures of family and friends of Armand Patnaude, who was feeling a bit down in the dumps as he lived on hospice and could have no visits from family and friends at Our Lady’s Haven because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 crisis. This… [Read More]
COVID-19 update: state restrictions in place to at least 5/18
By Beth David, Editor Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker extended the statewide restrictions due to COVID-19 to May 18 at a briefing on Tuesday, 4/28/20. As of Tuesday, 4/28, the state had 58,302 confirmed cases, 3,150 deaths, and a total of 254,500 tests perform across the state. Of the 3,150 deaths, 1,810 have been residents of long-term… [Read More]
Fairhaven Selectboard postpones election again, to 6/8
By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard postponed the local election for the second time at its meeting on Tuesday, 4/28/20. Town Clerk Carolyn Hurley told the board that she was having trouble getting poll workers. She asked the board to postpone the election from 5/18, but not to pick a date until their 5/11 meeting… [Read More]
Happy 85th Birthday, Ruth Niemczyk
By Beth David, Editor It’s not just nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities that won’t let people through the doors. Assisted living complexes are also not allowing visitors to their residents. But that did not stop Ruth Niemcyk’s family from giving her all the trappings and fixin’s of a birthday party at Atria in Fairhaven. Ruth turned… [Read More]
Fairhaven neighborhood shows its heart
By Beth David, Editor Everyone is struggling with accepting the “new normal” brought on by the COVID-19 crisis and the restrictions we are all living under. But when seven-year-old London and her sister, five-year-old Penelope had so many questions of “why” and “how come” and “what ifs,” their mother, Ashley Hennessy, found she could not answer… [Read More]
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