Fairhaven Neighborhood News

Scholarship Opportunity

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Scholarship Opportunity The Greater New Bedford Garden Club is offering two $1,800 scholar­ships to residents of the Greater New Bedford area who are high school seniors graduating in June and who are planning to attend a four-year college and pursuing a degree in horticulture, landscape design or agriculture, forestry, conservation or environmental science.  The goals of… [Read More]

Hacking pulls off upset, Correy makes history

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By Beth David, Editor Election Day, 4/4/22, ushered in some big firsts for Fairhaven: The town’s new Town Administrator, Angeline “Angie” Lopes Ellison, started on the job that day; the Select Board officially became a five-member board, expanded from three; and Leon Correy, who received the second highest number of votes, made history as the first… [Read More]

Jackson’s Variety: Farewell to a Fairhaven icon

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Workers are dismantling the second floor of the former Jackson’s Variety convenience store at 114 Sconticut Neck Road in Fairhaven. The store had been in operation for more than 50 years when a fire on 2/3/20 destroyed the building and nearly took the life of Colin “Jack” Jackson, who lived upstairs. He was able to… [Read More]

Dear Frankie

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All For One Dear Frankie,  My youngest siblings are four-year-old twins. They both have great dispositions. Sometimes my mom only gives them one toy to play with. She does this, she says, to teach them how to share.  Most of the time, the twins enjoy sharing a toy. However, occasionally, one of them gets mad… [Read More]

nified Basketball teams play two games in March

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The Unified Basketball teams of Fairhaven’s Elizabeth Hastings Middle School and Dartmouth Middle School faced off on 3/18/22 and 3/25/22, with Fairhaven prevailing 22-14 at home on 3/18 and a tie, 28-28, on 3/25 at Dartmouth. It was the first time this year that the team came together to play.  Unified Basketball is in association with… [Read More]

Acushnet Police investigate animal cruelty

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Animal Rescue League Press Release The Animal Rescue League of Boston’s (ARL) Law Enforcement Department and Acushnet Police Department are jointly investigating a case of possible animal cruelty after a cat and guinea pig were found deceased in a popular recreation area in Acushnet. The animals were discovered on March 7, 2022, along a tree line… [Read More]

Letter: Hodgson’s tactics don’t work

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Hodgson’s tactics don’t work Getting tough on crime, Sheriff Hodgson, hasn’t worked and cost too much taxpayer money. Thomas Hodgson, the renowned “making the community safe” sheriff of Bristol County, in reality has  made the community less safe, and simul­taneously cost millions of dollars to the taxpayers.  A community is not safe when those people… [Read More]

Letter_Bueno says TY

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Bueno says “Thank You” My friends, thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to serve on the School Committee for a 2nd term. I would like to thank Get Personal with Pattie, Fairhaven TV, and West Island Improvement Association for hosting their respective candidate nights to share with residents my experiences, story, and… [Read More]

Acushnet weighs options to balance budget

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By Lori Richardl, Neighb News Correspondent At the 3/29/22 meeting, the Acushnet Selectboard gave serious consideration to what the con­sequences might be of using $410,000 of excise tax money to balance the budget this year. While the board has budgeted $1.3 million to do this, the additional revenue would bring the total to $1.672 million, essentially… [Read More]

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