Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent “From what I can recall, this is, across the board, …. the most challenging budget that I’ve seen in my time,” Fairhaven Finance Commit­tee Chairperson Padraic Elliott said of Fiscal Year 2022 after meeting with the Fire and Police Departments during the Finance Committee’s 2/18 meeting. It will cause town departments,… [Read More]

Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent The Fairhaven Board of Health on February 17 voted unanimously to offer the health agent position to David Flaherty, the current part-time health agent for the Town of Marion. “He came back well-recom­mended,” said BOH member Geoffrey Haworth.  Board member Michael Ristuccia commented that Mr. Flaherty is “the perfect man for… [Read More]

Despite wind chills in the single digits on January 30, a group of hardy souls calling themselves “River Rats” showed up to clean up Palmer’s Island in New Bedford Harbor. They collected more than 25 bags of trash and lots of large debris that was all removed. “So many dedicated and caring people were just… [Read More]

Rogers School provides a venue for Matt Cataldo to help his daughter, Maddie, prepare for the coming softball season on Tuesday, 2/16/21.        ••• Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal. Click here to download the entire 2/25/21 issue: 02-25-21 BaskRibbonCut Click here to download Mr. Espindola’s disclosure: 02-23-21 EspindolaDisclosure

Vacations have always been some­thing that students look forward to, but now? There isn’t really anywhere to go without quarantining for at least 10 days, and nobody wants to be stuck at home more than they already have to.  So, this week we gave students the opportunity to let out their frustration and explain how… [Read More]

Maintaining Sanity During COVID Dear Frankie,  I am really stressed over this Covid thing. At first, I thought every­one in the family was at home because it was school vacation. But after they didn’t go back to school or work for over a month, I knew something was up. When I asked them why they… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Massachusetts education officials are working to get students back in the classroom full-time by April. The plan calls for elementary students to go back first, then older students. Governor Charlie Baker and state education officials cited the drop in COVID-19 cases statewide, deteriorat­ing mental health among students and the challenge to learning… [Read More]

Exhibit On Thursday, February 25, 2021, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts presents an artistic collaboration between New Bedford-based 3rd EyE Youth Empowerment and Bronx-based multimedia artist Art Jones, as part of its ongoing CVPA Star Series. The Series takes place every Thursday through April, from 6:00 to… [Read More]