YAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Halloween is Saturday, 10/31 By Beth David , Editor Welcome to our 15th annual Halloween Trail.  It’s a different year to be sure. I’m sad to say that there are no elaborate walk-through haunts this year due to the COVID-19 risk. But, we still have our regulars, and I think a new one or two…. [Read More]

This is it: Last chance for local produce at the Bright Yellow Farm Stand in Fairhaven at 151 Alden Road. The market has been running every Sunday this season 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This Sunday, 10/25, is the last day of the season. There were pumpkins galore, and lots of produce, from lettuces to corn… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor You just never know what Town Meeting will do. Fairhaven’s Special Town Meeting, held remotely on 10/20/20, got bogged down early on with an article that should have been an easy housekeeping type issue. Then, it a bit of a twist, an article to replace the high school football field with turf,… [Read More]

Press Release The Millicent Library Board of Trustees has announced the retire­ment of longtime Library Director Carolyn Longworth and the appoint­ment of her successor.  Kyle DeCicco-Carey of Matta­poisett took up the post on 10/19/20. “Carolyn has devoted herself to the Millicent Library for 43 years. While we wish her all the best as she transitions… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven also moved into the red zone last week, joining Acushnet, New Bedford and Dartmouth as more COVID-19 cases were confirmed. The state updates its community level data on Wednes­days. As of 10/14, Fairhaven had 297 total cases, with 22 of those in the past two weeks, and a positivity rate of… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent Early voter turnout has turned the Town Clerk’s Offices in both Fairhaven and Acushnet into virtual ground zeros for democracy during the age of COVID-19. Acushnet Town Clerk Pamela Labonte on 10/20 summarized the experi­ence in two words: “Crazy busy.” Early voting in Acushnet began on Saturday, 10/17 and went… [Read More]