It is with great pleasure that we are announcing the reopening of the New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! galleries and shop in accordance with Phase 3 of Governor Baker’s Reopening Massachusetts Plan. The Art Museum will open its doors to all visitors starting Saturday, August 15th with restrictions in place to maintain the health and safety… [Read More]
Artmobile
New Bedford Art Museum/ Artworks! is excited to provide the artMOBILE for its 25th summer! The artMOBILE vans will be rolling around New Bedford through August 21. Operating much like a bookmobile, the two purple vans, each with two experienced art educators, engage children with fun educational art activities at community sites across New Bedford…. [Read More]
From the Editor 8/6/20
We have some sad news this week. Shirley Hunter, a very active, long time resident of West Island died this week after a fierce battle with cancer (see obituary on page 18). Shirley was involved in a whole bunch of stuff on the island and with the West Island Improvement Association. I could list a… [Read More]
Overpass flag will honor all branches
Submitted The Charles F. Albaugh Memorial American Flag remains proudly displayed on Main Street in Fairhaven at the I-195 overpass and will now include periodic displays of other branches of the military. Sponsored and erected by the North Fairhaven Improvement Association through the efforts of then president Bob Cormier, this flag pole and site were… [Read More]
Haworth voted in as new BOH member
By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent The vacant seat on the Fairhaven Board of Health was filled on 7/30 in a split vote during a joint meeting of the BOH and the Selectboard. Among the five candidates, both BOH members picked Geoffrey Haworth, a home improvement and landscaping business owner, former Selectboard member and former Board… [Read More]
COVID-19 update: Rhode Island added to travel restrictions
By Beth David, Editor Rhode Island was taken off the list of states with no travel restrictions to Massachusetts on Tuesday. RI had previously been included in the rest of New England States, New York, New Jersey, and Hawaii as being exempt from travel restrictions in Mass. After an uptick in COVID-19 cases hit the state,… [Read More]
Matthew Lovegrove memorial bench vandalized
By Beth David, Editor “I’ve never been there when somebody wasn’t sitting there,” said Darlene Lovegrove, Matthew Lovegrove’s mother, about the memorial bench for him at the little fishing pier off the Little Bay extension to the bike path in Fairhaven. She said the bench was destroyed last Wednesday, 7/29, and they used the back of… [Read More]
Mayflower II riding out storm in the harbor
Locals got a nice surprise this week when the Mayflower II stopped by for a visit. The replica of the famous ship that brought European settlers to the new land docked at State Pier in New Bedford harbor to ride out tropical storm Isaias on Tuesday, 8/4/20. A few people got up close and were… [Read More]
Tropical Storm Isaias blew by quickly, but still caused damage
Tropical Storm Isaias moved quickly through town in one day on Tuesdaym 8/4/20, bringing wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour in parts of Massachusetts, including at the Fairhaven Town Beach. Some rain accompanied the storm, but not the torrential downpours that other areas saw. At least one boat broke from its mooring… [Read More]
Statement by South Coast leaders of faith and social equality
We, South Coast leaders of faith and leaders for social equality, come together to affirm the heart of our different traditions — we all are made equally in the image of the divine, all life is sacred, and every human being is our neighbor, worthy of love. Despite this common truth, we as a nation consciously… [Read More]
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