If you follow New Bedford Creative on Instagram — and you shouldn’t deny yourself the visual pleasure of following @_nbcreative — you will notice something new during the last week of July, August and September. During those weeks, the account defined by #NBcreative will experience a takeover. It’s an entirely benign and welcome takeover by… [Read More]
Women Trailblazers
Rhode Island’s own Sissieretta Jones is this week’s featured American trailblazer on #UNLADYLIKE2020 — the acclaimed series of 10-minute animated documentaries by PBS’s flagship biography series American Masters. The Sissieretta Jones short is narrated by Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-winner Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife; ER; Billions), and the words of Madame Jones are… [Read More]
Fitness in the Park
The South Coast community can keep fit and stay healthy with free exercise classes taught by two of the top fitness instructors in the area. Due to COVID-19, restrictions are in place this summer. Attendees will be required to wear masks to and from the field and practice social distancing, keeping a distance of 6… [Read More]
From the editor: Virtual Town Meeting
Well, Town Meeting finally happened, albeit not the way we usually do it. I LOVE Town Meeting, but what I love about it is BEING there. I mentioned last week that I’d miss walking up and down the aisles taking pictures of the Town Meeting members as they read their warrants and commented on articles,… [Read More]
Fairhaven holds virtual annual Town Meeting
By Beth David, Editor With only a few minor amusing glitches, such as a town meeting member or two hitting the button to be recognized by mistake, Fairhaven’s first virtual annual Town Meeting on Saturday, 7/25/20, went off without hitch…well, not much of a hitch…on Saturday. One of the videos got a little fussy, leading to… [Read More]
School committee plans for school reopening COVID style
By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent A survey sent to parents to gauge their comfort of sending their kids back to school has provided the Fairhaven School District with the data it needs to begin planning for three different learning models and study the feasibility of safely reopening schools for in-person learning as the COVID-19 pandemic… [Read More]
COVID-19 update: Town hall COVID case was false positive
By Beth David, Editor The positive COVID-19 case that resulted in Fairhaven Town Hall being closed last week, turned out to be a false positive, according to a town press release. The town received notification that the employee was the “recipient of a false positive due to a lab error,” reads the statement. “The Town of… [Read More]
BPW picks Hobson for Marine Resources Representative
By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday 7/20 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works discussed a sewer issue, happenings on Town Beach, and also voted on a new BPW representative for the Marine Resource Committee. In a matter that resulted in a tie vote at their last meeting, and so required them… [Read More]
Possible drowning at Pope Beach
Bristol County District Attorney Press Release A 59-year-old Fairhaven man died Saturday afternoon, 7/5/20, the victim of a possible drowning or medical incident while in the water at Pope Beach in Fairhaven. Fairhaven Police received a 911 call Saturday around 3 p.m. for a report of a man being pulled from the water, who had stopped… [Read More]
Beware of Seeds in Mail
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) has been notified that several Massachusetts residents have received unsolicited packages that appear to have originated in a foreign country and contain seeds. While the exact types of seeds in the packages are unknown, the seeds are thought to be invasive plant species, and not believed to be… [Read More]
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