Hundreds of people braved the rains to hunt for goodies at Livesey Park on Saturday, 4/20/19, for the annual North Fairhaven Improvement Association Egg Hunt. The time got moved to 11 a.m. (from 9 a.m.) to avoid the morning rain. The threat of returning showers (rain came back later in the afternoon) did not stop… [Read More]

Fairhaven-Acushnet Baseball Opening Day Parade Join Fairhaven-Acushnet Youth Baseball (FAYB) this Sat., 4/27, for our Annual Opening Day at 11 a.m. and join us for the dedication of the Acushnet Tee Ball Field. The field will now be known as the CJ Crooks Field. Charles “CJ” Crooks Jr. was an AYAA All-Star until his life… [Read More]

The Interchurch Council of Greater New Bedford held its annual Easter Sunrise Service at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven on Sunday, 4/21/19 at 5:55 a.m., with about 125 hardy souls who turned out under threatening skies. The rain held off, just barely, with no real sunrise to speak of. But the sky did lighten to mark… [Read More]

Getting the boats in the water is the ritual of the season. For the recreational boaters, launch day comes when the weather gets as warm as the captain likes it. For the commercial boaters, the calendar decides, and if the warm weather is a little late getting here, then so be it. The boat goes… [Read More]