Volunteers Needed!! Be the Solution to Pollution Annual Earth Day Cleanup at Fort Phoenix, 4/8, from 9am to noon. Volunteers are needed to clean up debris along the shoreline. All of the cigarette butts we pick up are sent to Terra Cycle to be recycled. Please wear closed toe shoes. We provide tools, bags, gloves… [Read More]
With just a tad more than 6% turnout, BPW race ends in tie
By Beth David, Editor In a big surprise, challenger and newcomer to politics, Albert N. Martin, Jr. tied with incumbent Robert “Hoppy” Hobson in Fairhaven’s local election on Monday, 4/2, for the Board of Public Works. Each candidate received 338 votes. A total of 713 people voted, a 6.24% turnout, according to unofficial numbers. Results will… [Read More]
Hundreds scour the park for eggs on a chilly morning
By Beth David, Editor Several hundred children and adults showed up to scour Livesey Park for the annual egg hunt sponsored by the North Fairhaven Improvement Association on Saturday, 3/31. This year, organizers tried to be a little more….well, organized, and held back the bigger kids while the little ones raced down the hill to their… [Read More]
BPW discusses training course policy, road work
By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday, 3/26 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works approved of a driveway waiver, met with an employee about paying for training courses, and briefly discussed roadwork on Billy’s Way. The BPW briefly reopened a discussion about possibly paving Billy’s Way in FY19. At a previous meeting… [Read More]
Cooking oil spill causes hazard on Bridge Street
Press Release Fairhaven Firefighters were called to the scene of an oil spill on a busy roadway Wednesday afternoon, 3/28. When crews arrived at 191 Bridge Street they found that the occupant had been transferring cooking oil, that he uses to fuel his vehicle, from a 200-gallon tank to smaller five-gallon buckets. During the transfer… [Read More]
Notes from the Visitors Center
by Chris Richard, Director of Tourism April 2018 Greetings. It is the time of year when the Office of Tourism makes most of its advertising purchases, which accounts for the biggest budget item after payroll. This year there will be Fairhaven ads in many of the same publications as last year. The South Coast Almanac is… [Read More]
Wood School Wonderings
By Beth David, Editor Students at the Leroy L. Wood Elementary School continue to wonder about the world around them. Then they are taking those wonderings to learn about the things that made them wonder. It is an “inquiry based approach to learning,” that gets students engaged and excited about learning, according to principal Amy Hartley-Matteson…. [Read More]
NMI welcomes public to open house
By Glenn C. Silva, Neighb News Correspondent Northeast Maritime Institute held an open house for the public on 3/31/2018 from 1-4 p.m at their campus in Fairhaven. The school that opened in 1981 offers two-year associate degree programs as well as continuing education in the maritime fields in over 30 individual courses ranging from Basic &… [Read More]
From our readers
Constituents Day in May for Deaf & Hard of Hearing The Statewide Advisory Council to the Massachusetts Commission to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH) invites you, the residents of the Commonwealth, to our annual Constituents’ Day at the State House on Thursday, May 17, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon in the… [Read More]
Acushnet Selectboard reviews more budgets, TM articles
By Beth David, Editor The Acushnet Selectboard had a jam-packed agenda on Tuesday, 3/3, including budget reviews, Town Meeting article reviews, and two appointments. The board also reorganized, as it was the first meeting after the election. Mike Cioper is the new chairperson, although he wasn’t voted in as such until the end of the meeting…. [Read More]
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