Press Release On Saturday January 13, ten young women will compete to become the next Miss New Bedford’s Outstanding Teen. The pageant takes place at 6:00 p.m. at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, 1121 Ashley Boulevard in New Bedford. A local preliminary competition to the Miss Massachusetts’ Outstanding Teen and Miss America’s Outstanding… [Read More]
Mattapoisett bike path making progress towards Marion
From Press Release Materials As we approach the end of 2017 and the start of 2018, there is good news to report. We are working to complete the long awaited bike path and to make bicycling more popular in the region. More cycling and walking across our town, region and society creates safer and healthier… [Read More]
Acushnet Selectboard reviews goals
By Pattie Pacella, Neighb News Correspondent The Acushnet Selectboard reviewed their six month goals for the New Year at their first meeting of the new year on January 9. Chairperson Kevin Gaspar outlined a number of goals that they will be reviewing until the end of the fiscal year on June 30. Among them are… [Read More]
Legal Notice: Open Space & Recreation Plan Committee
Fairhaven Open Space & Recreation Plan Committee Notice of Public Hearing The Town will hold a Public Hearing at 6:30 P.M. on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at Town Hall, 40 Center Street, Fairhaven, MA. The purpose of the hearing will be for the Open Space & Recreation Plan Committee and the Town’s consultant, to hold… [Read More]
Memory Cafe Cancelled_Acushnet
Today’s Memory Café Information Session/Training at the Acushnet COA is cancelled due to the water main breaks in the area of South Main and Laura Keene Avenue. The session was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Monday, 1/8/18. For more information call 508-998-0280 •••• Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News at: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Y6V5ARRYH689G Click here to… [Read More]
Free event: 22nd annual Moby Dick Marathon this weekend
Press Release One of the world’s best known live readings of Herman Melville’s iconic American novel Moby-Dick returns to the New Bedford Whaling Museum, January 5-7, 2018. The 22nd annual Moby-Dick Marathon will draw readers and enthusiasts from around the globe to the Museum’s campus and to the livestream reading online. Obsessive literary aficionados, local… [Read More]
Frigid cold postpones polar plunge
By Beth David, Editor Facing frigid cold that broke a 100-year record, organizers of the Fort Phoenix Polar Plunge decided it was too risky and called it off, for awhile at least. Just before press time, organizers announced that the new date is Sunday, Januay 28, at 10 a.m. “Happy New Year! We have a… [Read More]
Selectboard accepts gift of Fairhaven photo from WHALE
By Beth David, Editor Members of W.H.A.L.E. (Waterfront Historic Area League) presented a large framed photograph by Peter Pereira to the Fairhaven Selectboard at its meeting on Monday, 12/18/17. The photo, a view of the town hall and Fairhaven center from a high point of the Unitarian Memorial Church, has no people in it, noted… [Read More]
Navigator breaks loose on Christmas Day
The crazy wind of Christmas Day, 2017, took a lot of people by surprise, and at least one boat. The 65-foot Navigator, owned by Northeast Maritime Institute, and docked at Union Wharf, broke loose in the wind around 9:30 a.m. The Fairhaven Fire Department, Harbormaster Department, and NMI owner Eric Dawicki and his son Morgan… [Read More]
Mike Roberts remembered by family and friends
By Beth David, Editor See related story Big. That’s the word that kept popping up. Everything about Mike Roberts was big. He was a big guy. He had a big heart. He was a big teddy bear. Mr. Roberts, 49, was killed when the boat he was on, the fishing vessel Misty Blue, went down… [Read More]
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