By Beth David, Editor After hundreds of cares lined up on South Main Street making it nearly impassable on January 4, the town of Acushnet decided to move its weekly testing to Acushnet Elementary School and will only test Acushnet residents. The previous testing site was the Council on Aging/Senior Center on South Main Street.  Fire… [Read More]

The Town of Acushnet has installed air monitors at locations near the PJ Keating neighborhood. Neighbors have been complaining about dust and other particles in the air that they say comes from the quarry and asphalt operation on South Main Street. An air monitor was installed at the Acushnet Council On Aging/Senior Center on South… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven isn’t the only town with residents spreading the Christmas spirit. Visit the streets on this page to see houses in Acushnet that are also making their homes bright. There are lots more, of course, but we just wanted to point out a few to make sure you’re motivated to get out… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Acushnet Fire Department welcomed the public to share the public lighting of the Fire Department grounds, at Parting Ways, 24 Russell Street, on 12/5/21. Last year the public event was canceled due to COVID restrictions, although the lights were still lit. This year, a couple of hundred children and their adults… [Read More]

By Mary Chasse, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Friday 11/30/21 the Acushnet Selectboard discussed taking ownership of South Main Street, and leasing some replacement vehicles for the golf course. The board started the meeting with a moment of silence for town employee Jessica Rego who recently passed after a short battle with cancer. Chairperson… [Read More]