The town of Acushnet held its ninth annual Cruise Night on Thursday, 8/30/18, from 5–9 p.m. in the center of town, featuring the Klassics singing oldies, lots of cool old cars, food vendors and socializing on a relatively cool night.  ••• 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 download the… [Read More]

156 runners finished the 38th annual 4.1 mile Acushnet Road Race on Labor Day, 9/3/18.  Aaron Dinzeo, 26, of Providence, RI finished first in 21:02. Second over the line was Jason Eddy, 38, of E. Bridgewater in 22:37. Fairhaven’s Will Benoit, 15, took third in 24:40, followed by fellow 15-year-old from Acushnet Ben Davignon in fourth… [Read More]

Press Release Reigning Miss Apple Peach Hailey Brightman is still in shock her name was called almost a year ago, but now it’s time to crown a new Miss Apple Peach Festival Queen. Three young Acushnet women will compete for the 39th title on Friday, September 7 at 7 p.m. at the Ford Middle School. Tickets… [Read More]

Press Release The Acushnet Council on Aging is pleased to announce that the Southcoast Health has awarded a grant of $1,500 to the Acushnet COA for support of Memory Café through its Community Benefits Impact Opportunity program. The Acushnet Memory Café offers individuals with some type of memory loss the opportunity to meet face-to-face with… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Everyone, it seems, knows Delima “Del” Genard, the newly minted centenarian at Presidential Terrace. The perennially good-natured, smiling neighbor-to-all  celebrated her 100th birthday with a luau party and about 30 of her neighbors at the Nate Gomes Community Center on Saturday, 8/25. But that was after the big family bash where about… [Read More]