By Pattie Pacella, Neighb News Correspondent The Acushnet Selectboard con­ducted interviews with three candi­dates for police chief at its meeting on 10/29/19, all sergeants in the Acushnet Police Department: Thomas Carreau, Gary Coppa and Christopher Richmond. The board voted to hire Mr. Richmond. Chairperson Roger Cabral ex­plained that the board had already  received and reviewed answers… [Read More]

Lots of fun things happening in Acushnet this week and next. Here’s a sample… Trick or Treat Parade NOTE TIME CHANGE Meet up at the Acushnet Fire Station, 24 Russell St./Parting Ways, for some treats and Halloween fun. Parade will go through the neighbor­hood where residents will also hand out candy to the children. Wear… [Read More]

By Pattie Pacella Neighb News Correspondent At the Acushnet Selectboard’s meet­ing on 10/8/19, the Board reviewed their game plan for interviewing the three candidates for the Police Chief position. Interim Acting Town Adminis­trator Julie Hebert informed the board that they had not received the top three list. She stated that she compiled the list of… [Read More]

By Pattie Pacella, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on 9/25/19, the Acushnet Selectboard saw a presentation by Michael Gagne, Town Administrator of Mattapoisett, who is also president of the non-profit organization, Partners in Housing. Mr. Gagne presented the Select­board with architectural plans for renovating the Russell Library into a regional veterans housing facility. He explained… [Read More]