By Pattie Pacella, Neighb News Correspondent Although the Acushnet Select­board previously announced Ron San Angelo as their choice for Town Adminis­trator, he has withdrawn from consideration for the job. The board offered the position to interim TA Julie Hebert, who is also the town’s Finance Director/Town Accountant. The announcement was made publicly two weeks ago. In… [Read More]

At the Library The Acushnet Public Library is pleased to welcome author and journalist Rachel Slade on Wednesday, January 22 at 6:30 pm to discuss her new National Best Seller Into the Raging Sea. On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting in… [Read More]

From Acushnet Fire & EMS Department Facebook page, posted on 1/6/20. “The new year allows us to report data from the previous 12 months. This report is cause for hope. As you can see, the incidents at which we have administered Narcan (used to reverse opioid overdoses) has dropped off considerably over the past five… [Read More]

By Pattie Pacella, Neighb News Correspondent The Acushnet Selectboard had their first meeting of the new year on January 7, 2020 when they heard from Fire Chief Kevin Gallagher who recom­mended scheduling a public hearing regarding the P.J. Keating project. Chief Gallagher told the board the public hearing would be to discuss PJ Keating’s land use… [Read More]

Nomination papers will be available in Acushnet on Friday, 1/3/20. Anyone wishing to run for office needs to take out nomination papers, gather the proper number of signatures, and return the papers by the deadline. The annual town election is set for Saturday, 5/16/20. This is the first year the town will hold its elections… [Read More]