The special election will be on Monday, 6/5. Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. All precincts vote at the Recreation Center, 227 Huttleston Ave. (near Stop & Shop).  Friday, June 2, 2023-12:00PM (NOON) is the last day/time to request an IN-PERSON Absentee Ballot in the Town Clerk’s Office. For more information,… [Read More]

Proceeds to benefit Lighthouse Animal Shelter. Sat., 6/3 from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m., Shaw Road & Jenney St., Fairhaven.  Coats and sweaters of all sizes, collars, leashes, harnesses, dog & cat goys (new and lightly used), backpack harnesses, dog flotation vests, carriers, dog and cat beds (all sizes), waste bag dispensers, costumes, feeding dishes, and… [Read More]

St. Joseph’s Blessing of the Bikes, Sun., 6/4, 10 a.m. Kickstands up at noon. $20/bike. Starts at  Fort Phoenix, ride through the backroads, then ends at Ice House, 136 Huttleston Ave. for BBQ, beer trucks, outside bar and music by Looks that Kill at 2:15, and Who Made Who at 3:15.  ••• Click here to… [Read More]

Fairhaven’s Town Wide Yard sale is going to be June 3rd with a rain date of June 4th. We’ll be putting together a google map that will show all yard sale locations. If people want to reach out and be added or request the map they can email us at oldtownfairhaven@gmail.com ••• Click here to… [Read More]

he Livesey Club has awarded five $500 Scholarships to five Fairhaven Seniors, four from Fairhaven High School and one from Greater NB Voc-Tech. They are as follows:  FHS: Westin Chase  FHS: Ella Tveit  FHS: Brooke Boucher  FHS: Laura Hubert  Voc-Tech: Lucia A. Batista  We wish them the best in their higher education journey.  ••• Click… [Read More]

Reading Frederick Douglass Together Event in July  The Marion Art Center, 80 Pleasant St., Marion, is part­nering with the Marion Community Center and Tri-Town Against Racism to present a public reading of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?  The event will take place on Saturday, July 1 at… [Read More]

Get started now to make a float for Fairhaven’s Fourth of July parade and Antique Car Cruise on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. The car cruise will assemble at Fairhaven High School at 8:00 AM to raise the flag at 8:30 AM. The cruise will begin promptly at 8:45 AM.  Please join the celebration by joining… [Read More]

Seeking anyone interested in an old Voke class reunion (Hillman Street) from 60-69. The more the merrier Class of 1960 to 1969.  Call: Joe Glenn Costa (class of 64), 508-971-1859; Mary Gomes Rodriques (class of 60), 508-996-9923. Anyone interested in joining our reunion committee, please contact the above. Hope to see other classmates joining in… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Veterans Agent and volunteers will be placing flags on the graves of veterans at Riverside Cemetery on Sat., 5/20, at 10 a.m. Volunteers are encouraged to join them. Rain date is 5/21. For info contact Brad or Jane at 508-202-4603  ••• Click here to download the 5/18/23 issue: 05-18-23 StampOutHunger Click here to… [Read More]

Free CNA training is available in New Bedford and Fall River thanks fo a $469,000 state grant to the MassHire Greater New Bedford Workforce Board.  Program formats include in-person classes or blended/hybrid online study with daytime, evening and weekend schedules available. State approved training providers have established relationships with long-term care facilities for the clinical… [Read More]