We are pleased to announce Seeds for Seniors. The Fairhaven Sustaina­bility Committee is donating small peat pellet greenhouses and seeds to interested seniors in Fairhaven. We hope that everyone will enjoy planting and growing something to eat and enjoy for the year. Our goal is to encourage gardening, and grow your own produce. Each greenhouse… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Improvement Associa­tion Beautification Project is Back. Fairhaven Residents Only  Each year the FIA offers the Voucher Program to help Fairhaven residents enhance the beauty of their property. To take advantage of this program send a check for $20.00 to Fairhaven Improvement Associa­tion, P.O. Box 404, Fairhaven, MA 02719 with a self-addressed stamped envelope. You… [Read More]

The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club will hold a Tag Sale on May 1st, from 10AM-2PM, at the old Bowl Mor parking lot, next to Ying Dynasty. The rain date is May 8 th.  Also available for purchase at the Tag Sale are the specially designed MWC notecards and postcards of local scenes and flowers, and the… [Read More]

The Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity (BBAHFH) will hold a virtual public information session at 6 p.m. on Wed., 4/28 to advise the community of its plans to construct two affordable condominium units in a duplex building on a parcel of land on Sodom Road purchased from the Westport Affordable Housing Trust. BBAHFH will… [Read More]

Meet Claude McKay Claude McKay was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. His work ranged from vernacular verse celebrating peasant life in Jamaica to poems that protested racial and economic inequities. Visit https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/claude-mckay Meet Georgia Johnson Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson, better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson, was an African-American poet,… [Read More]

Spend your vacation week discovering all the amazing things happening in spring! Children ages six to ten will engage in an exciting week of hands-on activities, experiments, games, crafts and trail walks. April Vacation Week Adventures will be led by Lloyd Center educators who will take children through the Center’s ponds, woods, and fields, to… [Read More]

The Millicent Library, 45 Center St., Fairhaven, will be welcoming back patrons in person by appointment for computer use only beginning Friday, April 16. Computer use is limited to 45 minutes per day per person. Library staff will not be available to assist you in using the computer. If you need assistance, you may bring a… [Read More]

New Bedford’s Waterfront Vaccina­tion Center on Hervey Tichon Avenue will offer COVID-19 vaccine appoint­ments at its clinic, which will be administered by CIC Health as a FEMA vaccination clinic for the following dates: • Sat., 4/17 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. • Sun., 4/18 from 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. More FEMA vaccination clinic dates will… [Read More]

Have you ever wanted to try gardening but didn’t know where to start? Perhaps you’re interested in saving money by growing your own organic vegetables?  Maybe your yard is too small or too shady for a garden?  Or maybe, you just want to be part of a “growing green” community? If you’ve answered yes to… [Read More]

Covid testing in Acushnet: • Saturdays from 9 a.m.–noon in the parking lot behind the Council on Aging (59 South Main Street) using our trailer We have witnessed a decline in the Saturday attendance and this change allows us to adjust our staffing level.  ••• Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal. Click here to… [Read More]