Pack 52, a Fairhaven Cub Scout Pack for boys and girls, is hosting three events: • Thurs., 9/26 6:30-8pm, St Mary’s Church Hall, Main St., Fhvn. We will host a kite-making and get-to-know-us event. This is for families with boys or girls K-5th grade with curiosity about cub scouting. • Thurs., 10/3, 6:30-8pm St Mary’s Church Hall, Main… [Read More]

The Friends of the Millicent Library invite South Coast authors to participate in the fourth annual Millicent’s Book Fair, to be held at the library during Fairhaven’s Old Time Holiday Fair, Saturday, Dec. 14, from 9:30 to 2. Authors may sell and sign their books, and there will be slots for readings. Authors of books… [Read More]

The Memory Cafe has gone to the dogs! Please join us on Sat., 9/14, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. at the Acushnet Senior Community Center, 59½ So. Main Street, for lunch and a special visit with members of the Wampanoag Kennel Club. This is a free Memory Café event and open to all participants and their family,… [Read More]

“Into The Raging Sea” written by Rachel Slade has been chosen for September’s discussion. The selection is a true story of the container ship ElFaro that sunk with all hands during a hurricane in October, 2015. The sinking was ‘‘the worst American ship disaster in thirty-five years.” The author, journalist Rachel Slade, “using the words… [Read More]

The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club will gather at 11:00 a.m. on Thurs., 9/19, for a Potluck Luncheon and meeting in Reynard Hall of the Mattapoisett Congregational Church, l27 Church Street, Mattapoisett. Mem­bers bring their favorite dish; there is a brief meeting around 11:30 a.m. followed by the luncheon. For more information, visit our www. mattapoisettwomansclub.org. or… [Read More]

Annual Plant Sale Friends of the Mattapoisett Council on Aging, is excited to sponsor our Third Annual Plant Sale on Sat., 9/14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join us on the lawn of the Mattapoisett Library, 7 Barstow St., for great deals on perennials, house­plants and small trees! Don’t miss out on this year’s… [Read More]

The Acushnet Fire Department has reluctantly cancelled their annual 9/11 commemoration event due to the EEE threat. The department is coordinat­ing with local churches to ask them to ring their bells for one minute beginning at 8:46 a.m., the moment the first place struck the World Trade Center. At that time, firefighters will place a… [Read More]

Come to the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, 7 Barstow St.,  on Sun., 9/8, from 2–3 p.m. and hear former Mattapoisett resident Jack Matthews talk about his mystery thriller Arte Perdida. In the novel, Manny Pereira, a decorated and disabled Vietnam war veteran races to find a killer in an investigation that spans Nazi Ger­many, the… [Read More]

Tues., 9/10,  6–8 p.m., Free. Greasy Luck Brewpub, 791 Purchase St., New Bedford. Open to everyone. Free, except for beer and food!** If possible, come early & place an order. The Vault Room starts serving food/drink at 5:45. “How much CO2 does a forest absorb? Solving the mystery with lasers & drones.” We are pleased… [Read More]

Lighting the Way Walking Tours: Women Changing History, Sat., 9/7, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.; New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, NB. FREE. Visit http://historicwomensouthcoast.org or call the museum at 508-997-0046. Learn about the history of New Bedford through the lives of women who fought to make the world a better place on this free… [Read More]