The Paskamansett Bird Club’s October meeting will be Wed., 10/11, at 7 p.m. at the Community Hall of Friends Meeting, 739 Horseneck Road, in South Dartmouth. Free and accessible. Dan Berard will discuss how birds spend their winter vacations: where birds go in the winter, what habitats they prefer, the foods they find to eat,… [Read More]

12th Annual New Bedford Seaport Chowder Festival on Oct. 8, from noon to 5 p.m. in downtown new Bedford, featuring local Restaurants, Caterers and Assisted Living Facilities competing for your vote! Come sample delicious chowders, soups and stuffed quahogs and cast your vote for your favorite one!! Taste chowder, soup and quahogs from nearly 20 restaurants and… [Read More]

Our Lady Of Purgatory Church is seeking crafters and vendors for this year’s Annual Lebanese Holiday Bazaar on Sat., 11/11 from 10-6 and on Sun., 11/12 from 10-3 at St, Mary’s Church Hall in New Bedford. Please contact Sharon Tripp at 508-971-3804 for more information. Click here to download the entire 10/5/17 issue: 10-05-17 BoatsAtMarina… [Read More]

The Friends of the Millicent Library invite South Coast authors to participate in the second annual Millicent’s Book Fair, to be held at the library during Fairhaven’s Old Time Holiday Fair, Saturday, Dec. 9, from 10 to 2. Authors may sell and sign their books, and there will be slots for readings. Authors of books… [Read More]

Sponsored by Waring-Sullivan/ Fairlawn Mortuary, on Sat., 9/30, at 180 Washington St., Fairhaven, from 9 a.m. to noon. Bring your sensitive paperwork to be shredded for free. Click here to download the entire 9/21/17 issue: 09-21-17 Auction Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News at: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Y6V5ARRYH689G     

Hands Across the River Coalition will holt a public meeting on Wed., 9/27, from 6–7:45 p.m. at the Millicent Library, Walnut Street entrance,  Fairhaven. We’ll be covering the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site PCB dredging activities and Marsh Island cleanup. Click here to download the entire 9/21/17 issue: 09-21-17 Auction Support local journalism, donate to… [Read More]

The City of New Bedford Preliminary Election will be held on Tuesday, October 3, 2017, and the New Bedford Elections Commission has announced that absentee ballots for this election are now available through the Elections Office at New Bedford City Hall. Any registered voter unable to get to the polls on Election Day may vote… [Read More]

Area residents can participate in a paper shredding day in downtown New Bedford sponsored by New Bedford’s Department of Community Services, the Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District, and Shred It. On Sat., 9/16, from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the parking lot across from City Hall on the corner of William Street and… [Read More]