Christmas Caroling in the Mattapoisett Village is returning this year. Caroling will be held every Saturday until December 17th from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Hot cocoa and cookies will be provided to all attending. Sign-ups are not required. All carolers will meet at the Mattapoisett Museum, 5 Church St., and will walk around the… [Read More]

December 24: Candlelight Service 7:00 pm, Unitarian Memorial Church, 102 Green Street, Fairhaven. Handicap access from the lot off Center Street. A traditional Christmas Eve service honoring the spirit of the season. Candles are distributed and carefully lit while the choir leads the hymn, Silent Night, at the end of the service. The church lights… [Read More]

Polar Plunge/Fairhaven Sun., 1/1/23 TAKE THE PLUNGE! THE PLUNGE IS ON! Sunday, January 1, 2023 10 a.m. Ft Phoenix The annual Fort Phoenix Polar Plunge is right around the corner! What a great way to start off the New Year!  Come on down and take the plunge on Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 10:00 a.m…. [Read More]

Fairhaven Acushnet Youth Baseball is selling Christmas trees and wreaths at Pope Park, evenings during the week and during the day on weekends. Prices are $55 to $70 for trees. Visit their Facebook page for exact hours and updates.  ••• Click here to download the entire 12/8/22 issue: 12-08-22 BenoitLights Support local journalism, donate to… [Read More]

The Marion Art Center (the MAC) Theater announces open auditions for the 2023 production of The Importance of Being Earnest; A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. This Oscar Wilde classic features protagonists that maintain fictitious personas to escape their social obligations. Wilde’s hilarious farce satirizes the hypocrisy of social order and the carelessness with which… [Read More]

The Fairhaven COA/Senior Center, 229 Huttleston Ave. (near Stop & Shop), has a Toys for Tots bin inside the senior center. Toy collection ends December 15. Please donate new, unwrapped gifts. Toys for Tots is a program of the U.S. Marine Corps. For more informa­tion, visit www.toysfortots.org or find them on Facebook and Twitter. •••… [Read More]

Mayor Jon Mitchell encourages residents to participate in the 24th Annual Holidays United Toy Drive ahead of the holidays. In collaboration with the United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford Firefighters’ Union, and New Bedford Libraries, new, unwrapped toys and gift cards are accepted until Wednesday, Dec. 14.  Donations can be dropped off at… [Read More]

ALL Fairhaven town offices, including Town Hall will be will be closed on Thursday, 12/8, for staff develop­ment. Please be patient and understanding while staff receives training to better serve you.  ••• Click here top download the entire 12/1/22 issue: 12-01-22 Football Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal

Nomination papers for elected office in Fairhaven are available as of 12/1. Candidates seeking to be elected to office need to take out papers from the town clerk’s office and return them with the required number of signatures from registered voters.  Town-wide offices require 50 signatures; town meeting requires 10 signatures from the precinct in… [Read More]

The League of Women Voters SouthCoast will present a program on the environmental impacts of single use plastic on Wed., 12/7, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Buzzards Bay Coalition, 114 Front Street, New Bedford. Guest speaker, Mary Lou Nicholson, a climate leader with The Climate Reality Project, will discuss the effects of single-use… [Read More]