United Way of Greater New Bedford is hosting the Annual Hunger Heroes Project: Spring Edition. Families will be volunteering together to assemble 1,000 meal packs for local kids to have over School Vacation week. Packs will include grab and go items such as granola bars and fruit cups as well as low prep meal options… [Read More]

Town of Fairhaven will hold two Rabies clinics. $15, cash only. All animals must be leashed or in a carrier.  April 3: Capeway Veterinary Hospital, 171 Bridge St., Fairhaven, 8–10 a.m. April 10: New England Animal Hospital, 66 Huttleston Ave., Fairhaven, 10 a.m.–Noon. Sponsored by the Board of Health: 508-979-4023, Ext. 125 or BOH@Fairhaven-ma.gov •••… [Read More]

The Marion Art Center Theater announces open auditions for the upcoming production of select one acts from the humorous collection All in the Timing by playwright David Ives. Auditions will be held at the Marion Art Center on Sat., 4/2 from 10:00am-12:00pm and on Sun., 4/3 from 1:00-3:00pm, at  The MAC, 80 Pleasant St., Marion,… [Read More]

Beginning Monday, March 21, 2022, and continuing through Friday, April 1, 2022, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will implement a closure of the main parking lot at Fort Phoenix State Reservation at the corner of Green Street and Beacon Street in the Town of Fairhaven to accommodate resurfacing operations and curb installation work…. [Read More]

The West Island Improvement Association presents Candidates Night at the Community House, 41 Causeway Road, West Island, Fairhaven, on Thurs., 3/31, at 7 p.m. All are welcome.  ••• Click here to download the entire 3/24/22 issue: 03-24-22 Ducks2Island Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal

Symphony on Tap is Back! Who do you know that has never attended a classical music concert? We’re betting you know quite a few! (In 2017, The National Endowment for the Arts reported that only 8.6% of adults in the US attended a classical music performance.) Please spread the word about Symphony on Tap –… [Read More]

At Mattapoisett Museum, 5 Church St. Mattapoisett March 24, 7 pm – Join us virtually, for a book lecture by Skip Finley, author of Whaling Captains of Color: America’s First Meritocracy, co-sponsored with the Sippican Historical Society. Registration is required and can be completed at www.mattapoisettmuseum.org/ events or by emailing info@ sippicanhistoricalsociety.org FREE March 27, 1… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Government Access channel is hosting a “Meet the Candidates” night on Thursday, 3/24, at 6­ p.m., Town Hall Auditorium, 40 Center Street, Fairhaven. The event will also be live on Channel 18 and on at FairhavenTV.com Residents are asked to submit questions in advance to be asked anonymously to candidates. Each candidate for… [Read More]

Southcoast residents are invited to attend Hannah’s Bags of Kindness – a fundraiser hosted by Dartmouth High School junior and Miss New Bedford’s Outstanding Teen 2022, Hannah Lima. The event offers guests an evening of food, live entertainment, auction items, and more – all for a critical cause. Sat., 3/19, from 6:00pm to 11:00pm at… [Read More]

Free, walk-up COVID-19 clinics in New Bedford offer CDC-approved booster shots, in addition to first- and second-dose vaccines and, at most locations, pediatric vaccines and boosters for teens 12-17. Please bring your vaccination card when getting a booster. Visit vaxnb.com for updated schedules of local COVID-19 vaccination and testing locations. Upcoming vaccine locations in New… [Read More]