NOAA Fisheries announces interim 2020 recreational management measures for the Atlantic bluefish fishery. These temporary measures are needed to prevent overfishing on the bluefish stock, which was declared overfished in late 2019. The following interim regulations apply to all recreational vessels fishing for bluefish in federal waters from Maine through Florida effective February 28, 2020:… [Read More]

Fairhaven’s government access TV will hold a candidates night on Wed., 3/11, at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall auditorium, 40 Center St., Fairhaven. Candidates have been invited to attend and will be asked questions by a panel including members of the media. The event will be moderated by Town Moderator Mark Sylvia. Members of… [Read More]

Join us for our next New Bedford Science Café, Tues., 3/10, 6:00 – 8:00pm,  Greasy Luck Brewpub, 791 Purchase St., New Bedford. Open to everyone! FREE, except for beer and food!   “Tale of One Village and Two Peoples: Archaeological revelations about the Wampanoag village of Patuxet & its later settlement as Plymouth Colony, with… [Read More]

The Mass. Department of Trans­por­ta­tion (MassDOT) announces new online resources on the project website for the Statewide Exit Renumbering Project, including an informational video on the project and an online meeting. Visit NewMassExits.com to access these new online tools, learn about the project, and ask the project team questions. Additional public information meetings have been… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Health Department, and the New Bedford Fresh Start program are co-sponsoring a hoard­ing remediation program known as Buried in Treasures. This program is roughly twenty weeks and is designed for individuals who struggle with hoarding disorder and/or individuals who are interested in learning how to support someone they know who struggles with hoarding… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Health Department, and the New Bedford Fresh Start program are co-sponsoring a hoard­ing remediation program known as Buried in Treasures. This program is roughly twenty weeks and is designed for individuals who struggle with hoarding disorder and/or individuals who are interested in learning how to support someone they know who struggles with hoarding… [Read More]

United Way of Greater New Bedford will be hosting two information sessions on March 4, for all-volunteer groups interested in applying for a Community Building Mini-Grant. United Way’s Mini-Grants program empowers all-volunteer groups with budgets of $40,000 or less to apply for funding to implement small-scale, impactful projects in the Greater New Bedford area. Potential… [Read More]

Underwater Underwriting: Flood Insurance in the Age of Climate Change, Fri., 2/28, 7:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., UMass Club, 32nd Floor, 1 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02108. Registration to 8 a.m., program starts at 8. By Environmental Business Council of New England. Cost: $35 EBC members; $45 non members; $15 government/nonprofit. Online registration will close on Thursday,… [Read More]

Woods Hole Sea Grant invites the general public to “Science at Our Shores,” its inaugural research symposi­um on March 6, showcasing both recently completed and newly funded Sea Grant projects addressing pressing environmental and coastal issues facing the region. Researchers involved in 14 separate projects, from shoreline resilience, nitrogen loading and sustainable fisheries to the… [Read More]

Alternative Cable and Internet Provider to Comcast. The Broadband Study Committee will be hosting a Kickoff Meeting with EntryPoint, LLC on Tues., 2/25, at 7pm at Town Hall, 40 Center St., Fairhaven, East Room (2nd Floor). EntryPoint, LLC was awarded the contract for the Broad­band Feasibility Study to be con­ducted in town. Anyone interested in… [Read More]