The Fairhaven Fire/EMS depart­ment, in cooperation with the Fair­haven Board of Health, will be offering a FREE Covid Test Clinic EVERY SATURDAY for Fairhaven residents and town employees until further notice. Next Dates: Sat., 1/23, 30, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Fairhaven Recrea­tion Center, 227 Huttleston Ave. WALK-IN ONLY, NO appoint­ments. Visit https://www.fairhaven-ma.gov/fire-department-ems-ema/news/free-covid-19-testing-fairhaven to get… [Read More]

Listen to Our 2020 MLK Concert, Let Freedom Roll, Produced with The First Baptist Church in America and Wilson Consulting, LLC: https://vimeo.com/399947978/bd821cde57 ••• Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal. Click here to download the entire 1/21/21 issue: 01-21-21 FAYB Fields

New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center’s Dock-u-mentaries series continues with the virtual event, Swimming Upstream: A Book Talk by Mike Foley.  This program will take place over ZOOM at 7:00pm on Friday, January 15th. The event is free and open to the public. To join the ZOOM Meeting, use the link, bit.ly/JanuaryBookTalk.  Swimming Upstream is the story… [Read More]

The Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation Presents The Fifth Annual Celebration for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day On-Line Mon., January 18 at 2pm  The Gloucester Meetinghouse Founda­tion Presents the Fifth Annual Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day called Listening to Genera­tions of Local Voices. The online event will premiere on Monday, January 18, 2021 at 2… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Fire/EMS depart­ment, in cooperation with the Fair­haven Board of Health, will be offering a FREE Covid Test Clinic EVERY SATURDAY for Fairhaven residents and town employees until further notice. Next Dates: Sat., 1/16, 23, 30, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Fairhaven Recrea­tion Center, 227 Huttleston Ave. WALK-IN ONLY, NO appointments. Visit https://www.fairhaven-ma.gov/fire-department-ems-ema/news/free-covid-19-testing-fairhaven to… [Read More]

Free daily testing for all Mass. residents is available at the Whale’s Tooth Parking Lot, 532 Acushnet Ave., New Bedford, every day (appoint­ment is required), 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; call 401-654-4679 with ques­tions; for other sites in NB, visit https://www.newbedford-ma.gov/health-department/covid-19-resources-2/ ••• Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal. Click here to download the entire 1/14/21… [Read More]

Fire Chief Tim Francis is retiring and his last ride home will be on Friday, 1/8. From 10 a.m. to noon, the fire apparatus floor will be open for visitors. MASKS REQUIRED. Due to COVID limitations, personnel in the station will be limited. Please keep your visit brief to allow others to visit. 12:45 p.m.:… [Read More]

Press Release The best known literary event centered on Herman Melville’s iconic American novel Moby-Dick is moving online in 2021. The New Bedford Whaling Museum’s annual Moby-Dick Marathon attracts thousands of people of all ages from around the world, who share a fascination with the sweeping story. The 25th anniversary of this remarkable read-a-thon falls… [Read More]

In an effort to keep community members informed, the U.S. Environ­mental Protection Agency (EPA) will be hosting a Virtual Public Informa­tional Meeting via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 at 6PM to 7:30PM. Instructions on how to join and the agenda are available soon at: www.epa.gov/superfund/newbedford under ‘Stay Updated’ and ‘What’s New’. In addition,… [Read More]

Family Activities along the Handy House Heritage Trail  (A friendly family of log deer will greet visitors to the trail this winter!)  Archaeology Scavenger Hunt  Archaeologists look for clues on the surface to help them find sites and artifacts that are buried under­ground, and to understand what people did in the past. Be an archaeologist… [Read More]