The South Coast Bikeway Alliance (SCBA) will hold its 2nd annual bike ride fundraiser on Sun., 8/18. Visit southcoastbikeway.com for route and details.  This ride will help raise funds for an engineering feasibility study enabling the communities of Dart­mouth, New Bedford, and Westport to move closer to completing their portions of a multi-use South Coast… [Read More]

Reading and Sipping: It’s Happening at the Mattapoisett Library. Want to know what it’s like to pull up a stool with the likes of Hemingway, Updike, or Capote? Delia Cabe, author of Storied Bars of New York: Where the Literary Luminaries Go to Drink, will be telling all at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, 7… [Read More]

New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center, in partnership with New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, is pleased to present the award winning documentary Atlantic (2016) as the Dock-U-Mentaries Film Series continues on Friday, 8/16 at 7:00 p.m at the National Park Theater, 33 William Street, New Bedford. An award-winning documentary about the two big resources in… [Read More]

The Livesey Club would like to invite the public to our open house at the club, 11 Hopkins St., Fairhaven, on Sat., 8/10, from 1 to 3 p.m. We want everyone to see our new building. The club survived a devastating fire that completely destroyed our building, but we have rebuilt, and are still following… [Read More]

The South Coast Bikeway Alliance (SCBA) will hold its 2nd annual bike ride fundraiser on Sun., 8/18. Visit southcoastbikeway.com for route and details.  This ride will help raise funds for an engineering feasibility study enabling the communities of Dart­mouth, New Bedford, and Westport to move closer to completing their portions of a multi-use South Coast… [Read More]

Join us for a Star Wars  SYMPOSIUM, Sat., 8/10, at 11:30 a.m., at the Millicent Library, 45 Center St., Fairhaven. Come dressed as a character for the costume contest, bring your show and tell items, learn about the history of Star Wars, join in a trivia contest, watch funny videos and more! AGES 5 and… [Read More]

Sat., 8/10, at 10:00 a.m., Riverside Cemetery, 274 Main St., Fairhaven Created in 1850 by Warren Delano II, the grandfather of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, this is one of the most beautiful rural-style cemeteries in Massachusetts. The tour visits the final resting places of some of the town’s most prominent people. You’ll also see lovely… [Read More]

Join in the celebration of the 105th Feast of the Blessed Sacrament this Thurs.–Sun., 8/1–4, at Madeira Field in New Bedford. New Bedford’s feast is the largest Portuguese Feast in the World! FREE ADMISSION! Fun for everyone with four Stages of Live Entertain­ment, Carnival, Parade, Road Race, Family & Kids Day, Museum Cafe and so… [Read More]

Fairhaven will hold its third annual 2019 National Night Out on Tuesday, August 6 from 5-8 p.m. on the West Lawn at Fairhaven High School. There is no rain date for this event. The event is designed to bring local law enforcement together with members of the community for a night of safety-themed fun. Includes… [Read More]

Breakfast Buffet, Sun., 8/4, West Island Commu­nity Center, 41 Causeway Rd., West Island, Fairhaven, 8–10:30 a.m. By the West Island Improvement Association. Includes scrambled eggs, pancakes, fruit, cereal, coffee and juice. $8 adults, $4 children under 12. Tickets at door. Accessible. ••• Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal. Click here to download the entire… [Read More]