New Bedford Festival Theatre and Executive Producer Wendy Hall present “The Wiz,” April 27 – May 6, 2023 at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center at 684 Purchase St., NB. This will be the last professional production of The Wiz before the Broadway revival next Spring.  Tickets are available from $35 – $65.  Get tickets at… [Read More]

The Acushnet Lions Club is sponsoring a candidates night on Wed., 5/3, at the Council on Aging/Sr. Center, 59 1/2 So. Main St., at 630 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend.  ••• Click her to download the 4/27/23 issue: 04-27-23 WI5K_REV Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal

Join the Fairhaven Tree Depart­ment on Thurs., 4/27, at 3 p.m., at John Cooke Garrison Park, 52 Howland Road, to plant trees with volunteers and tree donors. Join them again on Fri., 4/28, at 10:30 a.m., at the Veterans Memorial on the corner of Huttleston Ave. and Middle Street. The planting will be done by… [Read More]

Join the New England for Offshore Wind Coalition’s communications director, Jennifer Delony, for an update on Vineyard Wind’s progress toward commercial operation and what the project means for the U.S. offshore wind industry’s momentum and for Massachusetts’ southcoast On Mon., 5/1, at 7:30 p.m., via Zoom only. Visit https://bit.ly/climatesc to register. To learn more about… [Read More]

The City of New Bedford Veterans’ Advisory Board will honor the 749 United States sailors and soldiers who lost their lives during the devastating April 28, 1944 attack on the United States military training operation, Exercise Tiger.  Exercise Tiger was a D-Day dry run that was ambushed by a German E-boat flotilla and resulted in… [Read More]

Sun., 4/23, 41 Causeway Road, West Island, Fairhaven. 5K race at 11 a.m., Kids Mile Fun Run, 10 a.m. Come out and run to benefit good causes on a US Track and Field certified course. Entry fees for the 5K range from $15 to $25. There is also a Kids Mile Fun Run at 10:00… [Read More]

Join the Fairhaven Lions Club to support our Scholarship fund at a Pancake Breakfast on Sun., 4/23, from 8 a.m. to noon, at St. Mary’s Church, 440 Main Street, Fairhaven. $10.00. Children 10 and under $5.00. Includes pancakes, sausage, fruit cup, coffee, and juice.  For tickets, see any Fairhaven Lions Club member or call Bill… [Read More]

Join Operation Clean Sweep for an Earth Day Cleanup on Sat., 4/22, in the north end of New Bedford, from 9 ≥m. to noon. Meet at the public parking lot behind Cotali Mar Restaurante, corner of Acushnet Avenue and Sawyer Street. Free T-shirts to all particpants. Gloves and tools provided. Preregistering at Operation CleanSweep.net helps… [Read More]

New Bedford Festival Theatre and Executive Producer Wendy Hall present “The Wiz,” April 27 – May 6, 2023 at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center at 684 Purchase St., NB. This will be the last professional production of The Wiz before the Broadway revival next Spring.  Tickets are available from $35 – $65.  Get tickets at… [Read More]

The Acushnet Public Library is pleased to announce they will be participating in the SAILS Ultimate Road Trip from Tuesday, April 18 through Saturday, April 29. Patrons who visit during the event period can check-in at the Circulation Desk for a copy of the Ultimate Road Trip map and receive a stamp.  The Acushnet Public… [Read More]