Babysitting Dear Frankie, Summer vacation is com­ing up, and every­one at school is ex­cited except me.  My mom was laid off during COVID and just got her job back. So that means canine day camp is out for me because I have to puppy sit my little brother Lionel.  I reminded my mom that I… [Read More]

Press Release Overcast skies and the occasional shower did not deter the 225 swimmers who participated in this year’s Buzzards Bay Swim, held in New Bedford’s Outer Harbor on Saturday, June 24th. Athletes completed the scenic 1.2-mile point-to-point open water course, beginning in New Bedford’s South End, swimming past the iconic Butler Flats Lighthouse and… [Read More]

Press Release iStroll Southcoast’s stroller based parents’ bootcamp class offers a full body workout and a place to meet other local parents all at once. Owners and certified Group Fitness Instructors, Erin Cate and Sarah Freshman, are bringing a new type of workout to Southeastern, Mass.  Based in Dartmouth, and operating between Westport and Fairhaven,… [Read More]

Organizers said that more than 1100 registered for the 49th annual 5K Father’s Day Road Race on 6/18/23. According to Racewire, 1043 com­pleted the course. Fairhaven’s Will Benoit, 20, was first over the finish line in 15:03; Adam Sylvia, 22, of Rochester was second in 16:08; and Wyatte Lee, 18, of Raynham was third in… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The North Fairhaven Improvement Association invited Select Board Chairperson Leon Correy to its meeting on Thursday, 6/15/23 to discuss the MassDOT proposals for Benoit Square that the SB discussed at its 5/15 meeting. In September of 2022, Officials from MassDOT (Mass. Department of Transportation) and SRPEDD (Southeast Regional Plan­ning and Economic… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Housing Authority honored long time member Anne Silveira “For a lifetime of caring for others,” with the dedication the “Anne D. Silveira Administration Center,” on Thursday, 6/15, at the main office at Oxford Terrace. FHA Chairperson Carol Alfonso said the day marked a “special dedication to a woman who… [Read More]

The Green Team after-school program at the Leroy L. Wood School in Fairhaven had 21 students from Kindergarten to grade five who created a sensory garden for the com­mu­nity to enjoy.  The aroma-filled garden in­cludes lemon balm, bee balm, mint, chocolate mint, catmint, dill, lavender, oregano, lambs ear, succu­lent, seagrass.  The plants chosen will “encourage… [Read More]

A Couple, Really? Dear Frankie, My friend Angie asked me the other day when Buster and I planned on moving in together and starting a family.  I was shocked she thought Buster and I were a couple. I told her Buster and I had been friends since we were puppies and often went to events… [Read More]