Dorothea Machado of Fairhaven decided to celebrate her 99th birthday at the 99 Restaurant on 9/17/22.   ••• Click here to download the entire 9/29/22 issue: 09-29-22 BenoitSq Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal

By Beth David, Editor A couple of “Fairhaven guys” from Sconticut Neck are putting their knowledge of the marine industry to work. Tugboat Captain Evan Pereira and boat engineer Ryan Rose spent many an hour in the quiet of the night on the boat, discussing ways to make more money. “Let’s do something on the water,”… [Read More]

Know It All Dear Frankie, My mom has a friend who is, in my estima­tion, a “Know It All.” Every other sentence out of his mouth is, “You should have done this. You shouldn’t have done that.”  The other day he started on my mom about my weight. He said if she cared about me,… [Read More]

Fifty-five volunteers picked up 31 bags of trash and other large debris such as fish totes, wood, styrofoam, and lots of rope, from Palmers Island in New Bedford Harbor on Saturday, 9/24/22. The cleanup was just one in a series of litter cleanups sponsored by Operation Clean Sweep. Find them on Facebook or email newbedfordclean@gmail.com…. [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven held its annual Town Auction of surplus items on Saturday, 9/17/22 and received $9,883.00 for a wide variety of items, from office desk items to motor vehicles. Board of Public Works member Travis Rapoza played auctioneer and had a jolly old time making plenty of jokes about the older items. “Doesn’t… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Belonging Commit­tee talked about a variety of ways to engage with the community at its meeting on 9/16/22. The com­mit­tee also discussed a disturbing incident involving a Pride sign that was turned around at the Fairhaven Visitors Center. The meeting was the first for Human Resources Director Cameron Durant… [Read More]

Press Release The historical Fairhaven center is the scene of a walking tour presented by the town’s Office of Tourism on Saturday, September 24, at 1:00 p.m. The tour, guided by Christopher Richard, will begin in Leonard E. Pierce Memorial Park at the corner of Fort and South streets. The tour highlights interesting bits of… [Read More]

Same Old Same Old Dear Frankie, The variety of food my family eats every day is mind-boggling. They never eat the same thing two days in a row. One day it’s pancakes, cereal, or eggs for breakfast, sand­wiches, soup, a salad for lunch, stews, roasts, or takeout from various ethnic restaurants, for dinner.  They also… [Read More]