By Beth David, Editor The 82-foot luxury motor yacht, Miss Dunia, was completely destroyed by fire on Monday, 8/30/21, as it floated in its dock space at Fleet Marina on Pope’s Island in New Bedford Harbor. There were no injuries. New Bedford and Fairhaven Fire Departments responded at 5:18 p.m. By the end of it, assets… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven Fire Department Lt. Robert “Tall Bob” Lincoln officially retired this week, and took his “last ride home” on Friday, 8/27/21.  According to the Fairhaven Fire Department, Lt. Lincoln had more than 45 years of service in Fairhaven. He started as a volunteer firefighter in 1976, was hired as a call firefighter… [Read More]

Submitted The Livesey Club of Fairhaven partnered with Alltrust Credit Union to refurbish the flagpole at Livesey Park. Helping with the work were members Richard Souza, Steve Perry, Dave Darmofal, Leo Tremblay, David Tremblay and his friend Joe Souza.  We also want to thank the Fire Department, Chief Correia and the two firefighters who assisted… [Read More]

Greetings from the Tree Department  Sunday the 22nd of last month we were hit by Henri, a former hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm just before making land to the west of us. Many communities in our area fared much worse than us, particularly New Bedford which had many trees come down.  During tropical storm… [Read More]

Doing The Right Thing  Dear Frankie,  My friend and neighbor Rascal and I share a ride to the dog park. He has been spending most of his time recently with Maisie, a new­comer to the park. The other day Rascal didn’t catch a ride because he went to a birthday party for his long-term girlfriend,… [Read More]

Tropical Storm packs lesser punch than feared By Beth David, Editor Tropical Storm Henri was a hurricane for a short while, but fizzled out by the time it reached Fairhaven, hitting us as a weak Tropical Storm. It made landfall at Block Island and Westerly, RI on Sunday, 8/22. The West Island Weather Station (westislandweather. com)… [Read More]