Coming to Terms with Aging Dear Frankie,  I am a ten-year-old black lab. The other day, my mom and I looked at pictures of me from when I was a puppy until now. It never occurred to me how much I had changed. It seemed as we turned a page, my face and paws got… [Read More]

Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent This is a dream come true, said Chapman “Chappy” Dickerson, CEO of Bask, on Friday, 2/19, the first day of adult-use cannabis sales inside Fairhaven’s only marijuana dispensary. Bask team members, colleagues from One Southcoast Chamber of Commerce, and an eager crowd of 21-and-over gathered in front on 2 Pequod Road… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor In what has become a routine occur­rence, the Fair­haven Selectboard meeting de­volved into rudeness and abruptness as members talked over each other and the chair abruptly cut off discussion on at least two agenda items, even elec­tronically muting one member of the public who was trying to address a matter in which… [Read More]

Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent Within 24 hours of her interview for the Fairhaven town administrator position, Finance Director/Treasurer/ Collector and Interim Town Adminis­trator Wendy Graves had an attorney deliver a cease and desist order to Selectboard member Bob Espindola, which ultimately resulted in her interview for the TA position on February 23 being tabled for… [Read More]

Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent “From what I can recall, this is, across the board, …. the most challenging budget that I’ve seen in my time,” Fairhaven Finance Commit­tee Chairperson Padraic Elliott said of Fiscal Year 2022 after meeting with the Fire and Police Departments during the Finance Committee’s 2/18 meeting. It will cause town departments,… [Read More]

Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent The Fairhaven Board of Health on February 17 voted unanimously to offer the health agent position to David Flaherty, the current part-time health agent for the Town of Marion. “He came back well-recom­mended,” said BOH member Geoffrey Haworth.  Board member Michael Ristuccia commented that Mr. Flaherty is “the perfect man for… [Read More]

Despite wind chills in the single digits on January 30, a group of hardy souls calling themselves “River Rats” showed up to clean up Palmer’s Island in New Bedford Harbor. They collected more than 25 bags of trash and lots of large debris that was all removed. “So many dedicated and caring people were just… [Read More]

Rogers School provides a venue for Matt Cataldo to help his daughter, Maddie, prepare for the coming softball season on Tuesday, 2/16/21.        ••• Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal. Click here to download the entire 2/25/21 issue: 02-25-21 BaskRibbonCut Click here to download Mr. Espindola’s disclosure: 02-23-21 EspindolaDisclosure

Vacations have always been some­thing that students look forward to, but now? There isn’t really anywhere to go without quarantining for at least 10 days, and nobody wants to be stuck at home more than they already have to.  So, this week we gave students the opportunity to let out their frustration and explain how… [Read More]

Maintaining Sanity During COVID Dear Frankie,  I am really stressed over this Covid thing. At first, I thought every­one in the family was at home because it was school vacation. But after they didn’t go back to school or work for over a month, I knew something was up. When I asked them why they… [Read More]