Press Release Miss Elmire Arsenault, daughter of Kelli and Peter Arsenault, has earned the opportunity to attend the National American Miss National Pageant through her successfully scored event, Top Model, at the Southern New England State Final pageant held in July. The National Pageant is to be held in Anaheim, CA, at Disneyland during Thanksgiving… [Read More]

By Beth David*, Editor In New Bedford, back in the 1920s and 30s, she was Rose Peters, or “Rashida” to her parents. In Rhode Island, a decade or two later, she was Sr. Mary Assunta, Religious Sister of Mercy, until she was allowed to reclaim her name and become Sr. Rose Peters, RSM. To her 10… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Angry Seas greeted the boaters in the fifth annual Nopper Marine Poker Run on Saturday, 9/8, but that did not deter 24 boats from participating. The boats met at West Island Marina in the morning, then made five stops in Buzzards Bay starting at noon. At each stop, the boats picked up… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard held yet another discussion about mari­juana retail shops at its meeting on Monday, 9/10. Several members of the public tried once again to convince the Selectboard to put a question on the ballot asking voters to explicitly support or not support retail sales of recreational marijuana in Fairhaven. The… [Read More]

Text and Photos by Glenn C. Silva, Neighb News Correspondent About 200 people gathered on the lawn of the Acushnet Fire Station for the seventh annual night of remem­brance on Tuesday, 9/11, at the site of the Acushnet 9-11 memorial. The memorial includes a piece of metal from the Twin Towers terrorism site. The 6 p.m…. [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Lifetime has made a movie, “Conrad and Michelle: If Words Could Kill,” based on the suicide death of Conrad Roy III, whose body was found in the Kmart parking lot in Fairhaven in July, 2014. Michelle Carter was found guilty of involun­tary manslaughter in his death for her series of texts and… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor According to organizers and volunteers staffing the booths, the 88th Feast of Our Lady of Angels was probably the best yet. Often called the “Biggest-Little Feast” as a contrast to its much larger counterpart in New Bedford, the feast is held on Labor Day weekend every year at the OLOA Catholic Association… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor He was a natural comedian, a good writer, a creative mind, a kind-hearted soul, who simply did not understand how his absence would empty out the souls of those who loved him. “Everyone loved Nick, except Nick,” said Mike Coutinho about his son Nicholas, 33, who took his own life just a… [Read More]