By Beth David, Editor The Mass. Department of Con­serva­tion and Recreation (DCR) has begun work on the tennis courts at Fort Phoenix. Back in June, Rep. William M. Straus (D-Mattapoisett), announced that the funds had been authorized for re-paving and striping the tennis courts.  After the paving is complete, DCR asks that the courts remain unused… [Read More]

Pump Track Demos Sat., 8/17, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Macom­ber & Pimental Park, Bernese Street, Fairhaven. Come support our track! BMX demos all day, ride the track, get rad, food, ice cream, raffles, win prizes, parts, shirts, hats, etc. Raffles include complete bikes and prize packages.  Car Cruise & Music Night The North Fairhaven Improvement Association… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Animal Control Officer and Animal Shelter volun­teers, went directly from the sad loss of a dog named Angel that had been abandoned and had cancer, to finding two dogs that were also sick and will require expensive treatment. The shelter posted on its website that Angel had died from her… [Read More]

The Norlantic building at 7 Union Street near Union Wharf, owned by Fairhaven Shipyard, was demolished this week to make way for a new building. According to documents from the Planning Department, the company received the okay, through a special permit, to knock down four buildings totalling 34,522 square feet, and construct three new buildings… [Read More]

Signalling the end of the summer reading program, the 35th annual Teddy Bear Parade traipsed through the center of Fairhaven with scores of Teddy lovers of all ages clutching their favorite stuffed animal from the Millicent Library to Our Lady’s Haven and back. At OLH, the elder set handed out goodies and got some young… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven held its third annual National Night Out event on Tuesday, 8/6/19, on the west lawn of Fairhaven High School. Although the event was shortened by one hour due to the increased EEE threat (see page 10), people still showed up and had lots of fun enjoying free entertainment, activi­ties for children,… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The origi­nal destina­tion was Block Island. But when Friday afternoon rolled around, my friend Tori and I had only decided that we wanted to leave from Newport because it’s a shorter ferry ride than Fall River. We still needed to research ferry times, places to visit, etc. So, we just decided to… [Read More]