Submitted By Wayne Oliveira So, they say if you want something done right do it yourself. We complained to Mass. Highway about the conditions of the traffic islands on Rt.6 in Fairhaven. They were filled with weeds growing through the asphalt and in some places the weeds were as high as the traffic signals. So, a… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven’s Huttleston Marketplace ended its second season last Satur­day, 9/14, and the Fairhaven Office of Tourism will cap off the season with seventh annual Harvest Fun Day (see back cover for ad) this Saturday, 9/21. Huttleston MP is an outdoor bazaar featuring vendors selling select hand made arts and crafts, quality antiques… [Read More]

Only two weeks left in Fairhaven TV’s summer photo contest. Deadline is every Friday at 9 a.m. for the week’s winning entry. How to Enter: Follow our Facebook page and/or Instagram @fairhaven_tv (we check!); Post and hashtag your photo #FairhavenTV (we won’t see it otherwise!) Here is photo contest schedule. • Week six: Favorite summer activity,… [Read More]

Carousel Family Fun Center in Fairhaven is closing its doors for good after a “final skate” on November 11. The business has operated in Fairhaven for 27 years, and has a second location in Whitman. Owner Charlene Conway said it was just getting to be too much for her and her husband to run two… [Read More]

Press Release Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School is proud to announce a new partnership with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on two statewide public awareness campaigns: Teach Mass and Deeper Learning. Teach Mass (www.doe.mass.edu/Teach) is designed to recruit more young professionals into our public schools as teachers, with a… [Read More]

Press Release Coast Guard crews helped find a missing person Saturday, 9/14/19, near House Island off Gloucester. A good Samaritan reported seeing an overturned orange kayak near Salem Channel to Sector Boston watchstanders at 2:24 p.m. Shortly after, the wife of the missing kayaker called Sector Boston watchstanders reporting her husband overdue. Two rescue boat… [Read More]

Acushnet held its 40th annual Apple-Peach Festival this weekend at the Long Plain Museum on Main Street. The rain mostly held off for the event, but they did get a sprinkle on Saturday. Vendors said Saturday’s crowd was kind of light, but Sunday was pretty crowded. The event features lots of interesting vendors, food booths,… [Read More]