Students at Elizabeth Hastings Middle School in Fairhaven have been working on a science project, and have decided to educate the public about the dangers of plastic straws to ocean animals. They have created a website (https://weliveloveourearth.weebly.com) and have placed posters around Fairhaven. For more information please visit their website. To learn more about the worldwide… [Read More]

Press Release For over 60 years, The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club has been striving to help young people in their educational pursuits. This year The Club is happy to award two scholar­ships to students from Old Rochester Regional High School. The students are Julia Cabral and Rosemary Loer.  Both students possess excellent academic achievements, have done… [Read More]

Boston held the 49th annual gay pride parade on Saturday, 6/8/19, and our traveling photographer was there to capture the scenes. Photos by Glenn C. Silva. To see more photos of this event, visit https://photos.app.goo.gl/5d7nB6i3pfZDqypW6. To see more of Glenn’s other photos, find him on Instagram: @asttephoto ••• Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal…. [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven High School class of 2019 officially left the world of high school on a sunny Sunday, afternoon, 6/2, stepping out to begin the next phase of their young lives.  The outdoor ceremony included musical arrangements by the FHS band, presentation of awards, class gift, and announcement of scholar­ships received by… [Read More]

Press Release It is with great pleasure the Livesey Club of Fairhaven announces their Scholarship awardees for 2019. Despite the trying year the club has gone through after the devastat­ing fire, we held true to our mission. four $500.00 scholarships this year. All of the young people demonstrated that they were excellent students involved in… [Read More]

This year’s Fairhaven High School Advanced Placement Calculus and AP Statistics classes both set school records for the number of students taking the AP exams. Thirty Calculus students and 31 Statistics students sat for the exam and their teachers are also expecting the scores to be the highest in school history. The group is almost… [Read More]

South Coast Pride gave the LGBTQ community in the region a chance to show some pride and have some fun at a free, family friendky community event on Saturday, 6/1, in Buttonwood Park in New Bedford, at the third annual South Coast Pride. The event featured live entertainment, vendors, resource tables, and lots of fun… [Read More]

During a training exercise on 5/30/19 at New Bedford Regional Airport, emergency officials, including police and fire departments from around the region, simulated the crash of an ERJ145 type plane. They used two SRTA buses as the plane’s fuselage, and 40 students from New Bedford Vocational’s Legal and Protective Services class simulated victims. It was… [Read More]