Press Release The Fairhaven Cultural Council is pleased to announce the Fairhaven Local Cultural Council Grant award winners for 2019. In addition to demonstrating compliance with Massachusetts Cultural Council and local grant project guidelines, win­ning projects demonstrated the most benefit to our community and specifically for residents of Fair­haven, providing opportunities for all ages to… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor There’s nothing like settling into a comfy spot for a long period of reading a good book. And books do not get much better than Moby-Dick. So hundreds of people settled in to listen as close to 170 people took turns reading portions of the favorite American classic about the quest of… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The dedication of his volunteers is “unexplain­able,” and their growth is “immense,” wrote Fairhaven Animal Control Officer Terry Cripps in a letter to Fairhaven High School Principal Andrew Kulak back in November. He was writing about Erin Fletcher and Daniel Perry, who needed a way to get some real world experience.  “We… [Read More]

Press Release On Saturday January 19th, 15 young women will compete to become the next Miss New Bedford’s Outstanding Teen. The pageant will take place at 6:00 p.m. at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, located at 1121 Ashley Boulevard in New Bedford. A local preliminary competition to the Miss Massachusetts’ Outstanding Teen… [Read More]

Press Release The Fairhaven Health Department would like to notify all homeowners, as RCAP Solutions, Inc. is currently seeking local homeowners who are interested in learning more about the quality of their water and the condition of their well. Unlike public drinking water systems, private wells do not have experts regularly checking the water’s source… [Read More]

Press Release Southern Mass Credit Union (SMCU) CEO Carmen Sylvester is pleased to introduce the organiza­tion’s new senior management team: Michael Gago, Chief Lending Officer, came to Southern Mass Credit Union in June of 2018 from Centerville Bank with an extensive background in various aspects of consumer, residential, wholesale, and commercial lending; financial manage­ment; asset… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor More than 120 plungers registered to jump into the cold waters of the Atlantic at the annual Fort Phoenix Polar Plunge on January 1. This year’s plungers were greeted by much better weather than last year, which had to be postponed because temperatures were sub-zero. This year, the air was 55° and… [Read More]