The Huttleston Marketplace, sponsored by the Fairhaven Office of Tourism, is up and running. Every Saturday until September 14 (except 6/29), the west lawn of Fairhaven High School and the front lawn of the Fairhaven Visitors Center will be transformed into an outdoor bazaar featuring hand made arts and crafts, locally prepared foods, and live… [Read More]

A pickup truck lands on its side after rolling over from a two-vehicle accident on Route 240 at the intersection of Bridge Street in Fair­haven on Thursday, 6/6/19. According to Fairhaven police spokes­person Lt. Kevin Kobza, the 2001 black Toyota Tacoma (pictured) was operated by John Long, 37, of E. Falmouth, who admitted that he… [Read More]

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]