By Beth David, Editor He was a natural comedian, a good writer, a creative mind, a kind-hearted soul, who simply did not understand how his absence would empty out the souls of those who loved him. “Everyone loved Nick, except Nick,” said Mike Coutinho about his son Nicholas, 33, who took his own life just a… [Read More]
Acushnet Car Cruise fills center with cool cars, old tunes
The town of Acushnet held its ninth annual Cruise Night on Thursday, 8/30/18, from 5–9 p.m. in the center of town, featuring the Klassics singing oldies, lots of cool old cars, food vendors and socializing on a relatively cool night. ••• Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News at: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Y6V5ARRYH689G Click here to download the… [Read More]
Acushnet Road Race has 156 finishers
156 runners finished the 38th annual 4.1 mile Acushnet Road Race on Labor Day, 9/3/18. Aaron Dinzeo, 26, of Providence, RI finished first in 21:02. Second over the line was Jason Eddy, 38, of E. Bridgewater in 22:37. Fairhaven’s Will Benoit, 15, took third in 24:40, followed by fellow 15-year-old from Acushnet Ben Davignon in fourth… [Read More]
Three vie for title of 39th Miss Apple Peach
Press Release Reigning Miss Apple Peach Hailey Brightman is still in shock her name was called almost a year ago, but now it’s time to crown a new Miss Apple Peach Festival Queen. Three young Acushnet women will compete for the 39th title on Friday, September 7 at 7 p.m. at the Ford Middle School. Tickets… [Read More]
Baker to face Gonzalez; Warren to face Diehl in November
By Beth David, Editor With 16.6% of the voters in Acushnet, and about 18% of the voters in Fairhaven showing up to the polls, the two towns mostly aligned with the rest of the state in the primary election on Tuesday, 9/4. In an upset close to home, 30-year state Representative Robert Koczera lost his seat… [Read More]
Acushnet COA receives grant for Memory Cafe
Press Release The Acushnet Council on Aging is pleased to announce that the Southcoast Health has awarded a grant of $1,500 to the Acushnet COA for support of Memory Café through its Community Benefits Impact Opportunity program. The Acushnet Memory Café offers individuals with some type of memory loss the opportunity to meet face-to-face with… [Read More]
Mattapoisett wins Best Over All award at Fairhaven Fire Muster
By Beth David, Editor According to organizers, the ninth annual Fire Muster hosted by the Fairhaven Fire Department had the best turnout ever. Teams competed for trophies in a variety of events unique to firefighting, such as dry hose and wet hose events, sprinkler turn-off event, and a bucket brigade. Three district teams from Dartmouth competed,… [Read More]
Recycle checkers get message at residence of former official
By Beth David, Editor By now, most residents in Fairhaven know that the recycle carts are being checked by several people who are being paid with a state grant to the Health Department. The purpose of the “Recycle IQ” program is to eliminate contamination in the carts. That means, to make sure the carts only have… [Read More]
Del Genard: 100 years…and counting
By Beth David, Editor Everyone, it seems, knows Delima “Del” Genard, the newly minted centenarian at Presidential Terrace. The perennially good-natured, smiling neighbor-to-all celebrated her 100th birthday with a luau party and about 30 of her neighbors at the Nate Gomes Community Center on Saturday, 8/25. But that was after the big family bash where about… [Read More]
Seaview Boat Ramp beach seeded with quahogs
The Fairhaven Department of Natural Resources, working with the Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries, seeded the waters off the Seaview Boat Ramp with quahogs taken from the Taunton River. The relay program takes quahogs from polluted waters and plants them in clean water where they will clean themselves out in a year or two, then… [Read More]
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