Press Release  Fairhaven middle-school and high-school music students set new department records at the Junior and Senior Southeastern Massachusetts Bandmasters Association (SEMSBA) this past weekend.  Of the 34 total students sent, Fairhaven Music had 21 students accepted into either the Senior or Junior SEMSBA Festivals – a new district record for the music department.  From… [Read More]

The Fairhaven High School Cheerleaders took first place and were named “Grand Champs” at their South Coast Conference competition, the Tri-County Vocational Invitational in Franklin this weekend, February 9-10, 2019. The team has been winning trophies every year and just seems to get better and better (well, according to the proud parents, anyway). ••• Support… [Read More]

Democrat Elizabeth Warren, the senior US Senator from Massachusetts, announced her bid to run for president of the US on Saturday, 2/9/19, in Lawrence, at the Everett Mill that was the site of the famous bread and roses strike, when thousands of women walked off the job demanding better wages and working conditions. Sen. Warren… [Read More]

The Fairhaven High School PTO held its annual Fairhaven High’s Got Talent show on Friday, 2/1. The annual fund-raiser gives high school students a chance to show off their talents, and raise money for the PTO in the process. The contest does not grade students on their performances. It’s just a fun time for all…. [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has upheld the convic­tion of Michelle Carter, the Plainville woman who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the suicide death of Conrad Roy III. The decision was released on 2/6/19. Mr. Roy was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his pickup truck in the Kmart… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Both elementary schools in Fair­haven, The LL Wood School and the East Fairhaven School, are committed to making each student feel welcome and part of the wider community. Last week both schools participated in the “Great Kindness Challenge.”  As part of that effort, members of the community were invited to join a… [Read More]

By Glenn C. Silva, Photographer The Patriots had done it again and with only a day to recover from Sunday’s Super Bowl LIII victory I was on the 4:30 a.m. bus into Boston to see “the guys” count the trophies, six of them now, and cover the celebratory parade Tuesday morning. After witnessing how deep and… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Animal Control Officer Terry Cripps, took to Facebook to urge residents not to remove animals they see unaccompanied.  A dog named Mia was taken by a passerby and was kept from her owners for more than a day, even though she was only a few doors away from her home… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor On February 1, Fairhaven Town Hall employee (and Neighb News Acushnet reporter) Pattie Pacella was recognized for her 10 years of service as Treasurer at The Centre (formerly Centre-Trinity Church) in New Bedford. The Unlikely Strummers serenaded Ms. Pacella with “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” in a surprise visit.  “I was… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard had two rather lengthy discussions at its meeting on Monday, 1/28/19, one with members of the newly revived Dog Park Study Committee; and another with some Board of Public Works members over reclassifying the sewer and water superin­tendent jobs, with both boards seemingly split on the solution. Geneva Woodruff and… [Read More]