By Beth David, Editor The weather gods delivered a mixed bag to the plungers at Sunday’s annual Polar Plunge at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven. Rescheduled from January 1 because of dangerously cold temperatures and wind, the plunge was held Sunday, 1/28, with the temperature at 45 degrees, the water at 37, and steady rain. Several… [Read More]

  A snowstorm on Tuesday, 1/30, closed Fairhaven, Acushnet and Dartmouth Schools. New Bedford delayed opening for two hours. Fairhaven got 3.8” of snow, New Bedford got 7.5”, but Acushnet hit the jackpot with 8”. The temperatures were seasonably cold in the low 30s, with a few dips into the 20’s, but not enough to… [Read More]

Press Release Fairhaven Police responded to a re­ported armed robbery that occurred at the Friendly Farm convenience store, located at 121 Sconticut Neck Road. Just after 12:30 pm on Monday 1/29, a white male entered the store brandishing a large knife. The suspect demanded money from the clerk while brandishing the knife. He then fled… [Read More]

by Chris Richard, Director of Tourism February 2018 Greetings. My big news from the past month is that I have begun to promote the new Huttleston Marketplace, a weekly bazaar of arts, crafts, antiques & collectibles, and more, which will be held on the lawn of the Visitors Center on Saturdays starting in mid-June. And… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Fire Department recently took delivery of a brand new 2017 Horton Emergency Ambulance.The new ambulance will replace a 2002 Ambulance that has been retired and taken out of service. Fairhaven currently runs three Advanced Life Support Ambulances staffed with Paramedic & EMT/Firefighters. The new ambulance was purchased by the town at a cost… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Both Fairhaven and Acushnet will hold elections on Monday, 4/2/18 for town offices. Nomination papers are available until 2/8. Candidates then are required to gather the proper num­ber of signatures and return papers by end of business on Monday, 2/12. In Fairhaven, papers for town-wide seats require 50 certified signatures; papers… [Read More]

Send in your photos and stories Where were you during the infamous Great Blizzard of 1978, the storm to which all other storms since have been compared? We want your stories, photos, letters, and recollections. The blizzard hit on February 6, 1978, and businesses started sending people home early, but it was still too late…. [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor One year after the Women’s March on Washington gathered hundreds of thousands in Washington, DC, and millions more around the world to march for women’s rights, women’s rights activists and their supporters did it again. Millions gathered for marches in every state in the US. In New Bedford, an estimated 500… [Read More]