By Beth David, Editor State and local officials, including Fairhaven and Acushnet emergency personnel, trained for an oil spill at Hoppy’s Landing on Thursday, 10/12, deploying boom and working to contain a spill created with peat moss. Fairhaven Fire-EMS, Fairhaven Harbor­master, Fairhaven Emergency Management, Acushnet Fire, Mass. Deartment of Environmental Protec­tion (DEP), U.S. Coast Guard… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Students at Fairhaven High School had an addition to the curriculum last week: Distractology. The “course” features a driving simluator that shows drivers how dangerous distracted driving is, including texting, fiddling with the radio, opening a water bottle and drinking from it, and other activi­ties that take their eyes off the… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Gerry Rooney wears many hats, but most of them are connected to the story of Manjiro Nakahama, which con­nects the little town of Fairhaven, Mass., to Tosashimizu, a small village in Japan. From humble beginnings as the Sister City Committee, with one file cabinet that had to be returned to a… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor In a move that has turned out to be controversial on the waterfront, the Northeast Maritime Institute, located in Fairhaven, has moved its boats from Pope’s Island Marina in New Bedford to Union Wharf in Fairhaven, which is owned and operated by the town. Town Administrator Mark Rees informed the Selectboard… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The 16th annual Manjiro Festival squeaked in before the rain this year on Saturday, 10/7, a welcome change from 2015’s stormy weather, which pushed all the booths and activities inside. The festival is held on alternating years in Fairhaven and sister city Tosashimizu. The festival celebrates the friendship that formed when… [Read More]

The rain did not stop a hopeful crowd from enjoying the fun of the Fairhaven Fire Department’s annual open house on Sunday, 10/8, at the Fairhaven Fire Station. Young’uns ran around in the rain, climbed into fire trucks, and enjoyed free pizza and drinks inside while the adults waited for the rain to subside. Eventually,… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Animal Shelter’s fund-raiser, “Raise the Woof,” added nearly $7,000 to the animal shelter gift account, according to Animal Control Officer Terry Cripps. The money will be used to fix a leaky roof and to get some sorely needed electrical repairs to the building. The event on Saturday, 10/7, included… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent On Wednesday, 10/4, the Planning Board and consultant firm VHB welcomed Fairhaven residents to ask questions and help prioritize goals for the final draft of the Fairhaven Master Plan, which sets goals for Fairhaven for the next 20 years. The Planning Board hired VHB to help engineer a plan… [Read More]