By Beth David, Editor The rain may have stopped the Fairhaven Memorial Day parade, but it didn’t stop the organizers or the public from honoring veterans who are no longer with us. Organizers moved the ceremony to the Town Hall auditorium where the Fairhaven High School Band, the choir from the First Congregational Church, and keynote… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Village Militia and the Fairhaven Office of Tourism lucked out this weekend, holding their annual spring encampment between the rainy days On Saturday and Sunday, members camped out at Fort Phoenix in the way a Revolutionary War Encampment would. Activities included a chance for the public to practic tomahawk throwing, spend some times… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The case of Michelle Carter, the Plainville woman who has been charged with involuntary man­slaughter in the suicide death of Conrad Roy III, will go to trial on Monday, 6/5. The final pre-trial hearing was held on Tuesday, 5/30. A “Dwyer Hearing” was held on May 10 to determine which medical records… [Read More]

Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent Eighteen students, 25 scholar­ships, and more than $20,000 were awarded to graduating seniors at the Fairhaven Dollars for Scholars Ceremony at the Century House on  May 24. Fairhaven’s Dollars for Scholars is a non-profit organization that is part of Scholarship America. With more than 500 chapters across the country Dollars for… [Read More]

By Chris Richard, Director of Tourism June 2017 Greetings. If you are reading a printed copy of the Fairhaven Neighborhood News, then I have most likely started guid­ing the first public Henry H. Rogers walking tour of the season. The tours will be held each Tuesday and Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. They start outside the… [Read More]

USCG Press Release The Coast Guard, Provincetown Har­bor­master, and TowBoatUS Province­town responded Sunday, 5/28, to 44 people stranded on a breakwall near MacMillans Pier in Provincetown. The local fire department alerted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England to the situation at 1:47 p.m, and reported a good Samaritan observed a large group of… [Read More]

The fishway at the The Sawmill in Acushnet helps river herring swim up river to their spawning areas each spring. Each spring, thousands of fish, river herring, American eels and more migrate up river from Buzzards Bay to fresh water. The fishway was made by humans from rocks to create a nature-like design to help… [Read More]