By Beth David, Editor Four Japanese students from Fairhaven’s sister city, Tosashimizu, vistied Fairhaven last week, staying with host families and engaging in a variety of activities, including English lessons, cooking lessons, and visits to downtown New Bedford. The group, organized by the Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society, included three girls, one boy, and one male teacher. Most… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor This year’s annual Teddy Bear Parade in Fairhaven had a special visit from President Teddy Roosevelt, who is, in case you did not know, the reason we have “Teddy” bears at all. It was a hunting trip in 1902 in Mississippi that started it all. President Theodore Roosevelt was not able… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Michelle Carter, the Plainville woman who has been charged with manslaughter in the 2014 suicide death of Conrad Roy III, was in court for a pretrial hearing on Friday, 7/29, for the first time since her appeal to the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court was rejected. The SJC ruled that there was… [Read More]

Press Release The Mass. Property Insurance Underwriting Association (FAIR Plan) has agreed to pay $350,000 to resolve allegations that it impermissibly cancelled homeowners insurance policies between January 2010 and February 2014, Attorney General Maura Healey announced on 7/26. Under the assurance of discon­tinuance, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, the FAIR Plan will pay $350,000 to… [Read More]

The clients of Fairhaven Social Day and the children from the Kool Kids Summer Program got together to enjoy an afternoon of food and fun, thanks to a Community Building United Way Mini Grant. They enjoyed a cookout, face painting, arts & crafts, a magician, a petting zoo, cotton candy and someone making balloon animals…. [Read More]

Press Release Despite advances in vehicle technology, including maintenance reminders and other dashboard alerts designed to mitigate roadside trouble, AAA rescued a record-breaking 32 million drivers in 2015, with more battery, flat tire and key problems than ever before. Vehicles fewer than five years old in particular experienced a higher proportion of tire and key-related… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor About 100 people tried to jam their way into the Banquet Room at Town Hall on Tuesday, 7/26, for a re-do of a “Neighborhood Forum” pertaining to the proposed removal of 18 trees on Green Street as part of a road reconstruction project. Residents filled the doorway and the hall to… [Read More]