By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Select Board held a special meeting on Tuesday, 7/30/24 to approve the Town Administrator’s choices for Director of Inspectional Services, and police chief. The process to getting a police chief has run into hurdles in Fairhaven. Town Administrator Angie Lopes Ellison named then-Sgt. Daniel Dorgan as her choice at… [Read More]

Press Release This past Sunday, July 28th, The West Island Scholarship Committee held their annual Scholarship Ceremony and Breakfast. Since 1985, the West Island Improvement Asso­cia­tion (WIIA) has been awarding scholarships in support of young adults with furthering their educa­tion. Since 2014 alone, the association has awarded $30,000 to deserving students!  To be eligible for… [Read More]

Submitted While spending time with Nana Beth Simmons on Adams Street in Fairhaven, Royce and his little brother, Adriel, dis­covered an orphaned opossum needing help. They immediately notified Nana and she sprung into rescue mode.  She called the police and they got  in touch with a local problem animal control agent. The little critter will… [Read More]

Press Release After more than a year of negotia­tions, the City of New Bedford has reached a $3.5 million settlement agree­ment with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for land the agency acquired by eminent domain for the Downtown passenger rail station. The agreement comes four years after the MBTA executed the first of five… [Read More]

Should I feel neglected? Dear Frankie, Roger and I have been a couple for five years. We see one another three days a week at the dog park.  We live in the same neighbor­hood and could visit one another outside the park, but he says he needs his “Guy Time” and space.  When we are… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Benoit Square filled up with music, dancing and people just sitting enjoying the show at the North Fairhaven Improvement Association’s annual Music Night on 7/21/24. Eddie and the Exciters played the oldies, and a few classic and antique cars lined Adams Street in front of the old fire station that the… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor In light of Fairhaven’s upcoming public hearing to create a 40R overlay district (see legal notice on page 21), the Neighb News traveled to Ply­mouth, to take a look at Cordage Park, an approximately 55-acre district on the waterfront in North Plymouth at the site of a former rope factory, the… [Read More]

Press Release On July 11, Senator Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford) secured significant state investments for the Greater New Bedford region that will enhance the ongoing mixed-use redevelopment of the State Pier and connect it to a revived Star Store accompanied by the Zeiterion Theater’s grand reopen­ing. The Senate also endorsed Montigny’s effort to secure the… [Read More]