Hodgson is right to keep Ash Street open It being an election year, it’s no surprise that a big issue I’ve seen in the media with regard to the Sheriff’s race is the Ash Street Jail and Regional Lock-Up in New Bedford.  The jail opened in 1888. It’s more than a century old. It used… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Here we go again. Another crazy barely-made-deadline week. Apologies to the Fairhaven Selectboard. You were supposed to be on page 3, but, alas, time got away from me. Catch up next week, okay? Acushnet Town Meeting was just waaaay too much fun. Had to give that some good detail. Honestly, if… [Read More]

Press Release from Paul Heroux, candidate for Bristol County Sheriff Candidate for Sheriff Paul Heroux is saying that Sheriff Tom Hodgson is trying to have it both ways and is being disingenuous. On WBSM, incumbent Hodgson says in one sentence that “We’re all in the same boat trying to find a formula that really makes… [Read More]

Hey, look what we did! We won two awards in the New England Newspaper and Press Association journalism compe­ti­tion. Jean Perry (you remem­ber Jean, right?) and I won for our story on the appointment of Wendy Graves as Interim Town Administrator. Yeah, I know, let’s just drop that, right? But, hey, the awards go back… [Read More]

May 14 is NALC Food Drive For the first time in three years, since Covid-19, the U.S. Postal Service, in conjunction with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), will restart the “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive campaign on the second Saturday in May. Since its inception in 1993, this biggest one day food drive… [Read More]

Bridge Street is Perfect for Recycle Center Not too many years ago, the Fairhaven public works department requested the Staffon property on Alden Road for a new recycle center. It was a pefect fit. The public works  department has to get the recycle center out of Arsene Street to make room for much needed and… [Read More]

Oh, all the fun stuff is coming back!  This week’s cover story is a fun one that hasn’t happened in two years. The West Island 5K and Kids Fun Run got everyone out there running around and hanging out and just enjoying the outdoors together (see page 12). It was a smaller field than usual,… [Read More]

Volunteers give much more than their time  Coastline, like many other service organizations, is approaching National Volunteer Appreciation Week from April 17-23 this year with a newfound understanding of what volunteers mean to the older and disabled adults we serve.  Well before the pandemic, we valued and appreciated the many volunteers who gave of their… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Winter is sure being stub­born this year, but it looks like we will finally get warmer weather just about the time this baby hits the streets. That’s good news, too, because all the seasonal events are back and they are outside. On Sunday, it’s the West Island 5K (see page 5);… [Read More]

Hodgson’s failed money diversion?  In the same inefficient manner that Sheriff Thomas Hodgson failed to keep our community safe and has never been financially prudent with taxpayer funds, he was seemingly trying to divert hundreds of thousands of dollars to his political agenda to impress the then President Trump. The Massachusetts State Auditor reported on… [Read More]