By Beth David, Editor Veterans Day is Tuesday. We have three parades you can choose from. Acushnet, Fairhaven, and New Bedford are all having parades. Acushnet’s will be on Saturday, not Tuesday. See page 3 for details. Try to get to one of them and line the route to show our veterans that we appreciate… [Read More]

No Kings, Now What?  The “No Kings” protests have surged across the country, with tens of thousands flooding city and town streets, their voices reverberating off marble facades, glass towers, and small-town intersections. On that crisp autumn day, Americans stood united, rejecting the slow erosion of democracy and the rise of unchecked power. It was… [Read More]

Why I Volunteer Several years ago, I was asked by Major BethEllen Parkhurst of the Salvation Army in New Bedford, MA why I volunteered my time there. After some serious thought, this was my answer:    When I think of all the teams, civic groups, business associations, and committees I have been on during my… [Read More]

Kevin Grant Supports Lucas I am writing to endorse applicant Jeff Lucas to serve as the interim Planning Board member.  Jeff is well-trusted, well-respected and well liked. He has years upon years of experience in planning, which has been sorely lacking on the Board. The public would — and should — view Jeff as a return to… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor No, no, say it ain’t so! We turn back the clocks this weekend. Sunday starts the dark days…when it gets really dark by, like…5. Ugh. The annual Haunted Town Hall is tonight, 10/30. See the ad on the back cover for details. It’s always a fun event, for all age groups…. [Read More]

Culture War in US Farmers, carpenters and doctors must focus their minds, through their senses, onto concrete reality to grow wheat, build a house or cure disease. In this light of wisdom, consider the bizarre letters in the 10/2/25 issue of the FNN. Nounou fears and hates man’s independent mind. Pond has a pseudo-rational, mystical… [Read More]

Carr Should Resign The Hiller Avenue Subdivision carnage continues and some things are becoming clear. This is about much more than minor mistakes or missteps. Outwardly, this is about severe process violations of Planning Board Chapter 316 Procedures, Chapter 322 Subdivision and MGL Chapter 81s.  At the Planning Board hearing on 10/14/25 (see FNN 10/23/25*… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor SPOOOOKY! Our favorite time of year is here. We have 14 stops on our trail this year. We have a couple of new ones. A couple dropped out. Ole Oxford Haunt is done. Alas…all evil things must come to an end. They had a good run over there on Oxford Street. … [Read More]

Banned Books Week October 5 – 11, 2025 was Banned Books Week. It is incredible that we need a week like this in the supposed “Land of the Free.” Yet every year we see more coordinated and intensive efforts to ban books in our public spaces: libraries, schools, book­stores. This flies in the face of… [Read More]