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Locals Wanted: Share Your Knowledge As A Patch Contributor
Locals Wanted: Share Your Knowledge As A Patch Contributor - Across America, US - Want to share your local knowledge? A how-to guide for those interested in joining Patch's growing community contributor program. → Read More
Fairhaven voters pass article related to land purchase
FAIRHAVEN — Town Moderator Mark Sylvia couldn’t pass up the opportunity to connect with his fellow Star Wars fans. After all, it was May 4. → Read More
[UPDATE] Desroches unseats incumbent selectman Cioper in Acushnet; some parents upset election held while school in session
ACUSHNET — The month of March may be over, but Acushnet’s only contested race had the feeling of an NCAA tournament upset as David Desroches unseated incumbent Selectman Michael Cioper on Monday night. Desroches received 670 votes to Cioper’s 443 in the Monday, April 1, 2019 annual election, according to preliminary results from Town Clerk Pamela A. Labonte’s office. A total of 1,117 of… → Read More
Freitas wins another term as Fairhaven selectman
Here are the unofficial results of the April 1, 2019 Fairhaven town election, according to the town clerk's office. Total turnout was not immediately available. CONTESTED RACES: Board of Selectmen, 3 yearsDaniel Freitas - 738Lisa Plante - 390 BPW, 3 yearsFrank Coelho - 599Albert N. Martin - 450 Housing Authority, 5 yearsAnne D. Silveira - 782Nicholas Sylvia - 277 UNCONTESTED Town Clerk, 3… → Read More
Attendance at UMass Dartmouth STEM4Girls doubled from last year
DARTMOUTH — UMass Dartmouth’s campus center was filled with buzzing groups of yellow, but only some of that group formed under the → Read More
New Bedford rally held in protest of city, Alma del Mar deal
NEW BEDFORD — A sign on the exterior of the brick building on Shawmut Avenue reads “H.A. Kempton School 1901.” The “m” → Read More
Selectman seat is only competitive race in Acushnet election
ACUSHNET — There’s a race that’s about to begin in Acushnet, and it won’t take place on the road or a track. In the town’s April 1 elections, David Desroches is looking to unseat incumbent Michael Cioper for a seat on the Board of Selectmen.Desroches, a professional photographer by trade, said in a letter announcing his candidacy that he is looking to give back to the town that raised him by… → Read More
Perfect day for maple tapping
ACUSHNET — No one would have blamed them if they called it off.After all it had snowed for most of the night, and was still snowing at the 10:00 a. → Read More
McPherson resigns as Fairhaven's Planning and Economic Development Director
FAIRHAVEN — Gloria McPherson has resigned her post as the Planning and Economic Development Director less than one year after stepping into the role.Wayne Hayward, long-time member of the Planning Board and current chairman, will take on an interim role while Town Administrator Mark Rees begins the search for the next director.In an email to The Advocate last week, Rees said that McPherson… → Read More
UMD marks Black History Month with 'Black Migrations: Movement of a People'
DARTMOUTH — "My mother is great migration."One of the lines from poet Porsha Olayiwola kicked off the night right on topic.The University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth chapter of the Sigma Phi Rho fraternity and the university’s black student union hosted their annual Black History Month Show on Saturday night. Titled "Black Migrations: Movement of a People", the show, according to co-chair Tania… → Read More
John Saunders retains Bristol County Commissioner seat
DARTMOUTH – Incumbent Bristol County Commissioner John Saunders has won re-election in a landslide defeating Republican opponent David Rosa by a preliminary count of 71,480 to 38,001, over 65 percent of the vote.That was good news to wake up to Wednesday morning for the incumbent Democrat.Shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday at Gumbo restaurant in Dartmouth, Saunders heard from Attleboro officials that… → Read More