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In today's newsletter:

  • Why Fairhaven police say jail refusals are costing the town thousands.
  • How a Fairhaven nonprofit grew from two clients to 300 lives.

Also on today's calendar: 2nd Annual Japan-America Friendship Festival is Back in Newport! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Remaining cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A morning shower; some sun, temps: high: 70, low: 59.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and delightful, with a high of 73 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bristol County police chiefs' frustration grows over Ash Street Jail refusals (newbedfordlight.org) — Fairhaven's police chief says stricter intake rules at Bristol County's Ash Street Jail are forcing his officers to babysit detainees for hours, driving costs as high as $3,000 for a single weekend. With no proper holding cells in town, Fairhaven is scrambling for space in neighboring departments while chiefs countywide clash with the sheriff over who should shoulder the burden.
   

• M.O. L.I.F.E. Founder Charlie Murphy on 31 Years in Fairhaven (fun107.com) — A Fairhaven-based nonprofit, M.O. L.I.F.E., is marking 31 years of helping people with disabilities build independent lives, from job coaching to round-the-clock residential support. With its main office in town and growing programs across the region, the group now serves about 300 people and even runs a busy New Bedford food pantry open weekly to anyone in need.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Health & Beauty TA at Walmart in Fairhaven, Massachusetts in Fairhaven. Apply here.
  • Methuen Construction Company, Inc. posted a job opening for MA Licensed Pipefitter in Fairhaven. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fairhaven here.

🗞 Nearby News

New Bedford

  • Greater New Bedford Marine Corps League Recruitment Drive (wbsm.com)
  • DATMA's Fall Ball supports more public art in New Bedford community (southcoasttoday.com)
  • 84-Year-Old Massachusetts Boater Chester Wiggins Found Dead Off York, Maine, Days After Leaving Cape Neddick Harbor on His Blue Boston Whaler (centralrecorder.com)

Acushnet

  • Falmouth Country Club, Osprey, East Falmouth, MA Tee Times & Rates (golflink.com)
  • Central Maine woman gathered hundreds to stand in support during Lindsay Clancy trial (pressherald.com)

Falmouth

  • SUV Floating Off Falmouth Yacht Club Leads Cops To Break-In Probe, Florida Man: Police (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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