Laws Matter, or Do They Really  There are a few hundred folks who give their time and effort to be town meeting members. This takes about 6 hours once a year in person, some­times more, and hopefully some reading time to know what’s going on. We vote to pass a budget and some bylaws for… [Read More]

Students future should not be smaller than ours What message do we send when free public education isn’t free? When I visited Fairhaven High School to speak with one of their clubs, I was struck by how these students experience high school — one that many of us once enjoyed with the confidence that we were… [Read More]

Fairhaven Sleeps Voter registration statistics for Fairhaven as of 10/26/24, show: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/elections-and-voting.htm 13,436 registered voters. 2.879 are registered as Democrats.   1,256 registered Republicans,  55 Libertarians  9,127 unenrolled (AKA,  Inde­pendents) When I look at how many regis­tered voters we have in Fairhaven and see how many voted in this past election, I then have no other… [Read More]

Grossman Has It Wrong In rebuttal to Stephen Grossman’s letter (4/10/23), I say we are not a nation founded on the circumstance of fate. I believe we wer founded on the providence of God. In essence we are a nation that honors and reveres God and is blessed by Him. Starting with the Pilgrims seeking… [Read More]

What’s in a Name? My wife and I belong to our town-sponsored fitness center. Several years past, there was a friendly older gentleman named Ray who also attended. If he was there when we went, he’d always be smiling from ear to ear; and when he wasn’t exercising on one of the pieces of equipment,… [Read More]