For the month of May, Our spring StoryWalk features the childrens’s book “Archaeologists Dig for Clues” by Kate Duke. At the Handy House Heritage Trail, 202 Hix Bridge Road; enter at parking lot off Hix Bridge Rd. This StoryWalk will introduce young audiences to the excitement and magic of an archaeological dig. Visit https://wpthistory.org/ •••… [Read More]
Paper Shred Day
Free Paper Shredding Day, Sat. 5/1, 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Dartmouth Highway Department, 976 Russells Mill Road. It will be a contactless event to keep both participants and staff safe. All are welcome; there is no residency requirement. For safety purposes, participants are not able to watch the destruction of their paper. Individuals… [Read More]
Diapers+ Drive
On Saturday, May 1, 2021 from 10:00am-12:00pm, at 1015 Reed Road, Dartmouth, My Brother’s Keeper will be hosting a Pop Your Trunk Spring Collection Drive for diapers, cleaning supplies and hygiene products. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, My Brother’s Keeper has significantly expanded its Food Assistance Program, delivering an average of 350 food deliveries… [Read More]
Volunteer on a Committee
One of the best ways you can make an immediate impact on your local government, and Town in general, is to volunteer for one of the many boards and committees that are appointed by the Selectboard each year. These Boards and Committees carry out many vital functions for the Town, such as the Zoning Board… [Read More]
Shrub Program
The Fairhaven Improvement Association Beautification Project is Back. Fairhaven Residents Only Each year the FIA offers the Voucher Program to help Fairhaven residents enhance the beauty of their property. To take advantage of this program send a check for $20.00 to Fairhaven Improvement Association, P.O. Box 404, Fairhaven, MA 02719 with a self-addressed stamped envelope. You… [Read More]
Seeds for Seniors
We are pleased to announce Seeds for Seniors. The Fairhaven Sustainability Committee is donating small peat pellet greenhouses and seeds to interested seniors in Fairhaven. We hope that everyone will enjoy planting and growing something to eat and enjoy for the year. Our goal is to encourage gardening, and grow your own produce. Each greenhouse… [Read More]
From the Editor 4/29/21
By Beth David, Editor Well, they called his bluff. A very determined, hard-working, smart group of people have most likely gathered the signatures necessary to force a recall of Fairhaven Selectboard chairperson Daniel Freitas (see page 22). Mr. Freitas wrote on Facebook that it was just a small group of people, and said he would… [Read More]
Fairhaven steps forward, & there are more steps to take
Fairhaven: you’ve been heard. Your decency, your civility and your respect for true leadership spoke loud and clear in successfully recalling a Selectboard member in Dan Freitas who had denigrated the office he held. Whether he resigns as he promised or not, you will soon be thankfully rid of his standing in the way of… [Read More]
Freitas not suited for Selectboard
How much simpler these contentious events might be if [Selectboard chair Daniel] Freitas, seeing that he is not suited nor able to function as an effective select person, would simply volunteer to step down from his current office. There is precedence amongst our political leaders. Granted circumstances where a bit different, but take Richard Nixon… [Read More]
All children should have free meals
My name is Lexy Souza, and I’m a social work student at Bridgewater State University. The following is an issue I want to raise more awareness about in our community. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) in Massachusetts are currently working to pass a bill called Universal Free School Meals. This bill proposes that… [Read More]
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