Fairhaven Dollars for Scholars Fairhaven Dollars for Scholars announces over 40 scholarships now available for 2025. Application period is February 1, 2025 thru April 1, 2025. Full list of scholarships and details on how to apply available at https://fairhaven.dollarsforscholars.org. NEW scholarships are being added constantly. Check your profile weekly to see what NEW scholarships you… [Read More]
Heat Assistance
It’s easy to apply for Mass. Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), a free resource offered in partnership with the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities that helps eligible households pay a portion of winter heating bills. In this area, PACE is the agency that administers the program. Visit https://paceinfo.org/programs/fuel-assistance/ to find out if you… [Read More]
Nomination Papers Available
Nomination papers for next year’s Annual Town Election are available at the Town Clerk’s office for interested parties. February 12, 2025 at 5PM is the deadline for requesting papers. The Annual Town Election is scheduled for April 7, 2025. All elected boards have seats up for election, including: one seat on the Select Board, with… [Read More]
Lane Closures
The Mass. Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will be performing overnight repairs on the bridge at Shawmut Avenue over I-195. Work will take place weekly, Sunday through Thursday night, starting on Sunday, January 12, from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. the following morning. The work is anticipated to be completed by Monday morning, June 30. Lane… [Read More]
Fish Regs Comment Period
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) is seeking public comment on Draft Addenda on the Recreational Measures Setting Process for Bluefish, Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass. The states of Maine through North Carolina have scheduled hearings to gather public input on the Draft Addenda between January 14 and January 29, 2025, and… [Read More]
From the editor 01-09-25
By Beth David, Editor Aiyiyi! How is it possible I’m so far behind when it’s only my first issue of the year? Guess I have a special talent. We have some meeting coverage for you. Fairhaven picked someone for the interim Town administrator job (see page 3). Now, it’s budget season. So, this should be… [Read More]
Polar Plunge draws hundreds on mild New Year’s Day
By Beth David, Editor A balmy 50 deg1rees greeted hundreds of plungers and spectators 1on 1/1/25 for the annual Polar Plunge at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven, honoring domestic violence victims. Sisters, Agatha and Jessica Sils of New Bedford got dressed up as reindeer for their plunge. It was the second time for them. “Why not?” said… [Read More]
Fairhaven SB chooses George Samia as interim TA
By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 12/23/24, the Fairhaven Select Board chose George G. Samia, a former Town Administrator and Town Accountant, to be the Interim Town Administrator until a permanent TA can be chosen. The board had expected to interview three candidates that night, but Leilani Dalpe, the Assistant TA in Weymouth, dropped… [Read More]
Carr discloses conflict of interest in School Dept. appeal
By Beth David, Editor Patrick Carr, an appointed member and chairperson of the Fairhaven Zoning Board of Appeals, failed in his bid to get the Select Board to allow him to chair a hearing involving the Fairhaven School Department, which is a customer of his container business, Seaspray Container Company, that he owns with his daughter…. [Read More]
Fairhaven ZBA revokes permit for school department building
By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 1/7/25, the Fairhaven Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-1 to revoke the building permit for the storage building being constructed at Fairhaven High School. ZBA chairperson, Patrick Carr, recused himself from the proceedings due to a conflict of interest caused by his ownership of Seaspray Container Company, which… [Read More]
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