By Mary Chasse, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday, 5/9/22, the Fairhaven Board of Public Works hired summer help for West Island Town Beach, promoted an employee from the Highway Department, and discussed bat boxes to be built on the Fort Phoenix bike trail by a local Eagle Scout. The board first took… [Read More]
Fairhaven TV wins national award
Press Release Fairhaven TV received a 2022 Hometown Media Award from the Alliance for Community Media Foundation. The awards program was established to honor and promote community media, community radio, and local cable programs that are distributed on Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access cable television channels. Proceeds go to the ACM Foundation which is… [Read More]
Grow Local!
By Christin Ritz for the Fairhaven Sustainability Committee Spring officially began back in March, but these past few weeks it finally feels like it! The birds are nesting, the bunnies are out in full force, and the grass is back to its needy self — requiring a mow on the regular. The weather hovers around that perfect… [Read More]
Hinckley pulls off big upset in Acushnet
By Beth David, Editor Newcomer to politics, Robert Hinckley, pulled off a big upset in Acushnet when he beat incumbent David Desroches, 391-338* for Selectboard in the 5/14/22 election. Mr. Hinckley’s only other attempt at office was two years ago when he ran as a write-in candidate starting just a few days before the election. This… [Read More]
Dear Frankie
Patron the Sniffer Dog Dear Frankie, I read your column last week and saw how upset you and your readers were about the dogs in Ukraine. I thought you would be interested in knowing about Patron, a brave little Jack Russell who serves in the Ukrainian Military. Before I tell you about him, I don’t… [Read More]
Letter_Thank You from Pantry
Thank you from the food pantry This letter of thanks goes out to all of the generous Fairhaven residents, who contributed non-perishable food to the 30th annual U.S. Postal food drive called “Stamp Out Hunger.” On Saturday May 14th, the hard working letter carriers did double duty by delivering the mail and picking up all… [Read More]
Letters_Hodgson Right to Keep Ash Street
Hodgson is right to keep Ash Street open It being an election year, it’s no surprise that a big issue I’ve seen in the media with regard to the Sheriff’s race is the Ash Street Jail and Regional Lock-Up in New Bedford. The jail opened in 1888. It’s more than a century old. It used… [Read More]
Legal Notice: Acushnet ZBA
Acushnet Zoning Board of Appeals The Zoning Board of Appeals is hereby giving notice that a meeting will be held by the Board on Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 at 6:30 P.M. in the Town Hall Meeting Room located at 122 Main Street. 1. Case #2021.12.07A A continuation of the case of John M. LeBlanc, of 13… [Read More]
Legal Notice: Acushnet Planning Bd
Acushnet Planning Board Notice of Public Hearing Hybrid meeting. Join via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82746080834?pwd=ZDNrSTZIZTBEVXd2V3ZabEhFc3Z3UT09 Meeting ID: 827 4608 0834 Passcode: 315054 Notice is hereby given that the Acushnet Planning Board will conduct a hybrid public hearing on May 26, 2022 at 6:30pm via Zoom and in the Board of Selectmen’s meeting room at Town Hall,… [Read More]
From the editor 5-12-22
By Beth David, Editor Here we go again. Another crazy barely-made-deadline week. Apologies to the Fairhaven Selectboard. You were supposed to be on page 3, but, alas, time got away from me. Catch up next week, okay? Acushnet Town Meeting was just waaaay too much fun. Had to give that some good detail. Honestly, if… [Read More]
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