Newly elected Fairhaven Select Board member Stasia Powers won her seat on the Selectboard after a recall of Daniel Freitas succeeded in a special election on 7/26/21. In a weird twist of history, the first woman to serve on the Select Board was Ruth Galary, who beat Sam Freitas, Dan’s father, in 1991.    … [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven School Committee voted unanimously to appoint  Assistant Superintendent of Schools Tara Kohler to the superintendent position at its 7/28/21 meeting.  Superintendent Robert Baldwin notified the district that he would not  finish out his contract to take a position as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) and the… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor If you drove on Causeway Road in Fairhaven almost any day last week, you may have noticed that surveyors with various kinds of equip­ment were milling about the place, taking measurements and checking out every little thing. The Fairhaven Board of Public Works hired Tighe and Bond to go the next step… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Town Meeting voted on 6/12/21 to increase the number of Select Board members to five, from three. But that was not the end of it. The change needs to be approved by the legislature. Mass. State Representative William Straus, who represents Fairhaven, introduced House No. 3948 on 6/22.  The bill calls for… [Read More]