By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent It has been six years since an appointed town government study committee recommended that the Town of Fairhaven adopt a town charter, a task which those commit­tee members determined was beyond the scope of its job, which was to gauge public opinion on the effectiveness of Fairhaven’s govern­ment and potential… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven High School “community’ had three reported cases of COVID-19, according to emails sent to parents this week. The emails did not specify if the cases were among students or staff. In a letter to parents on 9/29 ,Principal Andrew Kulak said that two  positive cases had been reported. He said… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor It’s one of those things that’s good and not-so-good at the same time. The liquor license that formerly belonged to Cleary’s Pub, owned by Andrew “Drew” Tillett, was re-acquired by Cathy and Ken Melanson, who owned the license when it was at EJ’s pub, the same building that Cleary’s was in. The… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Rotary donated 1,000 pens to the Fairhaven Town Clerk for use on voting day. Due to COVID-19, polling places will include a number of protocols to keep everything sanitized and to minimize people touching the same untreated surfaces. This includes pens and pencils. Voters are encouraged to use their own pens. If they forget one,… [Read More]

Press Release The Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike Path (the “Friends”) announced that they have received a commit­ment from a local donor to match dollar for dollar every donation (up to $25,000) made to the Friends for the completion of the Marion Connector.  “This generous matching commit­ment brings us much closer to our goal of… [Read More]