By Beth David, Editor According to organizers, the ninth annual Fire Muster hosted by the Fairhaven Fire Department had the best turnout ever.  Teams competed for trophies in a variety of events unique to firefight­ing, such as dry hose and wet hose events, sprinkler turn-off event, and a bucket brigade. Three district teams from Dartmouth competed,… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor By now, most residents in Fairhaven know that the recycle carts are being checked by several people who are being paid with a state grant to the Health Department. The purpose of the “Recycle IQ” program is to eliminate contamination in the carts. That means, to make sure the carts only have… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Department of Natural Resources, working with the Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries, seeded the waters off the Seaview Boat Ramp with quahogs taken from the Taunton River. The relay program takes quahogs from polluted waters and plants them in clean water where they will clean themselves out in a year or two, then… [Read More]

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On Thursday, 8/23, the seniors from the Social Day program at the Fairhaven Senior Center were treated to an Italian Day. Thanks to the generosity of Lisa & Jaci from “Just Gotta Have It,” the clients enjoyed Lasagna & pizza. Council on Aging Director Anne Silvia made homemade canoli and Gerry Giusti made tiramisu. Music… [Read More]

The Fairhave Police Department issued a statement confirming that they were investigating after a man’s body was found in the water near Moby Dick Marina, 2 River Avenue, on Monday, 8/27/18.  At approximately 6:45 p.m., Fairhaven Police responded to a call at the marina, and located the body of an adult man in the water… [Read More]