By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Zoning Board of Appeals was forced to continue two of its four meetings on Tuesday, 3/6, due to the absence of board mem­bers. The board needs five members for a quorum, and four positive votes for a petition to pass. And although there were five members present, two had conflicts… [Read More]

Bill Gallant of Lakeville, took advantage of high winds to go kite boarding at the beach on Causeway Road, West Island on Monday, 3/5/18, at around 3:30 p.m. The high winds and big gusts nearly turned out to be too much for Mr. Gallant, who had to switch to a smaller kite. Even then, the… [Read More]

by Chris Richard, Director of Tourism March 2018 Greetings. Now that March is here, things are really picking up as far as plans for the upcoming season. Before going into that, I’ll recap a couple of things I mentioned last month. First, I’ll be giving a lecture on Fairhaven’s Pilgrim John Cooke at the Town Hall… [Read More]

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By Beth David, Editor Seabreeze Mini Mart and Coin Laundry on Main Street in Fairhaven sold a one-million-dollar scratch ticket last week. Owner Golam Chowdhury said he found out while checking the Mass Lottery website, and that he had not yet been officially notified by the Lottery. “I am very excited,” said Mr. Chowdhury, adding he… [Read More]

Daylight Savings Time begins this weekend YIPPEE!!!! Time will jump forward one hour beginning on Sunday, 3/11 at 2 a.m. So be sure to change your clocks, one hour forward, when you go to bed on Saturday. It’s later than you think! ••• Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News at: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Y6V5ARRYH689G  Click here to… [Read More]