By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday 7/13 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works discussed parking at the town beach, pickleball at Cushman Park, and welcomed a new board member. BPW Vice-Chairperson Robert “Hoppy” Hobson announced at the beginning of the meeting that BPW Chairperson Brian Wotton would be absent from this… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Tuesday 6/22 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works discussed voting on a new BPW representative for the Marine Resources Committee, and also hired a parking attendant for the weekends for the Town Beach.  Board member Robert “Hoppy” Hobson said he wanted to discuss the BPW representative… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Tuesday, 6/9, the Fairhaven Board of Public Works discussed how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting such beach capacity this year, as well as the reorganized of the board. The meeting was available to the public via Zoom, and is available on demand at www.fairhaventv.com The board… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Tuesday 5/26 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works discussed COVID-19 matters such as beach passes, town beach capacity this year, the reopening of parks/ playgrounds, and the recycling center hours. The meeting was available to the public via Zoom, and is available on demand at www.fairhaventv.com… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Wednesday, 5/13 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works discussed town employees returning to a regular work schedule, possible budget cuts, and the recycling center hours. The board also discussed an upcom­ing town meeting article for the new automatic water meter reading system, as well as the… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Wednesday, 4/22 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works discussed the COVID-19 pandemic and how it affects recycling center hours and closing the town parks and beaches. The board also discussed voting for a Marine Resources Representative, and discussed a Grease Trap Policy Checklist. Before the… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday, 4/6 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works discussed hours for the recycling center, the Pasta House grease trap, and closing town beach parking. Due to the COVID-19 state man-dated restrictions the meeting was held at town hall so it could be livestreamed and broadcast on… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its 3/25 meeting the Fairhaven Board of Public Works discussed a variety of issues, including the annual debate about piping plovers, and the annual struggle against the numbers for road repair (see 4/2/20 issue for more from the 3/25 meeting). The board conceded that there ar lots of potholes… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Wednesday, 3/25 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works met with the landfill engineer about the new recycling center location, and also discussed recycling center hours during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Due to the state mandated restric­tions the meeting was held at Town Hall and was broadcast on… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday, 3/9/20, the Fairhaven Board of Public Works discussed obtaining an electric vehicle for the BPW, as well as the Pasta House grease trap progress. The board first met with Mike Saunders of MHT Excavating about becoming a new driveway contractor in the town of Fairhaven…. [Read More]