The Fairhaven Board of Public Works held two meetings while we were on our summer publication break. Sewer line tree root policies At its meeting on Monday, 7/2 the BPW met with Doug Brady about   tree roots clogging sewer lines. It was the second time Mr. Brady met with the board about the issue. … [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Kathy Tripp has spent her entire career working for the public works department in Fairhaven. Well, except for couple of months waiting tables 40 years ago, when she was 19.  “I wasn’t very good at it, and I didn’t care for it,” said Ms. Tripp. “I’m not waitress material.” It was 1978… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor If we were at the Millicent Library, we could have blamed it on the resident ghost, but we were at Town Hall on Tuesday, 5/29, when Robert “Hoppy” Hobson was declared the winner more than a month after the election. The recount, however, raised more questions than it answered.  Then he was… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its 5/21 meeting, the Fairhaven Board of Public Works heard from residents about their concerns with the new BMX bike track slated to be installed at Macomber Pimental Field (MPF) on Bernese Street. BPW Chairperson Brian Wotton prefaced the discussion by saying he did not want to hear any… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday, 5/7 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works held interviews for Special Motor Equip­ment Operator in the Highway Depart­ment, and for a Working Foreperson Sewer System Main­tenance Crafts­person. The BPW interviewed four candidates for the a SMEO in the Highway Department.  Board member Mike Ristuccia explained… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday, 4/23 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works reorganized the board, despite a tie still pending between current board member Robert “Hoppy” Hobson and challenger Albert Martin. The two each received 338 votes. The town is grappling with the proper procedure for breaking the tie. Board… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Board of Public Works is still a tie, and no one has filed to have a recount. Would that we were one of the 35 states that just toss a coin. Incumbent Robert “Hoppy” Hobson and newcomer to politics Albert Martin both received 338 votes in the April 2 election,… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday, 3/26 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works approved of a driveway waiver, met with an employee about paying for training courses, and briefly discussed roadwork on Billy’s Way. The BPW briefly reopened a dis­cus­sion about possibly paving Billy’s Way in FY19. At a previous meeting… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday, 2/5 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works met with a few residents about issues they have with the FY19 choices for road work. The aboard also discussed plans for the recycling center. Vice Chair Brian Wotton chaired the meeting because because chair­per­son Mike Ristuccia was… [Read More]