By Beth David, Editor The Teddy Bear parade returned to the center of Fairhaven on Saturday, 8/19/23, after being last month postponed due to the heat. The day on Saturday was clear and warm, but not oppressively hot, giving the approximately 200 participants a pleasant walk around the Unitarian Church to Our Lady’s Haven, where… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 8/21/23 the Fairhaven Select Board approved a pour license for Fairhaven’s only vineyard, and heard about an alleged Open Meeting Law violation by Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) chairperson Peter DeTerra. The board held a public hearing for a Farmers’ Series Pouring License Permit at Nasketucket Bay… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Council on Aging received $16,868 from the Mass. Executive Office of Elder Affairs for the COA Enhanced Digital Literacy Program. Twenty four Councils on Aging (COAs) representing 65 munici­palities were awarded the Enhancing Digital Literacy for Older Adults Grant. Funded by American Rescue Plan Act Home and Community-Based Services… [Read More]

Approximately 150 people enjoyed a free movie night courtesy of the Fairhaven Firefighters Association Local 1555 on Sunday, 8/20/23, at Livesey Park in Fairhaven, featuring The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The evening featured free admission, free snacks and other giveaways. “We would like to thank everyone who came out last night for the movie night…. [Read More]

The Fairhaven Harbormaster has been transplanting quahogs in North Cove the last couple of weeks, and should finish up in a few days. The program takes quahogs from the Taunton River, which is polluted, and places them in clean waters. The quahogs are naturally cleaned out from the action of the tides in clean waters… [Read More]

Press Release Regina Mouradian has written a fiction trilogy about Fairhaven, Massachusetts. They are fun easy reads that share a lot of the history of Fairhaven.   “My family has had a cottage in Fairhaven for over a hundred years and I spent my childhood summers exploring the coastline. My parents were both teachers and loved… [Read More]

Ballet Dear Frankie, My friend Herbert was adopted by a Romanian Orthodox family. Every year the priest at his church blesses him. I asked him why, and he said so he would be healthy and not die.  My family doesn’t go to church, so I have never been blessed. Does that mean I could die… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The North Fairhaven Improvement Association’s annual music night filled Benoit Square on Sunday, 8/13/23, with hundreds of people listening to Eddie and the Exciters, and filled the street with people dancing to the old tunes. More than a dozen classic and antique cars also lined Adams Street, which was blocked off… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven Board of Health member Heidi Hacking has resigned her position due to health reasons.  In a video posted on Facebook, Ms. Hacking told voters that she has been diagnosed with a glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor. She said she will be undergoing treatment of a palliative nature including radiation and… [Read More]