By Beth David, Editor The Trustees of the Millicent Library and library staff gathered on 5/30/23 to dedicate and rename the archives room in honor of Debra Charpentier, who recently retired after 34 years as the archivist. Former library director Carolyn Longworth told the group of about 30 a few stories about Ms. Charpentier and… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The patriarch of the Cox family, Francis Cox Sr., died on 6/5/23 after a period of declining health. He was 86 years old and the husband of Geraldine (McGrath) Cox.  Mr. Cox lived in New Bedford and Fairhaven most of this life and was a graduate of Fairhaven High School. He… [Read More]

Press Release Autumn Tangney, a resident of Fairhaven, MA who was awarded a bachelor’s degree during Providence College’s commencement ceremonies held on May 21, 2023, was recently honored for her academic achieve­ments. She double majored in health policy and management and political science and minored in sociology. Autumn, who graduated Summa Cum Laude, received the… [Read More]

Breaking Up is Hard to Do Dear Frankie, I meet my boy­friend Roger two days a week at the dog park. The other three days, I hang out with my friend Reilly at doggie daycare.  Recently, Reilly had Covid and didn’t come to daycare for two weeks. I was so worried about him and missed… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven held its annual Memorial Day Parade under clear skies, in warm comfortable weather, albeit with a lot of wind, and lots of people lining the route along Main Street from the center of town to Riverside Cemetery for the ceremony. And although the high school band stopped at Fairhaven High… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Dale Leavitt of Blue Stream Shell­fish LLC met with about 35 West Island neighbors at the West Island Improvement Association community house on Saturday, 5/27/23, to explain the details of a proposal to put two upwellers in Round Cove, off the northwest side of West Island.  Neighbors were clearly resistant to… [Read More]

Press Release Fairhaven TV independent pro­ducer David Fauteux and host Charlie Murphy received a 2023 Hometown Media Award from the Alliance for Community Media Foundation (AFCM). The awards program was established to honor and promote community media, community radio, and local cable programs that are distributed on Public, Educational and Govern­mental (PEG) access cable television… [Read More]

Town of Fairhaven Press Release Town of Fairhaven Special Election reminder for Monday, June 5, 2023, polls open 10am – 8pm   The Polling Location for all precincts for the Special Election is The Recreation Center, 227 Huttleston Avenue, Fairhaven, MA 02719  There is less than a week left until the Town’s Special Election on Monday, June… [Read More]