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]

Fairhaven Fire Department Press Release Statement from Chief Todd Correia RE: Proposition 2 1/2 Override. The Fairhaven Fire Department handles over 4000 emergency calls annually. Each year our calls are increasing anywhere between 3-5%. Our citizen demographic includes an aging population mainly housed in residences, but they are also located in three nursing homes; one assisted… [Read More]

Caught In The Middle Dear Frankie, My dog park friend Wilma is a pug and a loud breather and snorter. Recently, Stephanie, also Wilma’s friend, invited me to a sleepover party. Later I found out that Stephanie didn’t invite Wilma. When I asked her why, she said Wilma would keep us all awake with her… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The rain kept most of the vendors and many of the patrons away, but the Huttleston Marketplace in Fairhaven opened for the season on 5/20/23 with a few diehards making the best of it.  “It’s a real bummer,” said Fairhaven Office of Tourism Director Chris Richard about the weather. “The diehard… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The town of Fairhaven has pro­vided a lot of material online to make the case in support of the Proposition 2 1/2 override vote coming up on Monday, 6/5, when the town will ask voters to approve $450,000 in additional tax revenue over the limit set by the state. The town has… [Read More]