By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Tree Department and students from Fairhaven High School teamed up to plant two Okame Cherry trees on Arbor Day, 4/28/23, in Veterans Memorial Park across from the High School. Students in Biology and Marine Biology helped get the trees planted, and each received a paw paw tree seedling from… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Finance Committee descended into some fiery language including name-calling and shouting at its meeting on 4/27/23. During discussion of the Town Meeting article 7A, which is the budget article, FinCom members expressed concern about the format, which is different than in previous years.  There are three budget columns in… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on Monday, 5/1/23, the Fairhaven Select Board reopened the public hearing for discontinuing Shirley Street where it dissects A&A Auto. The hearing had been con­tinued from the 4/18 meeting because of questions about ownership.  Typically, when a street is discontinued, the abutters on either side take half the… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven Town Meeting members will be asked to approve two budgets at the annual TM on Saturday, 5/6/23. The town faces a budget shortfall of $450,000. The Select Board/Town Administrator recommended budget, if passed, will require a Proposition 2 1/2 override to be implemented. So TM members are being asked to approve… [Read More]

Fairhaven Town Meeting is this  Saturday, 5/6/23, so it is time for our annual pub­lish­ing of town em­ployee salaries as they appear in the Fairhaven Finance Commit­tee’s report/Town Warrant. This list has been taken directly from that report*. The amounts listed are actual dollars paid to employees from Jan. 1, 2022 through 12/31/22. Last year,… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor On April 27, 2003, Bouchard Transportation Barge #120 hit a rock formation near Westport, Mass., just to our west. It ripped a 12×12 foot hole in the hull, and No. 6 oil started leaking into the ocean as the barge continue to Falmouth.. At least 98,000 gallons of the 4.1 million… [Read More]

Blame the Victim? Dear Frankie, When my mom­ma gets dressed in fancy clothes, I know she’s going out, and I will be left behind.  When she returns, I can always tell who she has been with by the smell of her clothes. Some of the scents I can’t place, but most are of people who… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The annual West Island 5K saw 243 registered runners, with 179 finishing the race on Sunday, 3/23/23. In the Kids Mile Fun Run, 28 runners hit the streets on a cold and blustery day with threatening skies. The forecast was for downpours that could have started any minute. But the rain… [Read More]