Last year the Fairhaven Lions cleaned the outside area of Fairhaven’s Old Stone School House. This year they made the inside sparkling clean. It was a lot of hard work but some fun times, too. This is one of the many community service projects the club engages in each year. To learn more about the… [Read More]

What’s with the paw? Dear Frankie,  My Dad taught me to give my paw when it was requested. But, I never under­stood the reason nor why when I did give my paw, it was such a big deal.  I watched the humans and noticed they gave their paws when they were introduced to someone new… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor More than 150 people showed up for the North Fairhaven Improvement Association’s annual music night on Sunday afternoon, 8/21/22, which started out with pretty hot tem­peratures, but cooled right off as the evening wore on. Organizers blocked off Adams Street around Benoit Square so people could literally dance in the street to… [Read More]

By Beth David Editor Fairhaven Town Administrator Angeline “Angie” Lopes Ellison has barred Wayne Oliveira from entering town hall for a period of 60 days starting on 8/17/22. Ms. Ellison sent the letter by email, writing that the move was “due to your inappropriate, threatening behavior that you exhibited on August 11, 2022.” The letter… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor An employee of the Mattapoisett Boatyard was seriously injured in a fire that ultimately destroyed every building on the property on Friday, 8/19/22. Fire assets from the region responded to the six alarm blaze. According to a press release from the Mattapoisett Fire Department, the fire started inside a building where a… [Read More]

Submitted by Kyle DeCicco-Carey, Millicent Library Director The recent closures of the Millicent Library have been brought on by the heat waves combined with the lack of air conditioning in most of the library.  The Reading Room, Lewin Room, stacks, youth services and circulation areas, where a lot of activity takes place, have no access to… [Read More]

Submitted by Stasia Powers, Fairhaven Select Board Chair I write this letter in my capacity as the Chair of the Fairhaven Select Board, as it is my wish for the residents and businesses of this community to know how hard our Town Administrator is working for you and how much she has accomplished already in her… [Read More]