By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 3/2/26, the Fairhaven Select Board voted to release the executive summary of the investigation into the Timothy-Hiller Subdivision Constructive Approval, but not the full report. The investigation was initiated to find out how plans for a 16-house subdivision never got in front of the Planning Board for a… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven Town Administrator, Keith Hickey, and Assistant Town Administrator of Finance/Town Accountant, Anne Carreiro, have been meeting with a variety of groups and organizations to talk about the budget and the consequences of passing or not passing a Proposition  2 1/2 override. Prop 2 1/2 is a state law that caps the… [Read More]

Press Release My name is Marcus Ferro. I am a father, an attorney, and a lifelong resi­dent of Fair­haven, and this election I am running for the open seat to return to the Board of Public Works. Earlier this year my wife, Kayla, and I welcomed our beautiful baby girl Eleanor into the world. Eleanor… [Read More]

Snacks Dear Frankie, I usually eat around five. Some nights, around nine, I feel hungry.  When I go to the snack jar, my mom says, “Are you kid­ding? You just ate.”  She must be joking, right? It’s been four hours since I last ate. Seriously, what’s the snack jar for if it isn’t for snacks?… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Both the Fairhaven Select Board and the Acushnet SB held emergency meetings to prepare for the big snow storm, which turned out to be a bigger blizzard than the legendary Blizzard of 1978. Both towns acknowl­edged and accepted the governor’s state of emergency and declared emergencies to be able to access disaster… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor A volunteer for the Fairhaven Emergency Management Agency got stuck on Causeway Road as he headed home from his volunteer plowing gig with the town. Bob Pink ended up stranded for about 10 hours, eventually getting rescued by his West Island neighbors. Mr. Pink posted on the West Island Facebook page that… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Select Board held and emergency meeting on Sunday, 2/22/26, to discuss storm preparation in anticipation of the blizzard. The board also held its regularly sched­uled meeting on Monday, 2/23, but tabled most items. The board held both meetings remotely. At Sunday’s meeting the board declared a state of emergency. Fire… [Read More]