Press Release Fairhaven Forward is an apolitical group seeking to collect 1,725 certified signatures to add onto the ballot: “Shall a commission be elected to frame a charter for the Town of Fairhaven.” Once we reach the threshold of signatures needed, voters will vote for this ballot question as well as the nine Fairhaven residents… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has ordered a rollback of the reopening of businesses in the state. Every community is required to go back to Phase 3, Step 1 regulations starting on Sunday, 12/13.  A spike in COVID-19 cases  prompted the change.  The restrictions limit outdoor event venues and spaces to 50 people… [Read More]

Week Two: Different ways to organize your work Welcome back! This week, we will be digging deeper into the remote week of hybrid learning to see how students organize and complete work, as well as find out how teachers post work and communicate with kids that need clarification.  I wanted to see whether or not… [Read More]

Press Release Unitarian Universalist Society of Fairhaven (UUSF) is the latest local organization to commit to switching to 100-percent renewable electricity by 2030. The UUSF Board of Governors signed on to The Climate Reality Project’s 100% Committed campaign in November, pledging that their three-building property’s electricity would come entirely from renewable sources by 2030. This… [Read More]

From press release materials  The Fairhaven High School Alumni Association once again has lighted the beautiful Colorado Blue Spruce Tree on the west lawn of the high school for the 36th annual Light-a-Light Campaign. The FHS Alumni Association puts all their donations directly back into the high school in the form of scholar­ships, restoration projects and… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent Town Meeting approved the $1.2 million for the high school turf field project back in October, but not through the 2/3 vote required to borrow the money. Instead, School Superintendent Dr. Robert Baldwin made an alternate motion to take the money from free cash, which only needed a majority vote,… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said this week that although the state has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, he has no new closures planned for businesses. He said there are brighter days ahead, in anticipation of at least two vaccines that should be available in the next couple of weeks…. [Read More]

FAIRHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL: 12/3/20 The year 2020 has been anything but normal: Masks, lockdowns, social distancing. You hear it all from adults complaining about losing money and working from home, but does anybody talk about the effects Covid is having on children these days? If you haven’t heard much about it yet, prepare to get… [Read More]

Press Release FAIRHAVEN — Lt. Kevin Kobza reports that the Fairhaven Police Depart­ment is actively investigat­ing a stabbing that occurred Thursday afternoon, 11/26. At approximately 3 p.m., Fairhaven Police were dispatched to the area of Main and Elm streets for a report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers found a male party bleeding from multiple… [Read More]