By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Recreation Center held its annual flashlight egg hunt on Friday, 4/8/22, with 35 children registering for the event. Children were assigned two numbers and had to hunt in the darkened gym using flashlights to find the egg with the corresponding numbers. Participants received the a little goodie bag including chocolate,… [Read More]

By Mary Chasse, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday 4/4 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works discussed adding benches to Grimshaw Park, and memorial benches at Fort Phoenix. The board also briefly discussed the BMX track at Macomber Pimental Field. The board first discussed a request from the Council on Aging about installing six… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Anna Quintin and Cecelia “CB” Cowell have been celebrating their birthdays together for a full century now. Their mothers were sisters and gave birth to the cousins one week apart, with Anna having the distinc­tion of being one week older. They celebrated their 100th on Sunday, 4/10/22, at White’s of Westport, surrounded… [Read More]

Fairhaven Lions Club members joined members of the community for the East Fairhaven School Trail cleanup day on Saturday, 4/9, for their first service project of 2022. They helped with cutting trees that had fallen across the trail, cutting back brush, and clearing the trail of leaves and sticks. The EFS Trail, located at the… [Read More]

Text and photo graphic courtesy of ML. Baron Lightning strikes 144-year old Fairhaven Home “We are all okay… Just some minor damage… The lightning hit the tree on the corner of the house and hit the gas main,” Ed Macedo, owner An intense lightning cell transited right over Buzzards Bay and Fairhaven, Friday morning, April… [Read More]

Rocking Mom Dear Frankie,  My friend Lulu is an ace student. Every year she wins the school award for best writer.  Lulu  also can be a big com­plainer. When­ever I see her, she’s complain­ing about her boss or boyfriend.  At first, I commiserated, and then I offered some advice. After a while, I realized it… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Election Day, 4/4/22, ushered in some big firsts for Fairhaven: The town’s new Town Administrator, Angeline “Angie” Lopes Ellison, started on the job that day; the Select Board officially became a five-member board, expanded from three; and Leon Correy, who received the second highest number of votes, made history as the first… [Read More]

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