By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven School Committee voted unanimously to appoint  Assistant Superintendent of Schools Tara Kohler to the superintendent position at its 7/28/21 meeting.  Superintendent Robert Baldwin notified the district that he would not  finish out his contract to take a position as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) and the… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor If you drove on Causeway Road in Fairhaven almost any day last week, you may have noticed that surveyors with various kinds of equip­ment were milling about the place, taking measurements and checking out every little thing. The Fairhaven Board of Public Works hired Tighe and Bond to go the next step… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Town Meeting voted on 6/12/21 to increase the number of Select Board members to five, from three. But that was not the end of it. The change needs to be approved by the legislature. Mass. State Representative William Straus, who represents Fairhaven, introduced House No. 3948 on 6/22.  The bill calls for… [Read More]

Press Release Alltrust Credit Union is pleased to announce this year’s scholarship recipients. Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each were awarded to five graduating high school credit union members entering college as freshmen this fall. The 2021 Scholarship recipients are: Kylie Medeiros, Fairhaven High School; Gabriel Monroe, Fairhaven High School; Faith Oliver, Old Rochester… [Read More]

Social Balancing Act  Dear Frankie, My best friend at the park is Sassy. Every summer, she goes away for a month with her family to their lake house. I’m always sad and lonely when she leaves. Right after she left, I met Rags, and he and I hit it off right away. At first, we… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven voters chose to recall Select Board Chairperson Daniel Freitas by a huge margin in the special Recall Election on 7/26/21. Stasia Powers won his seat, in a field of three, by only 24 votes.  Official results show 2350 voters cast ballots, a 19.58% turnout, which is a pretty respectable showing in… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor “I wonder myself how I made it,” said Barbara O’Brien on her 100th birthday. “I don’t have any advice.” Ms. O’Brien and Beverly Wilson welcomed friends and neighbors to their home for the occasion last week. One of the neighbors made up a banner and hung it on the fence. There was… [Read More]

Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent The courtroom TV program “Caught in Providence,” filmed inside the real-life courtroom at the Providence Municipal Court where the kind-hearted Judge Frank Caprio is more often than not forgiving the traffic violation tickets of a single mom with money problems or a veteran who has fallen on hard times, was doing… [Read More]

From Press Release Materials On 7/20/21, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito joined Acting Transportation Secretary and CEO Jamey Tesler and Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver to announce $6.05 million in awards to 18 communities as part of round one of the Fiscal Year 2022 Complete Streets Funding Program. These grant awards will be used by recipient municipalities to fund local… [Read More]