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]

Fairhaven Fire Department Press Release On 2/24/26 at 5:55 p.m., the Fairhaven Fire Department received a call from Holbrook Regional Commu­nica­tions Center for a structure fire at number 3 Walnut Street. The occup­ants were unaware of the fire and had been alerted to it by a passerby. They were able to exit the building and were… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven held a birthday party on 2/22/26, to celebrate 214 years as a town. Food trucks, trivia contests, games for kids, music and cannon fire combined to make a festive celebra­tion outside and inside town hall. The festivities began with the Fairhaven Village Militia firing off the small cannon, followed by the… [Read More]