The Fairhaven special town election is scheduled for Monday, 7/26, and and nomination papers are available. Thursday, June 03, 2021– 5:00 PM Last day and hour for requesting nomination papers. Papers require 50 CERTIFIED SIGNATURES Monday, June 7, 2021, – 5:00 PM Last day and hour for filing all nomination papers with the Registrar of… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation broke ground on the state’s first official pickleball court, and it’s at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven. On Monday, 5/24, DCR Commis­sioner Jim Montgomery, Project Manager Sandra Libby, and Land­scape Architect Danielle Mellette joined Mass. State Representative Bill Straus and a group of about 30 pickleball… [Read More]

by J.E. Ingoldsby, ASLA The Cooke Memorial Park Drainage Basin is both a functional and aesthetic fixture at the base of Cherry Street and Pilgrim Avenue in Fairhaven. Over the past three years the Drainage Basin is methodically being transformed with the assistance of J.E. Ingoldsby, ASLA, the Poverty Point neighbors, the town of Fairhaven… [Read More]

Press Release The Milli­cent Library is excited to announce a new Head of Circulation Librarian. Elisabeth Botelho joined the library on April 5 bringing a wealth of library circulation experi­ence with her. Elisabeth comes from the Acushnet Public Library where she had been providing outstanding public service since 2017. During her time at Acush­net, she… [Read More]

Spring Fashions & the Soaps  Dear Frankie,  Moxie and Maude are my dog park friends. The other day we were looking through an old fashion magazine that someone left on a bench. Maude asked, “What do you think the fashion trends will be for the spring?” I said, “That’s easy, all you have to do… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The town of Fairhaven partnered with Walmart Pharmacy to provide 90 vaccinations on Saturday during a walk-in, vaccination clinic at the Fairhaven Recreation Center. Recipi­ents got the first dose of the Pfizer shot and were scheduled to return on 6/5 for the second shot. Organizers set up two stations to administer shots,… [Read More]

Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent The town is taking the next step in the tentative plan to partner with the Southeastern Massachusetts Educa­tional Collaborative (SMEC) in rehabilitating and then leasing the 1950s addition of the Rogers School to SMEC. The Fairhaven Selectboard on 5/10 authorized Interim Town Administrator Wendy Graves to engage an architectural engineer to… [Read More]

Press Release The Fairhaven special town election is scheduled for Monday, 7/26, and and nomination papers are available. Thursday, June 03, 2021– 5:00 PM Last day and hour for requesting nomination papers. Papers require 50 CERTIFIED SIGNATURES Monday, June 7, 2021, – 5:00 PM Last day and hour for filing all nomination papers with the… [Read More]

Submitted by Leon Correy As a young man I learned to over­come adversity and fight for what I believe in. The oldest child (13) to a family whose matriarch had passed on, I didn’t allow that to get in the way of what needed to be done.  As an adult I have carried that forward, whether… [Read More]