Beauty vs. Brains Dear Frankie, Cassie and Luella are both wicked smart math students.  Cassie is a tall, lanky Irish Setter with silky red fur. Luella is a short terrier mix with coarse tan fur.  Whenever the teacher asks a question, they are always the first to raise their paws. Most of the time, the… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Getting 30+ inches of snow in these parts is more than unusual, it’s practically unheard of. The last time we came close was in 1978, and that was only 24 inches. The blizzard of 2026 hit hard on Monday, 2/23, dumping all that snow in one day, with hours of zero visibility… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 3/2/26, the Fairhaven Select Board voted to release the executive summary of the investigation into the Timothy-Hiller Subdivision Constructive Approval, but not the full report. The investigation was initiated to find out how plans for a 16-house subdivision never got in front of the Planning Board for a… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven Town Administrator, Keith Hickey, and Assistant Town Administrator of Finance/Town Accountant, Anne Carreiro, have been meeting with a variety of groups and organizations to talk about the budget and the consequences of passing or not passing a Proposition  2 1/2 override. Prop 2 1/2 is a state law that caps the… [Read More]

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]