Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent With Massachusetts now in the “severe outbreak” category for COVID-19 infection at the federal level, Governor Charlie Baker on 1/12 announced that Gillette Stadium in Foxboro would open on Thursday, 1/14 as the state’s first mass vaccina­tion site to provide first doses of the vaccine to those administering the vaccination to… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The annual Fort Phoenix Polar Plunge, usually held on New Year’s day, was canceled due to the pandemic. But that did not stop a handful of hardy souls from jumping into the 45’sh degree water.  Kate Donovan of Freetown and Steve Gleason of Fairhaven said they did not know the plunge had… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent The Fairhaven Selectboard on 12/21/20 took steps to appoint Finance Director/Treasurer/Tax Col­lector Wendy Graves as the interim town administrator, but the 2-1 vote reflected Selectboard member Bob Espindola’s concern about over­burdening the workload of an internal candidate, especially one whose position is essential to the fiscal year 2022 budget season…. [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Tim Francis has had a good run… well, lots of runs, fire and ambulance runs to be exact. After 42 years in the Fairhaven Fire Department, 22 as chief, Mr. Francis is retiring. His tenure saw lots of changes, including the move of the ambulance service from the police department to the… [Read More]

By Elizabeth DaCunha, Special to the Neighb News Dacunha’s Dispatches here, back again with another article. As promised, I have done my research, and am prepared to deliver with all of the new info on high school extracurriculars.  Let’s start off with sports. This year, we didn’t know if sports were going to happen, but… [Read More]

Santa made many trips to the area at Christmas time, but had to adapt to the reality of COVID-9 restrictions. He rode around on the antique fire truck in Fairhaven, waving to children of all ages. He was not able to stop and let the little ones sit on his lap, but he still let… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent Massacusetts Governor Charlie Baker warned residents on January 5 that the new, more contagious COVID-19 variant is likely already in the state and residents should remain vigilant in exercising precautions to mitigate exposure. “I think most of us are working on the assumption that it’s here,” Gov. Baker said during… [Read More]

Press Release The town of Fairhaven announces that it has renewed its electricity aggregation program for another 35 months starting in January 2021. No action is required on the part of the current program participants as they will continue their electricity service automatically with the new supplier, Constellation. The Fairhaven CEA program is part of… [Read More]

Submitted by Jill Souza Having been an event planner for many years, I have decorated thousands of Christmas trees…. but none as unique as our first West Island Oyster Trap Tree! I have had a hard time getting into the spirit this year and was inspired after seeing a similar tree erected in Rockland, Maine… [Read More]