By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent Fairhaven received the names of its three finalists for the town adminis­trator position during the Fairhaven Selectboard meeting on 2/8, and board members tentatively sched­uled a meeting for Tuesday, 2/16, to hold final interviews in open session. The Town’s hiring consultant, Community Paradigm Associates President Bernie Lynch, announced the three… [Read More]

Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent The Fairhaven Zoning Board of Appeals on 2/2 could not shed light on the Stratford Group’s proposed reduc­tion in units or the altered roofline design for the Oxford School development, even after Building Com­mis­sioner Chris Carmichael confirmed that the ZBA did vote to approve the proposed changes two years ago. Resident… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker has eased up on some restrictions for businesses this week, citing a downward trend in new cases of COVID-19. Businesses that were limited to 25% capacity, are now able to operate at 40% capacity, including restaurants and close contact personal services. Businesses that can now operate at 40%… [Read More]

By Elizabeth DaCunha Snow days. It’s a controversial topic. You either love ’em or hate ’em, but that depends on whether you care about a few less days of summer. Unfortunately, snow days aren’t up for debate any longer. Now that we are so familiar with using technology to learn, schools including FHS have decided… [Read More]

Resents Being Dressed Up Dear Frankie,  Don’t get me wrong, I love my Mom. I’d even say she’s per­fect, except for one thing. She loves being hip, wearing torn jeans and shoes with spikes, (even though she has a bad foot). I love to see the get-ups she comes up with. But I don’t like… [Read More]

Hello, my name is Don Collasius and I am running for the position of Fairhaven Tree Warden. “A tree warden is a person in charge of shade trees on public town lands and has the unique legal responsi­bility: to guard public resources against destructive forces that might include persons, insects, or diseases,” as defined by… [Read More]

Garret Morgan/Inventor Garrett Morgan blazed a trail for African American inventors with his patents, including those for a hair-straightening product, a breathing device, a revamped sewing machine and an improved traffic signal. Visit https://www.biography.com/inventor/garrett-morgan to learn more.  Clementine Hunter/The Black Grandma Moses Clementine Hunter may not have been a trained artist, but the self-taught former… [Read More]

The region saw a whopper of a storm on Monday with high winds, snow, sleet and rain. Along the coast, the snow disappeared overnight when mostly rain fell. Inland, snowfalls ranged from a couple of inches to a foot, while the western part of the state got up to 15 inches in some places, and… [Read More]