By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent Fairhaven Town Clerk Carolyn Hurley swore in Deputy Fire Chief Joy Nichols and Lieutenant Josh Benoit during an official ceremony on 1/25/21 attended by the board, members of the Fire Department, and family members during the Selectboard meeting. Ms. Nichols is the first woman appointed to a rank as high… [Read More]

Thinking back to quarantine, many of our daily social activities had to be modified. For example, your annual birthday party may have become a drive-by celebration, or get-togethers with friends turned into daily Zoom calls. Whatever regular activities you looked forward to were quickly changed because of COVID, and the same applies to us high-schoolers:… [Read More]

Meet Frankie Frankie is an eight-year-old schnauzer poodle and a rescue. She is a certified emotional support animal for a single retired educator. Together they have traveled and visited places far and wide. Over the years they have encountered and befriended many dogs and owners, from all walks of life. Frankie thought it would be… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven’s annual election is slated for April 5, 2021 (COVID permitting) and nomination papers are available until February 10. Candidates for townwide office need to take out nomination papers and collect 50 signatures of registered voters, and return the papers by 2/12. Up for re-election this year is Bob Espindola for Selectboard…. [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker lifted the stay-at-home order, which required people to stay at home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., except for essential travel, such as work. Businesses are now allowed to stay open past 9:30 p.m. The state’s COVID 19 numbers are still high, but are going down. There were… [Read More]

From https://africanamericanhistorymonth.gov The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administra­tion, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizen­ship in American society. As a Harvard-trained… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Major league baseball players in the Fairhaven Acushnet Youth Base­ball League will have a new option this season: 50/70 fields. That means that the 10-12 year olds will be playing on fields that are a step closer to their next level: a field that is the same size as the professionals. The… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday 1/11 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works hired for an open position in the Highway Department, discussed fiscal year 2022 budgets for all the BPW departments, and decided to ask Town Meeting to put the Tree Department under the jurisdiction of the BPW. All board… [Read More]

Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent Fairhaven Board of Health member Michael Ristuccia said on 1/13 that the board had received nine applicat­ions for the health agent position, but his tone did not indicate optimism. “We have not made any interviews yet … because we’ve notified several of the applicants that we don’t feel as though they… [Read More]