By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 10/5/20, the Fairhaven Board of Health addressed 18 Open Meeting Law complaints, all submitted by Amy Singelais.  Town Counsel Thomas Crotty told the board he had put together responses to four categories of the complaints. For 12 of them, he said the complaints did not arrive within the… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven Board of Health Chairperson Peter DeTerra insisted last week that the wedding he hosted at his farm for his daughter on 8/29/20 only had 50 guests. But the florist for the event posted photos on social media sites, noting in several posts: “Covid wedding!! Big one! 16 tables, arbor, entry sign… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent It has been six years since an appointed town government study committee recommended that the Town of Fairhaven adopt a town charter, a task which those commit­tee members determined was beyond the scope of its job, which was to gauge public opinion on the effectiveness of Fairhaven’s govern­ment and potential… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven High School “community’ had three reported cases of COVID-19, according to emails sent to parents this week. The emails did not specify if the cases were among students or staff. In a letter to parents on 9/29 ,Principal Andrew Kulak said that two  positive cases had been reported. He said… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor It’s one of those things that’s good and not-so-good at the same time. The liquor license that formerly belonged to Cleary’s Pub, owned by Andrew “Drew” Tillett, was re-acquired by Cathy and Ken Melanson, who owned the license when it was at EJ’s pub, the same building that Cleary’s was in. The… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Rotary donated 1,000 pens to the Fairhaven Town Clerk for use on voting day. Due to COVID-19, polling places will include a number of protocols to keep everything sanitized and to minimize people touching the same untreated surfaces. This includes pens and pencils. Voters are encouraged to use their own pens. If they forget one,… [Read More]

Press Release The Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike Path (the “Friends”) announced that they have received a commit­ment from a local donor to match dollar for dollar every donation (up to $25,000) made to the Friends for the completion of the Marion Connector.  “This generous matching commit­ment brings us much closer to our goal of… [Read More]

Pirates and Privateers concluded the 2020 season this past Friday morning. Despite dealing with the COVID-19 crisis, the program run by the Fairhaven Office of Tourism took place every Friday morning. The fun interactive presentation included a demonstration firing of a black powder swivel cannon, a demonstration of early medical practices and and stories of… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent After nearly a four-hour meeting rife with public dissent and noise interference from a board member’s remote attendance via cellp­hone while driving a vehicle, the Fairhaven Board of Health on 9/28 voted to fire Health Agent Mary Freire-Kellogg, basing its decision on seven specific reasons that she countered despite interruptions… [Read More]