By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Village Militia and the Wareham Minutemen and Militia Companies camped out at Fort Phoenix to give the public a look at what a Revolutionary era military encampment might look like. Using canvas tents, deer skin or wool blankets, and dressed in the uniforms of the day, militia members braved the… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor On Thursday, 9/27, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito joined local officials to celebrate improvements to Union Wharf and the creation of the Public Safety Marina. The project stabilized the wharf’s bulkhead and strength­ened the fishing and public safety piers.  Improvements at Union Wharf have been underway for the last few years with more… [Read More]

Fairhaven’s long time Town Hall custodian Frank Fostin retired officially on Friday, 9/28/18. Lots of people popped by town hall in the morning for some breakfast and to give Frank a good send-off. You’ll still be seeing him around the center of Fairhaven, though. Frank will be working for Northeast Maritime Institute, taking care of… [Read More]

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Household Hazardous Waste Day The Fairhaven Board of Health is holding a Household Hazardous Waste Day this Saturday, 10/6, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the public works building, 5 Arsene Street, for Fairhaven residents only. Proof of residency will be required. Residents will be able to dispose of a variety of hazardous waste materials,… [Read More]

Saturday September 29, 2018, at approximately 8:20 p.m., the Matta­poisett Police received a telephone call from a third party, not at the home, reporting a domestic disturbance at a home on Fairhaven Road. Officers from the Mattapoisett Police Depart­ment, along with officers from the Fairhaven Police Department responded to area. The Acushnet and Marion Police… [Read More]

Press Release Bask, Inc., a Registered Marijuana Dispensary that has been operating in Fairhaven since July of 2017, has launched a new program to support Veterans in addition to several other initiatives to give back to the community through various donation drives, clean up programs, and recycling initiatives. In February of 2017, Bask opened its… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Libraries have so much more than books to offer the public these days, and the Millicent Library in Fairhaven is no exception. In addition to the thousands of titles in hard cover and paperback available for borrowing, the library can also lend ebooks, allows people to use computers, and subscribes to… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor In addition to the statewide databases and the databases that the Millicent Library subscribes to, the library has its own cache of information in four databases of its own. Archivist Debbie Charpentier has been working on them for years. The Fairhaven Cemetery database includes the records of everyone buried in the three… [Read More]