Press Release Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito announced the launch of an effort to encourage residents of the Commonwealth to support their local economies by shopping at local Massachusetts businesses and attractions, safely: in person, online, and using curbside pickup or takeout. The Baker-Polito Administration’s “My Local MA” advertising campaign is… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent School administration presented the district’s safety protocol methods for the return to school during the Fairhaven School Committee meeting on 8/19 highlighting the critical areas where policy and practice will protect students and staff from COVID-19. Federal and state guidance on best practices for safety continue to develop on a… [Read More]

What movie is worth dying for?* After half a year of no movies shown in indoor theaters around here, the AMC Dartmouth theater is slated to re-open on August 27. I’ll be interested to see how much business the “Mall theater,” as we always used to call it, will do on its tentative opening weekend…. [Read More]

Protesters gathered in front of the Post Office in Fairhaven on Saturday, 8/22/20, to show support for the United States Postal Service, which has been under lots of controversy lately as Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has been making changes to the postal service in moves that critics say is purposely slowing down the mail before the… [Read More]

Press Release FAIRHAVEN — The Fairhaven Police Department reports that officers arrested a man Friday on multiple charges, including rape. Adam Furtado, 29, whose last known address was in Fairhaven, was arrested and charged with: Domestic Assault and Battery, Strangulation, Kidnapping, Intimidation of a Witness, Unarmed Robbery, Aggravated Rape At 7:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 21, Fairhaven Police responded to Taber Street… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent Some Fairhaven students will return for full-time in-person learning when the school year begins 9/15, but most students will be offered either a hybrid of in-person and virtual learning or the option to go fully remote through a third-party online learning provider. The Fairhaven School Committee voted on 8/12 to… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent Discussion during the 8/17 Fairhaven Selectboard meeting deteriorated as the meeting entered a second hour and Chairperson Daniel Freitas lost his patience during Selectboard member Bob Espindola’s request to wrap up some old business. Mr. Freitas’s and Mr. Espindola’s differences of opinion were consistent throughout the night, with disagree­ment most… [Read More]