Press Release The Fairhaven High School Math Team finished the 2018 season as the Southeastern Mass. Conference Mathematics League South Division Champions for the second straight year. The team was led by senior captains Matt Mitchell, Tony Truong and Jack Brown, as well as senior teammates Aaron Almeida, Julia Cabral, Kathryn Kenney, and Will Elliott…. [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor A Fairhaven resident has been elected president of the Student Government Association (SGA) at the Massachusetts Martiime Academy. Rachel McNamara was installed in the position on Wednesday, 5/23, at an official Change of Command ceremony. She is the first female elected to the position in the institution’s 127-year history.  Ms. McNamara is… [Read More]

Submitted The Friends of the Millicent Library and the New England First Amendment Coalition sponsored free pael discussion on Wednesday evening, May 23, in the library’s Community Auditorium: “The First Amendment, Freedom of the Press, and the Right to Read.” Ed Fitzpatrick, Director of Media and Public Relations at Roger Williams University, moderated a distin­guished… [Read More]

The South Coast LGBT Network sponsored the second annual SC Pride event on Saturday, 6/2 at Buttonwood Park. The day long, family friendly event featured live entertainment, food vendors, artisan booths and a Kids Zone. The free event was open to the public, and, despite the threat of rain, many people from the LGBT community… [Read More]

Press Release Over the span of nearly three decades, The Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE)  — at no cost — has provided more than 28,000 students in Massachusetts and 600,000 students around the globe with the opportunity and tools necessary to explore science in a hands-on and empowering way. The innovative science education program enables teachers to… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven held its 150th Memorial Day service on Monday, 5/27, honoring veterans, and especially those who lost their lives fighting in the nation’s wars. Activities started with a parade  along Main Street, from Center Street to Riverside Cemetery, where a ceremony was held.  The parade stopped at the high school for the… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Village Militia, the Wareham Minutemen and the Fairhaven Office of Tourism held their annual spring Revolutionary War Encampment at Fort Phoenix on Saturday and Sunday, 5/26 & 27. Men and women in period dress lived as the soldiers from the revolutionary war lived, using the same tools and equipment that they would have… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven Harbormaster Timothy Cox got help from the Fairhaven Police Department on Tuesday, 5/29, when a man who had dug some mussels allegedly threatened Mr. Cox with a knife at about 1:30 p.m. Accord­ing to officials, Zachary Fournier, 26, of Pascaog, RI, was taken into custody and might face criminal charges.  Mr…. [Read More]