By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven’s annual Outdoor Movie Night, featuring Disney’s Inside Out, was going swimmingly, despite one, big ole’ dark cloud that seemed to be hanging around the fringes of Livesey Park on Saturday, 7/23. The kids ran around and played in the bounce houses, food vendors were busy dishing out their… [Read More]
Town Meeting approves Oxford School deal
By Beth David, Editor At a Special Town Meeting on 6/30, Fairhaven TM members voted to accept the terms of the sale of the Oxford School building to Stratford Capital Group (SCG). The plan is to transform the property into an affordable housing complex for residents 62 and older. The vote was the culmination of… [Read More]
Rogers Bell to be removed Saturday
By Beth David, Editor Who knew the Fairhaven Bell Committee would have so much to do? Less than a year after a successful and major operation to remove the Paul-Revere-made bell from the cupola of the Oxford School on Main Street, the committee has found a new project: Removing the bell from the Rogers School…. [Read More]
West Island Regatta big on fun, small on drama
By Beth David, Editor Just a little bit of drama spiced up the first annual West Island Regatta on Sunday, 7/24. Beginning and ending from Hoppy’s Landing in Fairhaven, the fleet of about a dozen small sailboats signed up to set sail for a three mile course. Two ended up not joining the fray due… [Read More]
SJC rules against Carter, due in court 7/29
By Beth David, Editor Michelle Carter, the Plainville woman who is charged with manslaughter in the suicide death of Conrad Roy III of Mattapoisett, is due in court on Friday, 7/29. The Mass. Supreme Judicial Court rejected her appeal, heard on April 7. At that hearing, Carter’s defense attorneys argued that her actions were free… [Read More]
BPW hires one for Sewer Department; continues remote vote topic
By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent The Fairhaven Board of Public Works met on Monday, 7/25, to dis-cuss a range of issues, including trash pick up at the parks and a new hire for the Sewer Department. Antone Medeiros met with the board seeking a Driveway Waiver at 18 Church Street. He explained that he… [Read More]
Fairhaven Fire Department combines fun with safety tips
By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Fire Department combined a lesson on fire safety with good old fashioned fun at its annual fire safety event on Wednesday, 7/20, on Walnut Street near the Millicent Library. After children, and their adults, learned about what to do in a fire, firefighters turned on the hose of the 750-gallon… [Read More]
Selectboard approves shoreline access for EPA
By Beth David, Editor Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency attended the Fairhaven Selectboard meeting on Monday, 7/11, to answer questions from residents and explain why the EPA was seeking permission to access the shore from town owned property on Oxford and Veranda streets. About 15 residents attended the meeting, mostly to register their opposition to… [Read More]
BPW selects Jonathan Bowers for Water Department job
By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent The Fairhaven Board of Public Works met on Monday, 7/11, to interview candidates for the Water System Maintenance Craftsman/ Operator position. The board first interviewed Jonathan Bowers, a current employee of the Fairhaven Water Department. Mr. Bowers addressed the board by stating his experience with everyday water maintenance, as well… [Read More]
Residents take to the streets against LNG expansion
By Pattie Pacella, Neighb News Correspondent On Saturday, July 9th more than 60 residents, friends, and members of the South Coast Neighbors United; marched from Pulaski School in New Bedford, past the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility on Peckham Street in Acushnet, to Mill Street back the three miles to the Ford Middle School. “We did… [Read More]
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