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]

By Beth David, Editor A group of Fairhaven residents pre­sented two petitions to the Select­board at its meeting on Monday, 9/24, asking for the board to support extend­ing the moratorium on marijuana retail shops in town, and to  place a question on the ballot to ban pot shops in town. The ballot question would be non-binding… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Michelle Carter, the Plainville woman who was convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter in the suicide death of Conrad Roy III, is scheduled to have her appeal heard before the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday, 10/4 at 9 a.m. Attorneys for Ms. Carter contend that Judge Lawrence Moniz erred when he convicted Ms…. [Read More]