The Rolling Thunder motorcycle club wants to make sure that Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action are not forgotten.  The group has been taking a POW/MIA flag to all 50 states, and was in Massachusetts in March. The flag was taken to the Fairhaven Police Depart­ment, Hastings Middle School, the business of well-known… [Read More]

Press Release The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced it will be closing the New Bedford-Fairhaven Route 6 Swing Bridge to vehicular traffic from Friday April 20, 2018 at 8:00 PM until Monday April 30, 2018 at 6:00 AM. The bridge closure is necessary to perform numerous permanent repairs, including structural, substructure, and mechanical… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Even with temperatures in the 30s, and feeling colder with the wind chill factor, volunteers trekked out to area beaches to clean up trash and debris that got washed up over the winter. The West Island Improvement Association held its very first annual Earth Day cleanup on Saturday, 4/7, and got about… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Marine Safety Terminal project at Union Wharf in Fairhaven got some help from a unique, mixed crew of town workers and students to get the job done this week. Harbormaster Timothy Cox said that the grant money, just under $100,000 was not quite enough to run electrical, water and sewer to… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor On Monday, 4/9, just before 3 p.m., an unmarked Fairhaven Police vehicle, being operated by Fairhaven Police Chief Michael Myers, was involved in a crash with another vehicle at the intersection of Howland Road and Main Street. Chief Myers was responding to a call of a fleeing suspect with out­standing warrants… [Read More]

Press Release On April 4, 2018, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the recipients of the 2018 New England Regional High School Production Awards (informally known as student Emmy Awards.)  Students were honored for excel­lence in broadcast journalism, sports broadcasting, and video produc­tion. Members of Fairhaven High School’s Media Production Program were… [Read More]

Having raised $400.00 by selling Dinner for Two books and extra car-wash tickets, the Fairhaven High School Honor Society was able to donate $200.00 to two local non-profits chosen by its 66 student members. The recipients were the Fairhaven Animal Shelter and the Shepherd’s Pantry Food Bank.    ••• Support local journalism, donate to the… [Read More]

The vacant seat on the Fairhaven Planning Board is vacant no longer. There was no name on the ballot to fill the seat of Peter Nopper, who decided not to run for re-election. Final results came in after press time last week, and show that Geoffrey Haworth, a former Selectboard mem­ber and former Board of… [Read More]