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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]