By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 1/12/25, the Fairhaven Select Board heard from local housing advocate, Michelle Costen, about the possibility of creat­ing a Community Land Trust/Housing Trust with Community Preservation Act Funds. CPA funds come from a surcharge on real estate taxes. The money is then recommended for dis­tribu­tion by the Community Preserva­tion… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 1/20/26, the Fairhaven Select Board approved the appointment of Bruce Cabral as Principal Assessor. Town Adminis­trator, Keith Hickey, said the screen­ing committee forwarded two names to him. He met with both candidates and said he was “very pleased” to recommend Mr. Cabral.  Mr. Hickey also said the tentative… [Read More]

The Fairhaven High School Blue Devils hosted the Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech Bears at the Barton Leach Gymnasium on Tuesday, 1/13/26, forcing Voc-Tech to a season-low 48 points to earn their second South Coast Conference win in a row, with a final score of 54-48. The Blue Devils will play Bourne on 1/23, and Case… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Jessica Fidalgo, a Fairhaven resi­dent, Planning Board member, and social justice activist, won the essay contest open to all students of Bristol Community College.  The prompt for this year’s contest was: “How are Dr King’s views and work relevant to us today? In what ways can citizens today affect their own communities… [Read More]

Press Release After serving almost 12 years as Bristol County District Attorney, I have decided not seek re-election for a fourth term. It has been a great honor and privilege to serve the citizens of Bristol County. I will be forever grateful for the support I received from the DA’s staff, my family, and members… [Read More]

Freedom…. Or Dear Frankie, My parents are going back to work full-time, and they’ve given me two options for how I can spend my day: either go to doggy daycare or have Harry, our neighbor, come for an hour visit and a walk.  I’m pretty easygoing and like to plan my day based on how… [Read More]

Press Release The Fairhaven High School Blue Devils Football Team, winners of the MIAA Division 6 Super Bowl Champion­ship, were honored on Wednesday, 1/7/26, with a special visit to the Massachusetts State House as guests of State Representative Mark Sylvia (D–Fairhaven) and Senator Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford). The championship team earned the title with a… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven Town Administrator, Keith Hickey, presented a grim pic­ture of the town’s budget to the Select Board at its meeting on 1/12/26. Chair­person Charles Murphy, and member Andrew Saunders were both absent. Mr. Hickey presented the budget calendar for FY27 and said depart­ment heads have submitted two budgets: One is a budget… [Read More]