By Beth David, Editor This year’s annual Teddy Bear Parade in Fairhaven had a special visit from President Teddy Roosevelt, who is, in case you did not know, the reason we have “Teddy” bears at all. It was a hunting trip in 1902 in Mississippi that started it all. President Theodore Roosevelt was not able… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Michelle Carter, the Plainville woman who has been charged with manslaughter in the 2014 suicide death of Conrad Roy III, was in court for a pretrial hearing on Friday, 7/29, for the first time since her appeal to the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court was rejected. The SJC ruled that there was… [Read More]

Press Release The Mass. Property Insurance Underwriting Association (FAIR Plan) has agreed to pay $350,000 to resolve allegations that it impermissibly cancelled homeowners insurance policies between January 2010 and February 2014, Attorney General Maura Healey announced on 7/26. Under the assurance of discon­tinuance, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, the FAIR Plan will pay $350,000 to… [Read More]

The clients of Fairhaven Social Day and the children from the Kool Kids Summer Program got together to enjoy an afternoon of food and fun, thanks to a Community Building United Way Mini Grant. They enjoyed a cookout, face painting, arts & crafts, a magician, a petting zoo, cotton candy and someone making balloon animals…. [Read More]

Press Release Despite advances in vehicle technology, including maintenance reminders and other dashboard alerts designed to mitigate roadside trouble, AAA rescued a record-breaking 32 million drivers in 2015, with more battery, flat tire and key problems than ever before. Vehicles fewer than five years old in particular experienced a higher proportion of tire and key-related… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor About 100 people tried to jam their way into the Banquet Room at Town Hall on Tuesday, 7/26, for a re-do of a “Neighborhood Forum” pertaining to the proposed removal of 18 trees on Green Street as part of a road reconstruction project. Residents filled the doorway and the hall to… [Read More]

    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]