By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Village Militia (FVM) teamed up with seven other reenacting units for their annual spring encampment on Saturday and Sunday, 5/16/26 and 5/17. This year the FVM added some live action battle reenactment to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary, at its “MA250: Harbor of Courage” events. The first naval engagement… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhaven voters will face three ballot questions* on Tuesday, 6/9/26, in addition to voting for candidates for town-wide office and Town Meet­ing members. Town officials held an informational meeting on Tuesday 5/19, to answer questions from the public about the ballot initiatives. Question 1 would remove police officers and firefighters from Civil… [Read More]

Erik Baumann Members of the Fair­haven Com­mu­nity and Fel­low Readers of the Fairhaven Neighbor­hood News, My name is Erik Baumann and I am requesting your support to represent a seat on the Town of Fairhaven’s School ­Commit­tee. I am running because I want to serve the community that my family and I are so fortunate… [Read More]

Press Release from Fairhaven Police The Fairhaven Police Department is actively investigating a break-in that occurred at Fairhaven High School on Saturday, May 16. During the incident, which occurred at about 11:45 p.m., multiple indi­viduals broke into the school at 12 Huttleston Ave. through a window and vandalized historical woodwork on the wall within a… [Read More]

By Caden Lisa, Neighb News Correspondent The (12-3) Fairhaven High School Blue Devils Girls Lacrosse team hosted the (8-5) Old Rochester Regional Bulldogs on 5/18/26 on a sunny afternoon at Alumni Stadium. The Bulldogs struck first less than two minutes into the opening period for the game’s lone first-quarter score. The Blue Devils responded with a… [Read More]

Exercise Dear Frankie has expanded to videos. Find her on Facebook, Instagarm, and TikTok. Search for dearfrankie dogtodogadvice.  Dear Frankie, I couldn’t wait to start running on the track again. As soon as the weather warmed up, my mom took me to the park so I could do my usual three laps.  On the way… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor This year’s national food drive brought 4,280 pounds of food to the Shepherd’s Pantry in Acushnet on 5/9/26. The National Association of Letter Carriers food drive is the largest one-day food drive in the nation, and began in 1993. The amount is up from last year’s 3,860, but still not up to… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 5/11/26, the Fairhaven Select Board again con­tinued the hearing for Artistic Auto, citing an opinion by Town Counsel that the matter had to go to the Planning Board first.  Town Adminis­trator, Keith Hickey, said the change from two cars to 40 cars for a used car license is… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Candidates for office in Fairhaven faced questions about the budget, how they would handle conflict and what challenges they see for their prospective boards.  All candidates were invited to the event sponsored by the League of Women Voters of SouthCoast, and held at Hastings Middle School on Thursday, 5/7. The event… [Read More]