Fairhaven Lions Club members joined members of the community for the East Fairhaven School Trail cleanup day on Saturday, 4/9, for their first service project of 2022. They helped with cutting trees that had fallen across the trail, cutting back brush, and clearing the trail of leaves and sticks. The EFS Trail, located at the… [Read More]
Lightning strikes Fairhaven homes
Text and photo graphic courtesy of ML. Baron Lightning strikes 144-year old Fairhaven Home “We are all okay… Just some minor damage… The lightning hit the tree on the corner of the house and hit the gas main,” Ed Macedo, owner An intense lightning cell transited right over Buzzards Bay and Fairhaven, Friday morning, April… [Read More]
Dear Frankie
Rocking Mom Dear Frankie, My friend Lulu is an ace student. Every year she wins the school award for best writer. Lulu also can be a big complainer. Whenever I see her, she’s complaining about her boss or boyfriend. At first, I commiserated, and then I offered some advice. After a while, I realized it… [Read More]
Hacking pulls off upset, Correy makes history
By Beth David, Editor Election Day, 4/4/22, ushered in some big firsts for Fairhaven: The town’s new Town Administrator, Angeline “Angie” Lopes Ellison, started on the job that day; the Select Board officially became a five-member board, expanded from three; and Leon Correy, who received the second highest number of votes, made history as the first… [Read More]
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Jackson’s Variety: Farewell to a Fairhaven icon
Workers are dismantling the second floor of the former Jackson’s Variety convenience store at 114 Sconticut Neck Road in Fairhaven. The store had been in operation for more than 50 years when a fire on 2/3/20 destroyed the building and nearly took the life of Colin “Jack” Jackson, who lived upstairs. He was able to… [Read More]
Dear Frankie
All For One Dear Frankie, My youngest siblings are four-year-old twins. They both have great dispositions. Sometimes my mom only gives them one toy to play with. She does this, she says, to teach them how to share. Most of the time, the twins enjoy sharing a toy. However, occasionally, one of them gets mad… [Read More]
nified Basketball teams play two games in March
The Unified Basketball teams of Fairhaven’s Elizabeth Hastings Middle School and Dartmouth Middle School faced off on 3/18/22 and 3/25/22, with Fairhaven prevailing 22-14 at home on 3/18 and a tie, 28-28, on 3/25 at Dartmouth. It was the first time this year that the team came together to play. Unified Basketball is in association with… [Read More]
Acushnet Police investigate animal cruelty
Animal Rescue League Press Release The Animal Rescue League of Boston’s (ARL) Law Enforcement Department and Acushnet Police Department are jointly investigating a case of possible animal cruelty after a cat and guinea pig were found deceased in a popular recreation area in Acushnet. The animals were discovered on March 7, 2022, along a tree line… [Read More]
Meet the candidates
By Beth David, Editor Candidates for office in Fairhaven’s local election this Monday, 4/4/22, participated in a Meet the Candidates night sponsored by Fairhaven’s Government Access channel last Thursday, 3/24. Candidates for two of the three contested boards, Select Board and Board of Health, showed up. Candidates for Planning Board, the other contested race, did not… [Read More]
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