By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Recreation Center held its annual flashlight egg hunt on Friday, 4/8/22, with 35 children registering for the event. Children were assigned two numbers and had to hunt in the darkened gym using flashlights to find the egg with the corresponding numbers. Participants received the a little goodie bag including chocolate,… [Read More]
Select Board reorganizes, Powers is chair
By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Select Board met for the first time after the election, with five members for the first time in the town’s history. The long meeting covered a lot of ground including Town Meeting articles, discussion of the flag/banner flying policy, reassignment of committee liaison appointments, and approval of locations for the… [Read More]
BPW discusses adding benches at parks
By Mary Chasse, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday 4/4 the Fairhaven Board of Public Works discussed adding benches to Grimshaw Park, and memorial benches at Fort Phoenix. The board also briefly discussed the BMX track at Macomber Pimental Field. The board first discussed a request from the Council on Aging about installing six… [Read More]
100 and counting…
By Beth David, Editor Anna Quintin and Cecelia “CB” Cowell have been celebrating their birthdays together for a full century now. Their mothers were sisters and gave birth to the cousins one week apart, with Anna having the distinction of being one week older. They celebrated their 100th on Sunday, 4/10/22, at White’s of Westport, surrounded… [Read More]
Lions help with EFS trail cleanup
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]
Um…did we just see that?
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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]
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