By Beth David, Editor West Island’s self-proclaimed mayor, Terry Pereira celebrated her 90th birthday at the West Island Improvement Association on Saturday, 4/27/24. Friends, neighbors, and family gathered in a festive mood to eat, drink and tell stories. Two relatives penned “Roses Are Red” poems, including in them lots of fun little details about the… [Read More]

Fairhaven’s own Grace Pacella, 12, sports a huge smile as she reaches a milestone, riding, maneuvering AND propelling a trike in her neighborhood, a milestone the micro-preemie’s doctors would simply marvel at. ••• Click here to download the 05-02-24 issue: 05-02-24 JrTreeWardens Click here to download Patrick Carr’s response letter: CarrResponseSeaspray Support local journalism, donate… [Read More]

The Fairhaven Acushnet Youth Baseball league held its annual parade on opening day, Sat., 4/27/24, with the athletes marching on South Main Street from St. Xavier School to the baseball fields at Pope Park. The ceremony included recognizing volunteers, the all-stars, and a ceremonial first pitch by Colby Correia.    ••• Click here to download… [Read More]

Submitted The South Coast Conference National Honor Societies held their annual Academic Luncheon on Thursday, 4/25/24.  Five students at Fairhaven High School who achieved the highest GPA in the senior class were honored a the event: Ava Bissonnette, Kiana Coppa, Elizabeth DaCunha, Aaron Palhota, and Libby St. Pierre.  ••• Click here to download the 05-02-24… [Read More]

Falsely Accused Dear Frankie, Last week I spent the night at Zane’s house. A few days later, his mom called to ask my mom if I knew where his iPad might be and, by any chance, if I had mistakenly put it in my backpack. I told my mom the last time I saw the… [Read More]

Fairhaven Town Meeting is this  Saturday, 5/4/24, so it is time for our annual pub­lish­ing of town em­ployee salaries as they appear in Town Meeting materials. This year they are in the town’s Annual Report. This list has been taken directly from that report. The amounts listed are actual dollars paid to employees from Jan…. [Read More]

Statement by the Fairhaven Select Board regarding Civil Service: The Civil Service system in Massa­chu­setts has not served the interests of our community for many years, and Fairhaven is not alone in that regard. The current Civil Service system no longer fulfills its primary mission and is particularly deficient in terms of allowing communities to… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The 11th West Island 5K saw 209 registered runners/walkers, with 33 registered for the Kids Mile, on Sunday, 4/21/24.  For the kids, Sal Kerdi finished first in 6:25; with Denver Simala second in 6:30; and Solomom Barrett third in 7:46. For the girls, Vera Moran came in first in 8:21; Ellie… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor A 20-year-old West Island woman is asking the public for help getting a kidney transplant. Nellie Zygiel has been sick with a variety of illnesses since she was a young child, including vasculitis at the age of 10. That left her kidneys permanently damaged. She was placed on the National Donor… [Read More]