By Beth David, Editor This is it for awhile. This is our last issue of the year. Next issue is 1/9/25. Mean­while, it’s Christmas­time and New Year’s, and Hanukah falls on Christmas this year, and Kwanzaa and a couple of others.  So, Happy Holidays to you and yours.  Lots of great Christmas lights on houses… [Read More]

40R Overdue and Underdone The 40R overlay is overdue and underdone. Even Biden, the New York Times and other Leftists say that anti-development, government regula­tions caused the housing shortage and higher prices.  Ryan Fabian (12/5/24 FNN) seems to agree and disagree as he describes his “helpless” response to the mindset of an allegedly “unsustain­able constant-growth”… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Okay, the long awaited minutes to the executive sessions pertaining to the big payout for the Fairhaven TA are finally here. And, guess what? They are bogus, bullshit minutes, clearly prepared by an attorney. Nowhere does it say what claims she might have on the town or who or IF that… [Read More]

Fairhaven did NOT sell out In response to Ryan Fabian’s opinion piece in the Fairhaven Neighborhood News dated 12/5/24, I do not believe Fairhaven sold out.  I graduated from Fairhaven High School in the 70’s, lived in many places in several states before moving back 13 years ago. Fairhaven Center is still a uniquely beautiful… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Oh, brother, here we go again. Another big man trying to gaslight us. I’m sorry, Mr. Saunders, but…um…no, I beg to differ (see page 4). You violated the Open Meeting Law. It does not matter what you talked about. You had a meeting of the committee with a quorum present. The… [Read More]

Fairhaven Sells Out During the town meeting, I sat helplessly as a consultant, literally called “Sussman,” gesture like a Disneyland animatronic and convince a crowd into voting against its own interest. With the 40R overlay approved, a few will get rich and most of us will get a headache. Affordable housing schemes, luxury apartments, and… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Blue Devils are going to the Super Bowl again! How cool is that? See page 11 for some great pictures of the playoff game, and information on the game at Gillette Stadium next week. If you can’t go, you can watch it. Congratulations to the whole team, and good luck… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Well, Town Meeting has spoken, and it’s different from last time. They approved both the ADU and 40R bylaws changes. See page 11 for that. No mention was allowed at all about the conflict of interest allegations against Planning Board members Ruy DaSilva and Patrick Carr. Town Counsel decided that the… [Read More]

Submitted by Wayne and Vicki Oliveira of Fairhaven, dog parents to Lucy On Thursday, November 7th, our beautiful puppy Lucy ran off while in the care of a relative. Fairhaven Animal Control Officer Terry Cripps put a message out on social media with her photo within minutes, in hopes that someone would see her in… [Read More]

Shepherd’s Pantry Makes Annual Appeal This is to remind people that our annual Shepherd’s Pantry holiday fundraiser is going on between now and Christmas.  The Shepherd’s Pantry serves an average of 90 families each Saturday between the hours of 9 and 11 a.m. at the Long Plain United Methodist Church, 1215 Main Street, Acushnet. However, at… [Read More]