By Beth David, Editor It’s May! We made it through the winter. And that means Town Meeting this weekend. Traditionally, we run the employee salaries in this issue right before Town Meeting. But, I did not do that this year. It would have meant running 28 pages to get in 7 1/2 pages of names…. [Read More]

Help “Stamp Out Hunger” It’s that time of year when kind individuals, such as yourselves, can help the less fortunate in your area. How? By leaving non-perishable food by your mailbox or on your porch, to be picked up by your local letter carriers or their helpers by 8 AM on Saturday, May 10th.  Each… [Read More]

God Did Not Found America John Pond (4/17/25 issue) is right. Fate did not found America. Pond is wrong. God did not found America. Man’s free will mind, focused onto concrete reality, founded the US. Man’s free will mind, focused onto concrete reality and valuing the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happi­ness,… [Read More]

#1 Draft Pick With professional football’s upcoming season roaring along, there’s one aspect of the game that always concerns the owner and coaching staff, even though you never notice it on game day. Tons of time, talent, money and energy goes into deciding who will be on the team in the first place. In other… [Read More]

May 1st-Pray or Rally I noticed that it was mentioned in the Fairhaven Neighborhood News that the Resistance Rally held on Easter Weekend had 800 people (but a neighbor across from the high school said 70, another paper said 400). And another rally will be held on May 1st which is the US National Prayer… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor If you are not totally freaked out, then I would venture to say you do not understand the situtation. Let me quote 4th Circuit Judge, James Harvie Wilkin­son III, a super super super conservative judge appointed by Ronald Regan in 1984. In a decision that totally smacks down the Big Buffoon… [Read More]

On Time, Every Time, Protecting Children with Timely Vaccination By the Doctors and Nurse Practitioners of Wareham Pediatric Associates, PC As pediatric healthcare providers, we are privileged to care for families through every stage of childhood —and one of the most essential parts of our work is ensuring that children re­ceive their vaccines on time, every… [Read More]

By Beth David Okay, let’s get one thing straight: This ain’t no Mr. Rogers show. You want “Highlights for Children,” go to the kids’ room in the library.  That’s not what this is. My role in our once-great democracy isn’t to make politicians look good and play Polyanna. This is a news­paper. A real newspaper…. [Read More]

Laws Matter, or Do They Really  There are a few hundred folks who give their time and effort to be town meeting members. This takes about 6 hours once a year in person, some­times more, and hopefully some reading time to know what’s going on. We vote to pass a budget and some bylaws for… [Read More]

Students future should not be smaller than ours What message do we send when free public education isn’t free? When I visited Fairhaven High School to speak with one of their clubs, I was struck by how these students experience high school — one that many of us once enjoyed with the confidence that we were… [Read More]