By Beth David, Editor Well, what do you know? I goofed! I did, indeed. Thak you Ms. Carr for sending me to the exact point in the video. That made life easier (see page 23). Honestly, I never would’ve found it. The consultant did indeed say they put the waterfront back in because a 40B… [Read More]

The Proof of Character is in the Pudding I suggest every resident of Fairhaven watch the 6/25/24 Planning Board meeting, available at fairhaventv.com Per Mass.gov, Chapter 40R seeks to substantially increase the supply of housing and decrease its cost, by increasing the amount of land zoned for housing. The Waterfront district was removed from 40R,… [Read More]

FNN Reporting is Slanderous, Misleading At the 6/24 Select Board meeting, Patrick Carr requested a retraction from the Neighb News for Beth David’s false and irresponsible reporting of the 6/10 SB Meeting. Beth responded in her 6/27 issue: “So, Mr. Carr is at it again, being a bully in a public meeting. He wants a… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor So, Mr. Carr is at it again, being a bully in a public meeting. He wants a retrac­tion from the Neighb News. I think not.  In our 6/13 issue, we wrote: “In some­what of a curiosity, how­ever, the ‘water­front was added back in in January,’ according to Dillon Sussman of Dobson… [Read More]

Dense Building Comes From a Dense Mentality Part 1 There is nothing under the sun that we manifest that isn’t blueprinted from the mind, be it an individual endeavor, or a group project. Here are some synonyms found in the dictionary for the word dense: thick, heavy, murky, and smoggy. Smoggy, you mean like the smog… [Read More]

Trapilo Asks for Action on NB Sewage Discharge Fairhaven Planning Board member Rick Trapilo planned to present these remarks to the Select Board on 6/24/24 Good evening, Madam Chair and members of our Select Board,  I am speaking to you tonight as an elected member of our Planning Board and a proud citizen of our beloved town. … [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor All-righty then… summer is officially kicking into gear. The annual Acushnet Duck Race is this weekend, and the annual swim across the harbor, and a pride event.  We’re also going to have an adaptive fishing derby this Friday at Hoppy’s Landing, the first time for that. See page 3 for all… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Ah…nothing like a summer rain, huh? Fairhaven’s Got Pride did not get washed out. People just…stayed. How cool is that? See page 16 . There are other pride events this weekend. See the happenings pages for those. Acushnet has its annual Town Meeting on Monday (see page 4). So, it’s time… [Read More]

One Nation Under God Let us take a good look at this. A felon is not eligible to vote in the presidential elections, but we can have a president who is a felon run the country from jail. A felon can not be a police officer, but a felon can be a president.  On many… [Read More]