Congratulations and Thank You Congratulations to all of you who won at town elections. Volunteering your time and energy selflessly, is an honorable and exhausting undertaking.  I myself did not win but I do want to thank the 304 voters who decided to support me perhaps after reading my public statement. I’m glad you support… [Read More]

Fairhaven Historical Society – A Force for good.  I wish to acknowledge the wonder­ful talk the Fairhaven Historical Society arranged for the benefit and enjoyment of everyone.* The speaker, Charles Slack was superb. His book, “Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America’s First Female Tycoon,” was received by an enthusiastic and eager audience. The Town Hall… [Read More]

Hetty Lecture was Huge Success I am writing to commend the Fairhaven Historical Society on their latest endeavor. On Thursday, April 4th, the Society hosted a lecture given by Charles Slack on the infamous Witch of Wall Street, Hetty Green.* This lecture was a huge success evidenced by the number of people who attended (over… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The voters have spoken. See page 3 for the results of the Fairhaven election this week. A couple of new­comers, and a few returning veterans made it.  The candidates had a chance to speak to the voters one last time, which is always a fun event.  Acushnet is facing a budget… [Read More]

By Beth David Fairhaven lost one of its long time public servants this month (see obituary on page 14). Deb Char­pentier was the archivist at the Millicent Library for years, working her way up from a volunteer. Deb had a treasure trove of cool stuff in her little corner of the library, and she absolutely… [Read More]

Messier Launches Write-In Effort for BPW With just four days and a wakeup to go till our local town elections, I wanted to take a moment and introduce myself and why I decided to run as a Write-in candidate for the Board of Public Works. My name is Brian Messier, and I live at 82 Pleasant… [Read More]

Romano on Romano: We Have Learned a Lot What have the last 111 days looked like? Let us take a moment to reflect. We have learned about, and worked diligently to address a $2,000,000+ budget deficit. We received the Town Administrator evaluation, and have begun discussions to enter into contract negotiations. We have heard updates… [Read More]

Romano is Young, Enthusiastic I write today to encourage you to vote Andrew Romano for Select Board.  Andrew Romano is Fairhaven’s future. He is young, enthusiastic, and extremely sharp. At just 26, with his family and career roots firmly planted here, our collective future is his own. I have yet to see any Selectboard can­di­date,… [Read More]

Rees Supports McKenna, Romano I am writing this letter to support the election of Andrew Romano and Donna McKenna to the Fairhaven Select Board. When I took the job as Fairhaven’s first town administrator, I was attracted to the challenge of bringing professional management to Fairhaven, but soon also discovered its natural beauty, historic attributes,… [Read More]

McKenna Strongly Endorses Veitch I am writing to strongly endorse Colin Veitch to the Fairhaven School Committee. I have known Colin for over 20 years on a business level and sharing a board seat on the Fairhaven School Committee.  Colin is a compassionate, thought­ful, committed leader and deter­mined. Colin has shown that for these past years… [Read More]