By Beth David, Editor I am reminded of a line in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, “The Return of the King,” at the end, “The Scouring of the Shire,” when Merry tells Frodo that he can’t save the Shire by being “shocked and sad.” I guess that’s where we are. Our government, our United… [Read More]

Questions Raised Around Timothy Hiller Project Some residents have claimed that the Fairhaven Planning Board is wasting town legal funds on the Hiller Avenue Subdivision legal actions. They are 100% correct. The Hiller Avenue permitting events are as follows. The Planning Board denied developer’s “Preliminary Subdivision Plans” in 2019. Denied 0-8 by every elected official…. [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor So, as I write this, it looks like the federal government will be shutting down.  The regime wants to cut, gut, destroy the living daylights out of all the things that make life a little easier for us working shlubs. The opposition is trying to stop the Big Buffoon from killing… [Read More]

Freedom vs. Socialism and Marxists The fundamental difference between our form of government, which is a republic Democracy, and Socialism or Marxism and Communism is democracy. The rights f the individual as defined in the Constitution as the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are God given rights and the responsibility of… [Read More]

What’s in a Name? My wife and I belong to our town-sponsored fitness center. Several years ago, there was a friendly older gentleman named Ray who also attended. If he was there when we went, he’d always be smiling from ear to ear; and when he wasn’t exercising on one of the pieces of equipment,… [Read More]

Local GOP Meeting Was Respectful After reading Mr. Grossman’s letter and your published reaction to it, I accepted the Fairhaven GOP invitation to their Sept. 16 meeting. It was nothing if not respectful! It did start with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and if anyone were to find it objectionable, they needn’t have accepted… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Ugh…ICE in Fairhaven (page 11). How f’g gross to see those masked thugs roaming our town to take  away hard work­ing people. Our own Ann Richard, though, didn’t let them get away without an earful. Say what you will about her, but the woman has guts. Which is more than I… [Read More]

Who Wasted Our Money?  Critics say the Mattapoisett Special Town Meeting on October 4th is a “”waste of money.”  Let’s be clear: if it is a waste, it’s because of the supporters of the expansion of the select board from 3 to 5 members. They created this situation when they rushed their Home Rule petition… [Read More]

Democrats are Anti-Individual Rights The Fairhaven Democratic Com­mit­tee recently met to discuss appealing to voters with anti-individual rights policies that loot the most productive people for the short-range benefit of the least productive people. No mention was made of Federal taxes that are paid mostly by the wealthy and not at all by the poor. … [Read More]

Comment Utterly Abhorrent The tragic murder of Charlie Kirk in Utah on a college campus has left many of us stunned and in deep sorrow. This cowardly act has taken a person’s life, leaving a wife, now widow, to mourn and two children to grow up without ever knowing their dad. Parents received devastating news that… [Read More]