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]

Fairhaven Sleeps Voter registration statistics for Fairhaven as of 10/26/24, show: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/elections-and-voting.htm 13,436 registered voters. 2.879 are registered as Democrats.   1,256 registered Republicans,  55 Libertarians  9,127 unenrolled (AKA,  Inde­pendents) When I look at how many regis­tered voters we have in Fairhaven and see how many voted in this past election, I then have no other… [Read More]

Grossman Has It Wrong In rebuttal to Stephen Grossman’s letter (4/10/23), I say we are not a nation founded on the circumstance of fate. I believe we wer founded on the providence of God. In essence we are a nation that honors and reveres God and is blessed by Him. Starting with the Pilgrims seeking… [Read More]

What’s in a Name? My wife and I belong to our town-sponsored fitness center. Several years past, 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]

By Beth David, Editor The voters have spoken. Sadly, only 16% of registered voters in Fair­haven actually showed up, but…they have spoken. See page 12. And they decided they wanted new faces.  There’s all kinds of chatter on both sides about how bad or how good the result is. What it means, etc. Some poeple… [Read More]

Letters Offer No Guide Months of FNN letters and candi­dates’ statements on the April 7 local elections provided no guide to voting.  “enthusiastic approach to commu­nity engagement….strong collabora­tive leadership style…. meaningful difference in the community…. humility, humanity…work for the greater good….collaborative leader­ship style”  These glittering generalities, these floating abstractions, are as empty as Trump’s “beautiful” tariffs… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor It’s game time! The Fairhaven election is this Monday. And pretty much this whole issue is filled up with election stuff. The candidates night story is a long one, but I broke it up into races for you. Each race actually deserves its own story. but we just don’t have the… [Read More]

Lopes Will Take on Challenges As we look to the future for the Board of Health, we require a leader who will take on challenges with passion and purpose, someone who can share their insights in a way that educates and motivates, and a committed individual who is dedicated to personal growth and service to… [Read More]