Well, winter finally got here, huh? Brrrr…it’s cold out there. But it’s sup­posed to warm up. The Fairhaven Select Board heard from more  departments at their last meeting. See page 4 for what’s happening. The Vicki Oliveira wrongful termination lawsuit is proceeding. See page 3 for a summary of what’s happening there. The high school… [Read More]

Silly Season is Upon Us Welcome to Silly Season! As someone who has run for office in the past, I know it’s not easy to “put yourself” out there; so I commend anyone who puts their name on the ballot. There are a few rules to putting yourself on the ballot and I want to… [Read More]

The Chief Cornerstone  Well, when I first saw all the red bricks washed ashore at Fort Phoenix, I thought, what a disaster. My first thought was that hundreds of red bricks do not belong on the shoreline of a beach. It is just not natural… But a few days later as I walked along the… [Read More]

Parker Endorses Romano My name is Pauline Parker and I served as the president for the North Fairhaven Improvement Association (NFIA) for the past 5 years. I’m endorsing Andrew Romano for a seat on the Select Board. I can attest to his skills and character as I have worked with Andrew as Town Election Officials,… [Read More]

Support a Zero-Waste Store in Fairhaven I recently conducted a poll on social media asking residents of Fairhaven if we had a zero-waste store, would they shop there. Within hours 90 residents responded and 91% said they would or would consider. Wow! What does that tell you? We are a community that cares and are… [Read More]

Romano Stands Out Above the Rest We should be glad that we have so many candidates running for office this year in our local elections. Hopefully we will get a good voter turnout that represents our town. In the field of many candidates, there is one in my opinion that stands out above the rest… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor That storm was fun, right? Some good white stuff, a snow day for the kids and government workers (wow, did I pick the wrong profession), a little money for the plow drivers, but quick and GONE! (See page 19.) The Select Board was busy this week…raising fees. Okay, they had a… [Read More]

Jeannine Lopes Supports Romano I write this letter in support of Andrew Romano for Fairhaven Selectperson. Our beautiful Town needs leaders that are not afraid to investigate issues, follow through with their words and ideas and get the job done. We need leaders who are not afraid of confrontation! We need leaders who will not… [Read More]

Recycle Fee is a Tax To the residents of Fairhaven. By now some if not all have heard the Town Administrator is imposing a new Recycle Fee on the 7000 homes in Town of a $100.00. This new TAX which forever was covered by the general fund to pay for recycle is to cover some… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Hang on, Fairhaven voters, we’re in for a ride (I think)! Okay, the candidate field isn’t set for sure until 2/28, which is the last day for candidates to change their minds and drop out. But, as of now, we have four contested races: Select Board, School Committee, Planning Board, Board… [Read More]