Neighb News is Not Proper Forum for Editor’s Rants I don’t believe Fairhaven Neighbor­hood News was/is the proper forum for your political rants, even though it is your paper.  Your letter from the editor (11/24/22) was not appreciated by many people I’ve spoken to. There are many contradictions in your letter starting with “the hateful… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor All-righty then…we are getting down the wire. We have ONE more issue before our winter break. We are not publishing on 12/22 and 12/29. So, if you have anything you want to say by the end of the year, you need to get it sent ASAP. The holiday stuff is in… [Read More]

Mike Pence is the most hypocritical sycophant The scent of the presidency has turned the most fawning, hypo­critical, Trump enabler into one of his most recent critics. Defying all ethical principles for all of Trump’s presidency and even in the face of Trump’s inspired threats to his life, former Vice President Mike Pence was essentially… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Oh…it’s December. Time to put the boat away, I guess. And the motorcycles, too? BRRR….those guys are tougher than I am, to be sure. See page 6 for what I’m talking about, a bike run and food/toy drive the Sunday after Thanksgiving. BRRR… How ‘bout them Blue Devils, huh? They beat… [Read More]

Trump Addicted to Adulation Shakespeare could not have invented a more narcissistic character than Donald Trump Having alienated a large segment of the New York City in-crowd, losing high ratings for his t.v. show and having exhausted the antics to keep him in the news, Donald Trump announced his intention to run for President. Now… [Read More]

Turkey Trot Benefits Shepherd’s Food Pantry This letter of thanks goes out to all who participated in the yearly Thanksgiving morning Turkey Trot. Over 750 registered for this yearly race and over 500 actually ran it that morning.  The conditions were very favorable for the runners and for the volunteers who helped along the route…. [Read More]

So, it happened again, just in time to hurt the holiday season. A hateful person took an assault rifle and shot up a bar, a gay bar, a place designed to be a safe space for people who are not safe in a lot of places. He killed five, injured 18. Some of the patrons… [Read More]

A silent real estate warfare lies in wait to be recognized. This letter is being written to “Awaken to Action” the people of Fairhaven, before it’s too late. May we not fall asleep too, as our Cape Cod neighboring towns have, and are now scrambling frantically to shelter not just the poor and unemployed, but… [Read More]

Oh, right, sure…have Town Meeting on a Tuesday night. UGH. At least they were quick! Town Meeting got through all the articles in record time. See page 4 to find out how your tax dollars were spent. Veterans Day was last Saturday. The day to thank veterans was pretty warm and a decent showing of… [Read More]

Well, the midterm election happened. Thank goodness we can stop being bombarded with all those lying ads. GAWD, how do they sleep at night? As of press time, the Senate and the House were still in limbo. But, both Acushnet and Fairhaven had counted up all their votes. Both towns had pretty good turnout for… [Read More]