Why Vote for Bob McConnell Start with his motivation and his incentive. He could have slipped into a comfortable and most likely well-financed retirement. He has chosen not to do this. I believe his love for his country and his concern for his children and his grandchildren pro­vided this motivation and incentive to run for… [Read More]

FGP! is Coming!  As of this fine publication’s June 16th edition the Fairhaven’s Got Pride! Second Annual Celebration is just 10 days away! After last year’s surprisingly well attended, spur of the moment event I knew that the celebration should continue to grow year to year.  After June of 2021 because of a debilitating health issue… [Read More]

Educational Glories of Gargoyles? In “Fairhaven High School Tours” (Neighb News 6/9/22 issue), the FNN says that Fairhaven High School was designed to “instill in Fairhaven students a sense of the glories associated with learning.” This includes, the article goes on, “carved wooden gargoyles.” I’m a bit confused here. Precisely and exactly just what educational… [Read More]

Graduation day! Ah, such happy, hopeful young’uns and their parents filling the air with excitement. I love graduation. These kids have had a weird four years to be sure. Right in the middle they had to contend with a pandemic. They got through it, though. “Resilience” was definitely a theme. I hope you all get… [Read More]

Well, summer activities are picking up for sure. This past weekend was the Memorial Day Parade (see page 12), This coming weekend is the high school graduation. If you want to run an ad congratulating the graduates, but sure to let us know ASAP. See page 4 for details. FinestKind was in town again (see… [Read More]

The Texas School Shooting Words can not express the depth of sorrow and grief, the parents, family members and friends are experiencing over the death of these innocent victims. Speaking for myself and my wife, I can trulyi sayi we are deeply sorrowful over their deaths. With the passage of time we have a clearer… [Read More]

Stoked grievance is the problem. Increasing the age for gun purchases, providing more security in schools and passing more red flag laws might satisfy the call for gun regulation that arises after every horrific massacre in this country, but this will not prevent the next from occurring. The problem is the ever increasing dissemination of… [Read More]

Big weekend coming up! The encampment, however, has been scaled back, but it’s still going to be held (see page 3). Organizers say there’s a shortage of cannon-grade gun powder, so they won’t be firing off the five big cannons. But they will fire off the small cannon throughout the day, and the muskets. Oh… [Read More]

Y’know, I wasn’t even going to watch it. It’s routine, I thought. They vote on Town Meeting articles. They recommend some, they don’t recommend others. But, they don’t REMOVE the ones they don’t like that come from other boards. That….like…doesn’t happen. Until now. First problem, they try to stop Mr. Foley from explaining the whole… [Read More]

Thank you from the food pantry This letter of thanks goes out to all of the generous Fairhaven residents, who contributed non-perishable food to the 30th annual U.S. Postal food drive called “Stamp Out Hunger.” On Saturday May 14th, the hard working letter carriers did double duty by delivering the mail and picking up all… [Read More]