Fall sports cancellation is hypocrisy and further divides the haves from have nots  It was with shock that our family read of the fall sports cancellation by the South Coast Conference. The hypocrisy of this cancellation is deafening. First, the decision ignores the health data. Second, at a time when schools are championing equality, the… [Read More]

We Cannot Wait To Support Local Renewable Energy The Fairhaven Sustainability Com­mit­tee supports an initiative that would automatically enroll our town’s residents and businesses in a program to purchase 10% of renew­able energy.  If adopted, the program will only contribute to our community in positive ways. It will decrease our dependence on fossil fuels, a… [Read More]

Oh, boy, it’s the BPW’s turn to play bozo-board this week (page 14). I hate it when dad and dad fight. Acushnet was pretty busy this week. In addition to our cover story (more on that later) they had a protest (page 7), the closing of the Farm to Families program (page 6), and the… [Read More]

Support Sustainable Energy and Increase Green Jobs- At our meeting in May, the Fairhaven Sustainability Committee voted unanimously to support the 10 percent increase in renewables in the Good Energy Contract. Fairhaven has the opportunity to be a model for other Southcoast towns by leading and supporting this initiative. We are a Green Community and… [Read More]

What’s going on in Fairhaven? Aside from the serious disruptions and drama of late — it turns out some very impressive initiatives are under­way in Fairhaven. Flipping channels, I came upon a replay of the July 23, 2020 Economic Development Commit­tee meeting. (FairhavenTV.com) Here was a group of dedicated citizens proposing positive initiatives for Fairhaven’s future… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Well, I have to start with a correction of sorts. Keith Silvia called to say that I got it wrong in my editorial last week when I told him he could not email another Selectboard member. Because there are only three on the board, that would constitute a quorum and be… [Read More]

Mayhem and Madness in Fairhaven  This is all terrible, confusing and not at all pleasant to read. Fairhaven has some 15,000+ people. One wonders how much influence the previous Senator still has in town. For the past 17 years, it seems as though we have been making an attempt to get away from the ‘ol… [Read More]

Selectboard and Board of Health members are schoolyard bullies The members of the Board of Health and the Board of Selectmen are behaving like schoolyard bullies in the middle of a health crisis. The number of cases in Fairhaven has tripled, from 2 to 6, since the election, yet the Health Department doesn’t have enough… [Read More]

Electric option should be opt-in, not opt-out The Fairhaven Selectboard has been petitioned by a group called The Climate Reality Project Southcoast to allow an automatic increase of 10% to Fairhaven’s purchase of renewable energy to be assessed on your monthly electric bill. If Climate Reality is successful with their petition the ratepayer (you) will be… [Read More]

This letter was sent to the Fairhaven Selectboard on 8/13/0 Dear Bob, Dan and Keith,  We respectfully ask for your vote in favor of the 10% across-the-board increase in RECs in the 2021 Good Energy contract to protect our Town’s coastal vulnerabilities. So did the majority of the 128 respondents to the Town’s recent survey. (To… [Read More]