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]

Oh my. The drama in Fairhaven is getting pretty ridiculous. Really, people, can’t you all just take a step back and get over  yourselves?  Now the Board of Health gives the brand new, right-out-of-college kid the step 3 rate instead of step 1.  Hmmm….isn’t this the same crowd always screaming that the town is going… [Read More]

We have some sad news this week. Shirley Hunter, a very active, long time resident of West Island died this week after a fierce battle with cancer (see obituary on page 18). Shirley was involved in a whole bunch of stuff on the island and with the West Island Improvement Association.  I could list a… [Read More]