Thank you to the Fairhaven Selectboard  My name is Willow Berg, and I am a junior at Fairhaven High School. I would like to thank the Fairhaven selectboard for adding the 10% in renewables to our aggregation contract. I am so grateful that the motion was passed, and our town representatives are thinking of the… [Read More]

Fairhaven residents need to be heard at 9/21 meeting We have lived in Fairhaven for 20 years. I am not a native but love the town as much as anyone who has lived here longer. The people of Fairhaven I have come to know are proud of their town. Only once before have I been… [Read More]

The 2020 Election: Life and Liberty Should the Democrats win and their radical policies be implemented, our econonmic system would be destroyed. The words of Benjamin Franklin would be prophetic when he was asked about the outcome of the constitutional convention. He said yes, we have a constitutional republic, if you can keep it.  Let’s be… [Read More]

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]