Extended Moratorium is Only Safeguard The Planning Board met on Nov. 1st and voted NOT to extend the moratorium. They voted to move forward with the new bylaw (now combining both medical and recrea­tional marijuana) and indicated that they are satisfied with their work product. Now, it is up to the Town Meeting Members to… [Read More]

Attend Route 6 study meeting This letter is to encourage all people who regularly use Route 6 between Fairhaven (at Stop and Shop) to Wareham (at Shaw’s) to attend a public meeting about that road November 8 or 14 . You can also fill out the survey that should be on your Town’s website or… [Read More]

Broke or Silent? By Beth David, Editor Tuesday is election day. We’ve been hearing from both sides about how it’s the most important election of our lives. I believe that, I really do. You all know how I feel about this president by now. I feel he is an absolute danger to our democracy, and… [Read More]

Socialism, or government’s role? In response to John Pond’s letter of Oct. 18, I can only say that he seems to have a grave misunderstanding of the role of government and whom it is for. He says that he is afraid of “socialism” being forced on our country by Democrats and that the Republicans will… [Read More]

Trump: Kidnapper in Chief President Trump’s Administration has denied due process as required by the Fifth Amendment to the US Costitution. The inhumane treatment of refugees at the US Southern Boarder as directed by the President are the works of an authoritarian president who consistently sees himself as above the law. As American Citizens who… [Read More]

Democrats envision socialism I don’t believe any reasonable person would disagree that elections have consequences. The 2016 presi­den­tial election is a great example. Under president Trump’s leadership this country has seen a dramatic turn-around. However the issue that is of the utmost importance is what direction we want this country to take. First consider the Republican… [Read More]

Join us for 100 year anniversary ending of WWI Most folks hopefully remember from history lessons the significance of 11, 11, 11. It was the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month that Germany surrendered and World War One ended. One hundred years ago, November 11th, 1918. There are memorial ceremonies planned… [Read More]

Submitted October 1, 2018 Dear Fairhaven School Community, Student enrollment figures are declining throughout the Common­wealth of Massachusetts and in the Southcoast region. This is not the case for the Fairhaven Public School District. A five-year trend shows our district’s enrollment growing from 1,980 students in 2013, to 2,045 students in 2018. We are aware… [Read More]

Tedeschi is a name engraved in my mind long before I met Peter Tedeschi, due to their convenience stores that were a fixture in Southeastern Massachusetts since 1923. Peter, the grandson of Italian immigrants, was the CEO of Tedeschi Food Shops until 2015. Peter is an experienced businessman with an investment background who currently serves upon the… [Read More]

For many decades, opponents of marijuana used to warn of its evils. It will make you insane. It will lead to use of more potent drugs. It will ruin your life. For many decades, it did ruin lives. Not because of any inherent evil, but because its opponents would have you arrested for possessing even… [Read More]