By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Select Board will interview three finalists for Interim Town Administrator at its next meet­ing. On 12/16/24, the board received three names from the Interim TA screen­ing committee (TA Committee). The TA Committee chairperson, Jeff Osuch, told the SB that they received 10 applications, and they interviewed five. The SB… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 12/2/24, the Fairhaven Select Board set the tax rate for FY 2025 resulting in a small rate increase. On the recommenda­tion of the board of Assessors and Principal Assessor Joanne Correia, the board voted to approve a residential rate of $9.32 per thousand, and a Commercial, Industrial &… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Select Board began its meeting on Monday, 11/25/24, with a moment of silence for Heidi Hacking, a former Board of Health member and active member of several nonprofits, who died on 11/19/24, after a year long battle with brain cancer. SB member Andrew Roman read a quote from her… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on Monday, 11/4/24, the Fairhaven Select Board discussed the procedure for filling the Town Administrator position on an interim basis and permanently. Assistant Town Administrator of Finance/Town Accountant, Anne Carreiro, is the acting TA in the absence of the TA, but Ms. Carreiro is going on vacation from… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Select Board held a meeting on 10/15/24 that can only be described as bizarre at times, even by Fairhaven standards, featuring the return of a former Select Board member to chastise the current board about a subject he voted on when he was on the board, and the total… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor After a lengthy discussion at the 9/23/24 Fairhaven Select Board meet­ing, members voted to approve the restructuring of the Planning Depart­ment, Conservation Department, and Tree Department, essentially appoint­ing Bruce Webb to run all three departments. Mr. Webb is the town’s Conserva­tion Agent, but he has been acting as the town’s Director… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 9/9/24, the Fairhaven Select Board dis­cussed a possible change to the 40R Smart Growth Overlay District (SGOD) bylaw that has been the subject of an ongoing public hearing with the Planning Board (see page 4). At the PB public hearing, the possibility of splitting the article in… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Select Board dis­cussed protocols, including the use of Town Counsel, at its meeting on 8/19/24. TC Heather White briefed the board, saying that the protocol adopted by the board in 2022 requires that individual board members ask the Town Administrator to use Town Counsel. If they are denied, then… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The mysterious 40B developer that has been cited as the reason the waterfront district was put back into the proposed 40R Smart Growth Overlay District in Fairhaven was officially revealed at the Select Board meeting on Monday, 8/19/24. And it is, indeed, as speculated, Lars Vinjerud II, operating as Sun Harbor… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 7/15/24, the Fairhaven Select Board presented retiring police chief, Michael Myers, with a proclamation noting some of the accomplishments of his and the department’s during his 31 years as a police officer, including 15 as chief.  During his tenure the department made “great strides in the advance­ment… [Read More]