By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard reconsidered their vote on sanctions against Rasputin’s Tavern and voted to re-re-open the licensing hearing at their meeting on Monday, 6/17.  In a memo to the board, Fairhaven Town Administrator Mark Rees wrote that Rasputin’s had informed the town that they had “severed their relationship” with attorney Christoper Markey… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard closed its hearing on Rasputin’s Tavern at its meeting on Monday, 6/3, setting a probationary period to September 9. The vote was 2-1, with Selectboard chairper­son Charles K. Murphy, Sr., voting “no” because, he explained in a follow-up phone interview, that he wanted to keep the hearing open. The… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard granted a continuance to Rasputin’s Tavern at its meeting on Monday, 5/22. The bar is facing sanctions, possibly up to a revocation of its license, due to a long list of violations that include over-serving customers, serv­ing alcohol to underage customers, bartenders allow­ing “body shots” on “Bikini Fridays,” and… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Although the police sections of the report on disturbances at Rasputin’s Tavern in Fairhaven are heavily redacted, the letters, accompanying documents, and sheer volume of reports paint the picture of a bar that is clearly requiring much more police presence than any other similar establishments in town. The Selectboard held a public… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard held a public hearing at its meeting on Monday, 5/6/19, to discuss a variety of neighborhood disturbances and bad behavior at Rasputin’s Tavern. The board made reference to a compilation of police reports about 130 pages long that detailed the findings by undercover police inside the bar and a… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday, 4/22/19, the Fairhaven Selectboard discussed the appointment of members to commit­tees, the upcoming Town Meeting and the town employee health benefits policy for part-timers. Board member Robert Espindola told the board that the Economic Development Committee met last week and the new Planning Director, Paul… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on Monday, 4/8, the Fairhaven Selectboard discussed the upcoming Annual and Special Town Meetings on May 4th, and made their recommendations for articles.  The board chose to adopt quite a few articles including Article 4 for the Sewer Capital Fee and Article 5 to amend fiscal year… [Read More]

By Mary Macedo, Neighb News Correspondent At their meeting on Monday 4/8/19 Fairhaven Selectboard members discussed the appointment of some committee members, as well as compensation issues regarding the Wellness Committee. Before starting their appointments the members reor­ganized the board after the election. Daniel Freitas, who was chairperson, nominated Charles K. Murphy, Sr., for chairperson, and … [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard dis­cussed the General Operating Budget and approved budgets for both the water and sewer enterprise funds at its meeting on Monday, 3/25. About 12 members of the Fire Depart­ment showed up to show support for adding two full time firefighter/paramedic positions re­quested by Chief Timothy Francis and Deputy Chief… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The main event at the Fairhaven Selectboard meeting on Monday, 3/4, was the FY20 budget. The board heard from the Fire Department, Public Works Department, School Depart­ment, and Town Clerk’s Office. The board also received Town Adminis­trator Mark Rees’s annual report. The board decided not to vote on any budgets because board… [Read More]