By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard ap­proved a liquor license transfer, and received updates on grant money and other funds, at its meeting on 9/23/19.  The board also heard from Police Chief Michael Myers and other members of the Police Department leadership announcing the certifica­tion of the department by the  Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission (see page… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard made it through a very long agenda at their meeting on Monday, 9/9, and heard from residents on a number of issues. Residents of Hacker Street had previously asked for no parking signs, and due to some sort of “communica­tion problem,” as described by Town Administrator Mark Rees, the… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At a long meeting on 8/19/19 that included lots of input from the residents, the Fairhaven Selectboard heard com­plaints about the FY18 Community Development Block Grant project, and also discussed the navigational dredging project in the harbor, with comments on both sides of that issue.  The CDBG project is reconstruct­ing Hedge Street… [Read More]

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]