By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent The vacant seat on the Fairhaven Board of Health was filled on 7/30 in a split vote during a joint meeting of the BOH and the Selectboard. Among the five candidates, both BOH members picked Geoffrey Haworth, a home improvement and landscaping business owner, former Selectboard member and former Board… [Read More]
COVID-19 update: Rhode Island added to travel restrictions
By Beth David, Editor Rhode Island was taken off the list of states with no travel restrictions to Massachusetts on Tuesday. RI had previously been included in the rest of New England States, New York, New Jersey, and Hawaii as being exempt from travel restrictions in Mass. After an uptick in COVID-19 cases hit the state,… [Read More]
Matthew Lovegrove memorial bench vandalized
By Beth David, Editor “I’ve never been there when somebody wasn’t sitting there,” said Darlene Lovegrove, Matthew Lovegrove’s mother, about the memorial bench for him at the little fishing pier off the Little Bay extension to the bike path in Fairhaven. She said the bench was destroyed last Wednesday, 7/29, and they used the back of… [Read More]
Mayflower II riding out storm in the harbor
Locals got a nice surprise this week when the Mayflower II stopped by for a visit. The replica of the famous ship that brought European settlers to the new land docked at State Pier in New Bedford harbor to ride out tropical storm Isaias on Tuesday, 8/4/20. A few people got up close and were… [Read More]
Tropical Storm Isaias blew by quickly, but still caused damage
Tropical Storm Isaias moved quickly through town in one day on Tuesdaym 8/4/20, bringing wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour in parts of Massachusetts, including at the Fairhaven Town Beach. Some rain accompanied the storm, but not the torrential downpours that other areas saw. At least one boat broke from its mooring… [Read More]
Statement by South Coast leaders of faith and social equality
We, South Coast leaders of faith and leaders for social equality, come together to affirm the heart of our different traditions — we all are made equally in the image of the divine, all life is sacred, and every human being is our neighbor, worthy of love. Despite this common truth, we as a nation consciously… [Read More]
From our readers: Board of Health Needs to Get Its Act Together
On July 30th the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Health met to decide who would be the interim member for the vacant BOH seat. As many of us know, there have been many concerning actions, decisions, and developments coming out of the BOH that have caused multiple residents to question the competency of… [Read More]
From our readers: First Amendment is being “ravaged”
NeighbNews prints the First Amendment to the US Constitution on its front page so, in light of all that’s going on, I’d like to offer some thoughts on how it’s being ravaged. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …” The Wuhan virus (aka: COVID-19) unleashed… [Read More]
Obituary: Shirley A. Hunter
Shirley A. Hunter, 84, of West Island in Fairhaven, formerly of Norton, passed away on Saturday, August 1, 2020 peacefully at her home with family close by after a long battle with cancer. Shirley was born in Attleboro on April 30, 1936, the only child of John F. and Rose E. (McGann) Fitzgerald and was raised… [Read More]
Acushnet Selectboard issues soil permit for PJ Keating
By Pattie Pacella, Neighb News Correspondent On June 23, 2020 the Acushnet Selectboard approved the Soil Permit for P.J. Keating. Chairperson Roger Cabral was still at the helm at that meeting and offered the consensus that the Selectboard wanted to add restrictions on operations. “The Soil Committee has been the front page when deciding the soil… [Read More]
