I have been trying to figure out how to address an issue that has been playing out on Facebook. Part of me wants to keep it on Facebook and not bother my print and email readers with it. But, I have always been honest with my readers, so I am deciding to address it here. … [Read More]

Very sad news this week (page 10). A 46-year-old Fair­haven firefighter/parademic took his own life this week. It’s heartbreaking to think that this man, in the prime of his life, felt he had no other choice, that he could not see the light at the end of his own very dark tunnel.  By all accounts,… [Read More]

Moscow Mitch and Protecting American Democracy We know that in 2016 the Russians were actively involved in a cyber campaign to disrupt our elections and to elect Donald Trump. From what happened in 2016 one would conclude that anyone who cares about American Democracy would support measures to protect the next Presidential Election from Russian… [Read More]

Don’t destroy the look and feel of Hedge Street As I read the article in the 8/22 Fairhaven Neighborhood News which reported on the Selectboard Meeting of 8/1,9 my interest was piqued when I read about the complaints regis­tered by residents of Hedge Street, because they are reminiscent of mine from when a Community Develop­ment… [Read More]

Sen. Warren’s lies The recent rant by Elizabeth Warren concerning the shooting death of Micheal Brown by officer Wilson is a blatant lie where she claims he was murdered. I challenge anyone to Google Micheal Brown’s shooting and read the reports yourself. The Department of Justice concluded he acted in self defense.  There is ample… [Read More]

This letter was sent to the Fairhaven Selectboard and read by Ms. Vilandry at the  8/19/19 meeting. We are writing you in response to the discovery of the latest plan of the MA DEP and New Bedford Port Authority to bury an additional 5,000 cubic yards of PCB sediments in another CAD cell, or unlined… [Read More]

\Another successful National Night Out The National Night Out Committee would like to thank the community for another successful event. This past Tuesday, August 6, 2019, we enjoyed a K9 demonstration, free refreshments, a display of safety apparatus, a dunk tank, music, and so much more, as a part of the nationwide “National Night Out”… [Read More]

Hodgson’s jails need independent investigation News earlier this month brought a report of the suicide of a young woman on July 3rd at the Bristol County jail. Her name is being withheld from the public, but she was being held in the women’s’ behavioral unit inside the men’s facility at the jail’s Faunce Corner location…. [Read More]

RMV at AAA is discrimination While the state is auditing the Mass. Registry of Motory Vehicles (RMV), it ought to look into the “sweetheart deal” the RMV made with the AAA, whereby the AAA can perform most Registry business but FOR MEMBERS ONLY! The AAA recruits, no doubt, more members, while it takes pressue off… [Read More]