By Beth David, Editor In a three+ hour long meeting, the first since the COVID-delayed election on 6/8, newcomer Keith Silvia showed his supporters what he meant by change when he nominated Daniel Freitas for chairperson, instead of Bob Espindola. Tradition­ally, the person in the third year of his term is voted in as chair. For… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Special to the Neighb News Fairhaven Town Meeting members will tackle a much shorter warrant than originally planned when they remotely attend Fairhaven’s first-ever virtual Annual Town Meeting on 6/27. The Fairhaven Selectboard on May 28 approved Town Administrator Mark Rees’s proposal to shorten the warrant from 53 articles to just 19 in… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meting on Monday, 5/11, the Fairhaven Selectboard changed the Town Meeting date to Saturday, 6/27/20, pushing it out one more week from the last change of 6/20, after hearing from town moderator Mark Sylvia. The election is still scheduled for Monday, 6/8/20.  Mr. Sylvia told the board that he had… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard post­poned the local election for the second time at its meeting on Tuesday, 4/28/20. Town Clerk Carolyn Hurley told the board that she was having trouble getting poll workers. She asked the board to postpone the election from 5/18, but not to pick a date until their 5/11 meeting… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard received a presentation from the Fire Depart­ment on 4/13/20, to explain the new communication system, RAVE, which allows residents to opt in for a variety of alerts the town might send out for emergencies.  The system is more sophisticated than the well-known reverse 911 systems. RAVE allows residents to… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard, depart­ment heads, and the Town Adminis­trator had a message to the public at the Selectboard meeting on Monday, 4/13/20: Town Hall may be closed, but the town is open for business. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic criss, town boards and committees have been meeting and conducting business, using remote… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard held two meetings in the last week in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) threat. The board met with all department heads on Friday, 3/13/20, to discuss preparedness and plans to deal with the outbreak, and a possible large influx of cases. The board also met briefly on Monday, 3/16,… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor There was no angst, no fear, no intense urgency on 3/9/20, when the Fairhaven Select­board recognized the heroic actions of five people who saved lives last month. There was only a profound sense of gratitude, some humor, and a lot of hugs. There was plenty of urgency on 2/3 when Jackson’s Variety… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Department heads made their cases to the Fairhaven Selectboard on Monday, 3/2/20, explaining why their budget requests should be supported. Departments submitted their budget requests earlier this year to Town Administrator Mark Rees He and his budget team, Treasurer Wendy Graves, Town Accountant Anne Carreiro, and Human Resources Director Anne O’Brien, then… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 2/10/20, the Fairhaven Selectboard continued its discussion to create a policy for mileage and town vehicle use.  Town Administrator Mark Rees said he put together additional information, as requested, on which town employees had vehicles assigned to them, and which town employees were receiving mileage reimburse­ment for use… [Read More]