By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard met with the Board of Assessors and set the tax for FY20 at the Selectboard meeting on 12/2/19. The rate will decrease slightly from last year, but property values are up, so the end result will still be an increase of about $160 for the average homeowner. The new… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At it’s meeting on Monday, 11/13/19, the Fairhaven Selectboard approved the reclassification of a position in the public works department, creat­ing new position. An administrative assistant position will be moved up from level 14 to level 15 and become an office manager position.  Town Administrator Mark Rees told board members that the… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Fairhven Town Meeting members passed all articles, including bylaws changes, at the Special Town Meeting on Tuesday, 11/12/19. TM members. The article, that would have funded preliminary design/ engineering work for a public safety facility at the G. Bourne Knowles property, was passed over, so it did get discussed or voted on…. [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor At its meeting on 10/16/19, the Fairhaven Selectboard re­viewed and made its recommendations for the articles on the warrant of the special town meeting coming up on 11/12/19. TM members will face at least 19 articles, including spending articles and bylaws changes. STM will also be asked to approve a land swap… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor The Fairhaven Selectboard is ready to make a recommendation to Town Meeting for funds to make town hall fully accessible to wheelchair users and people with other mobility issues. At its meeting on Monday, 10/7/19, the board heard from Patrick Grime of JMBA Architects with some possibilities. Mr. Grime presented the board… [Read More]

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]