By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent At its meeting on 8/17, the Fair­haven Selectboard received an update on the situation with the Rogers School building. Town Administrator Mark Rees reported that after the previous meeting when the Selectboard considered giving the developer one last chance to fulfill its contractual obligations, he met with Selectboard member Keith… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent The Fairhaven Selectboard on 6/30 initiated the Request for Proposals (RFP) process to retain a consultant to perform an employee engagement and work culture survey to assess the work environment and management of Fairhaven workers and staff. Town Administrator Mark Rees made the recommendation, saying, “Good management practices suggest that… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent The Fairhaven Selectboard on 7/13 expressed its frustration over the inability to appoint a new Board of Health member because the BOH has still not taken action to begin the process. According to Town Administrator Mark Rees, the BOH must address a letter to the Selectboard declaring a vacancy before… [Read More]

By Jean Perry, Neighb News Correspondent The Fairhaven Selectboard dis­cussed the Rogers School project at both its 6/30 and 7/13 meetings, ultimately deciding not to void the Purchase & Sale agreement…yet. At the 6/30 meeting, all three board members voiced their frustration  that developer New England Preser­va­tion & Develop­ment (NEPD) failed to adequately meet the mile­stone… [Read More]

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]