Fairhaven News

JOHN SLADEWSKI/The Standard-Times Crews work at the site of the two wind turbines that will be built in the woods off the Fairhaven bike path.

Reflecting its ties with the people of Japan, the Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society is offering basic conversational Japanese classes.

Karan Tandon, with Friends Academy Math Teacher, Dave Lobato are flanked by Karan's parents, Dr.

A Fall River manufacturer is changing the local landscape with the operation of a 2-megawatt wind turbine as part of an overall strategy for reaching net zero energy use.

During this bicentennial year, the Advocate will be publishing stories and photos related to the town's 200-year history.

Participants demanded the state take action to improve safety for human services workers during a vigil Wednesday night to mark the anniversary of the death of mental health counselor Stephanie Moulton in Revere.

When I heard through the grapevine about the two wind turbines going up approximately 500 feet from where I rent a unit at the Fairhaven Business Bays on Arsene Street, I decided to look into the issue for myself.

There is a very real, immediate danger to Fairhaven residents from two partly constructed wind turbines if the argument is settled by blowing bubbles and proffering fear.

I recently drove to Falmouth and Bourne so that I could see and hear the turbines for myself in order to form my own opinion on what is being so hotly debated, not just in Fairhaven but in communities all over our country.

Tabor Academy presents the popular musical "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying!" on February 23-25 at 7:30 PM on the stage of Fireman Auditorium, Hoyt Hall on the Tabor campus.A A cast and crew of over 45 students have teamed up this winter to bring this Pulitzer Prize-winning musical to life.A The lead role of J. Pierpont Finch, a ... (more)

Fairhaven Wind held a public forum last month, outlining its plans to build two 1.5 megawatt turbines off Arsene Street.

Christopher J. Easton, 54, of Mattapoisett, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2012, at The Royal of Fairhaven following a long illness.

So the Dartmouth Walmart will expand into a "Supercenter" and even more of the hard-working blue-collar souls of New Bedford will go out there to shop.

ANDRADE: of New Bedford, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, Duarte M.A., 68. Husband of Joanne Bosworth Andrade.

Survivors include his wife Nancy; his children, Victor J. Bariteau, Jr., Tammy Bariteau, Rebecca Bariteau and Margaret; a brother, Brad Bariteau of Fairhaven; and a sister, Anita Jefferies.

School Committee members said last week that any decisions about the wind turbines being built in Fairhaven should be made at the special Town Meeting on Feb.

The Miss Fairhaven Bicentennial Pageant scheduled for Feb. 4 at the Fairhaven High School Performing Arts Center has been cancelled due to a lack of interest.

The three hospitals that make up Southcoast Hospitals Group, Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St.

Two men were arrested for armed robbery in two separate cases that occurred this past week in Fairhaven.

Within the Jan. 24 Fairhaven Forum on Wind Turbines there was a clear contrast between civil discourse and emotional outbursts.