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With incumbents stepping down, and one member having won last years recall, there are now two more new faces on the Select Board.

Voters in Fairhaven have re-elected Stasia Powers to the Select Board for a three-year term and added two new board members at this year's town election.

There is a five-person race for three seats on the select board, a race for a Board of Health seat and a race for two seats on the Planning Board.

FAIRHAVEN — Fairhaven residents have spoken. Select Board Chair Daniel Freitas will no longer sit on the towns highest board after voters decided overwhelmingly to recall him in the July 26 special election. According to the unofficial election results, out of 2,345 ballots cast, 1,903 were in favor of recalling Freitas, more than four times the 419 votes against. Replacing Freitas on the Select Board will be School Committee member Stasia Powers, who won with 807 votes against Sustainabil...

An effort to recall the chairman of the Fairhaven Board of Selectmen is underway, but the selectman himself said he’s not worried.

FAIRHAVEN — Fairhaven and Acushnet officials say they were ready to distribute the vaccine, but the state "pulled the rug from under" them by diverting supplies to the mass vaccination sites. “The state was pushing us smaller municipalities into emergency planning. We were ready to go and were confident we wouldn’t disappoint the community. Then the state made this decision and pulled the rug from under us,” said Kevin Gallagher, fire chief for Acushnet Fire Department. Gov. Charlie ...

FAIRHAVEN — A little piece of Fairhaven history has finally been returned home. The cupola, which once housed the famous Paul Revere Bell on top of the Oxford School, was restored and erected back onto the building on Jan. 9, after being removed five years ago.    This wasn’t announced to the town beforehand, as a way of mitigating crowds forming. “It was a low-key surprise event for the town. It’s a missed part of the North Fairhaven skyline. Everyone involved did this because the...