Attorney John Markey Jr.

A resolution to the hotly-contested Fairhaven Board of Health election could come Monday...or maybe not.  Incumbent Peter De Terra was declared the winner by one vote following a recount.  Challenger John Wethington then filed suit in Superior Court, seeking a new election...

The debate over the Fairhaven Board of Health election will go on for a while longer.  A Superior Court Jjudge has set a hearing for May 31 to consider a request by challenger John Wethington  for a new election.  Wethington was declared the winner on election night, but a subsequent recount resulted in a one vote victory for incumbent Peter De Terra...