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A smokey fire late Monday afternoon Fairhaven kept firefighters busy for about 90 minutes. Smoke from the fire at 12 Howland Road could be seen miles away in neighboring New Bedford. Fire crews responded to Nye Lubricant-New Bedford Thread Company shortly after 3:30 and faced a wave of thick smoke, and an activated sprinkler system inside the building...

Patriotic songs, speakers, a fly-over and a parade were all part of Veterans Day in Fairhaven on Tuesday.  Thirty-year Army veteran Bill Kligel, a Fairhaven native, was the keynote speaker outside the High School. He said Veterans Day was not about him...

Words of praise for the late Nelson Mandela are pouring in from around the world, including Southeastern Massachusetts. Sala Matteos of Fairhaven is an admirer of Mandela, and during the 1970's he spent time in Africa fighting oppression in that continent.  M...

The northern-most wind turbine in Fairhaven will likely be out of service for the next few days.  The turbine is off-level and has been taken out of service. According to published reports, developer Sumul Shah says one side of the turbine has sunk into the ground, with the foundation about one-fifth of an inch lower on one side than the other. ...