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The report concluded there was no evidence of foul play, and the death was a "terrible tragedy." .

Ocean State Job Lot is looking to add beer and wine sales to its Fairhaven location.

FAIRHAVEN - Drivers around Fairhaven should double check their speedometers after Monday night's Board of Selectmen meeting. The board spoke with Fairhaven Police Chief Michael Myers about reducing the town's statutory speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph...

Fairhaven's upcoming Town Meeting warrant looks to be a long one, with 58 articles set to be voted on. Many of the items featured will look to appropriate funding for a number of smaller projects like the Community Preservation Committee's request for $20,000 for a Board of Public Work's land protection project, $10,000 for a fitness station at the Recreation Center, and $17,500 for tennis court r

In a tight race for Freetown's open Board of Selectmen, Charles Sullivan won with 295 votes over Craig Cabral's 210 votes, and Joel Pacheco with 118 votes. The other contested race in Freetown saw incumbents Robert Clark and Derek Gracia defeat challenger David Beard for the two Regional School District Committee seats up for grab...

The town of Acushnet now has a selectman with a stance on the controversial LNG facility. Challenger Roger Cabral won Monday night's town election by a landslide against incumbent selectman Garry Rawcliffe, 709 votes to 419. Cabral previously criticized the Board of Selectmen for not coming out against the potential LNG plant in Acushnet...

The Paul Revere Bell tour could be coming to a parade near you. At Monday night's Board of Selectmen meeting, the Fairhaven Bell Committee was approved to build a cradle for the 2-century-old bell, allowing it to safely appear in town events, like parades, until it gets a permanent home...

The Oxford School's development company will not get the $325,000 in town CPC money requested for the project, at least not all this year. Last month, the Stratford group's request for Community Preservation Commission funds took town officials by surprise, however the company is required from the state to ask because of historic and affordable housing tax credits for the project...

Fairhaven officials are trying a last-ditch effort to keep the local Kmart from closing. At last night's meeting, the Board of Selectmen read a letter sent to Kmart's parent company, Sears Holdings, hoping to convince the company to keep Kmart in Fairhaven...

Fairhaven officials say they were surprised when the Oxford school's development group recently asked for town funding, and even more surprised when they saw for how much. During Monday's Board of Selectmen meeting, officials discussed the Stratford Group's $325,000 Community Preservation Commission funding request, which happens to be the same amount they're buying the property for...