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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...

The West Island 5K Run/Walk will be held on Sunday, April 30, at 11 a.m., at 41 Causeway Road in Fairhaven.

The West Island Improvement Association is hosting a magic show for local families! Watch Matt Roberts perform amazing tricks at 41 Causeway Rd West Island on Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 7 pm. This is a fundraiser for the West Island Improvement Association...

Fairhaven Harbormaster Tim Cox is scratching his head after a sailboat was found washed ashore on West Island. The sailboat was discovered Wednesday by a resident walking on the beach behind the island's state reservation. Cox says the 25-foot boat likely drifted over from Falmouth after breaking loose of it's moorings during one of the recent winter storms...

There won't be any fishing piers off of West Island's causeway, and many Fairhaven residents are happy to hear it. After hearing opposition from locals on Monday, the Fairhaven Board of Selectmen voted to withdraw their support for the state-run project to build fishing piers on both sides of the causeway...

People looking forward to fishing off of new piers to be built on Fairhaven's West Island might not get the chance. The state-funded project would put fishing piers on both side of West Island's causeway, along with larger sidewalks with handicap accessiblility...

Beach-goers beware. Fairhaven Police say they've received at least one report of a woman trying to scam people out of money by pretending to collect beach fees. Fairhaven Police Sergeant Kevin Kobza says a report filed with police Monday alleges a middle-aged woman attempted to charge beach-goers $45 per car...

Fairhaven is planning for the worst this hurricane season.

Mattapoisett Police and the town Harbormaster team up to pull a man from the water after his small boat sank. Police say the incident happened just after 4pm Monday afternoon, in waters between West Island and Mattapoisett. Police say the man was from New Bedford...

UPDATE 6:48 - There are now reports of two earthquakes striking the Southcoast within minutes of each other. The first quake is reported by the United States Geological Survey as a M2.4 earthquake, originating at 5:46pm 1.5 miles SSW of New Bedford...