Fairhaven News

The town has put out to bid planned upgrades to Fairhaven's wastewater treatment facility, including the installation of an anaerobic sludge digestion system, according to William A. Fitzgerald Jr., Board of Public Works superintendent.

Police rescued a suicidal teenager from the roof of Fairhaven High School early Saturday morning after a three-hour ordeal.

New Bedford planner David Kennedy walked atop the New Bedford-Fairhaven hurricane barrier yesterday.

Fairhaven officials are warning residents to be on the alert for rabid wildlife after a skunk found in the Adams Street area tested positive for rabies.

Early education raises achievement, and many communities are responding by offering full-day kindergarten.

One of the oldest continuing inter-denominational ecumenical organizations in the Northeast United States, the Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford, is celebrating its 70th anniversary on Nov.

Shackled by hundreds of home foreclosures, one of the highest unemployment rates in the state and a lingering financial crisis, Mayor Scott W. Lang presides over the city of New Bedford during one of the most difficult periods in recent history.

Police have arrested a Fairhaven man suspected of recently breaking into several homes and cars on West Island and stealing home goods and electronic items.

The chickens are officially off the Vliet family property, but the squawk surrounding them may not be over.

Fairhaven Fire Department hosted a full-scale exercise to improve emergency response in the region.

Attleboro police arrested a Wareham man this morning who had been wanted for allegedly kidnapping a woman outside a Fairhaven Stop & Shop earlier this month.

Fairhaven police are searching for a man accused of briefly kidnapping a woman at a supermarket in that town last week.

Police are searching for a Wareham man who is accused of kidnapping a woman at a Fairhaven grocery store.

A Fairhaven convenience store employee who pleaded guilty to stealing from her employer was ordered to pay back just under $30,000, an amount less than one-third what the victim claimed was stolen.

A battered school bus rests on its side, with 20 bloodied students trapped inside.

A New Bedford man and a Fall River woman were arrested Friday and charged with several thefts in Fairhaven, New Bedford and Dartmouth, town police said.

Fairhaven's third annual Haunted High School will be held on Thursday, Oct. 29 and Friday, Oct.

The Town of Fairhaven will host a full-scale exercise on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in an effort to evaluate and improve emergency response in the region, officials said.

August M. "Gus" Sacramento, 93, died Monday, October 12, 2009 at Sippican Healthcare following a period of declining health.

An attempted abduction suspect's 911 call led to his own arrest Wednesday, six hours after a young woman was attacked on a popular bike path in Fairhaven, police said.