Jon Faria

Shaw's customers in Dartmouth will be getting a more interesting selection to choose from. On Monday night, the Dartmouth Select Board approved the Shaw's located near Buttonwood Bark for the town's last available beer and wine license...

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...

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...

Fairhaven's only contested race during Monday's election saw newcomer Cameron Durant defeat former BPW member and selectman Geoffery Haworth for the open Board of Public Works seat. Since incumbent Jarrod Lussier had withdrawn his name from the race, the two candidates were both write-in's on the ballot...

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...

With Dartmouth's town election a month away, the Police Station Committee held their final presentation Monday night for a joint Select Board/Finance Committee meeting. Project officials discussed the overall project, and changes made since hearing from residents...

The public got their first look at the new Dartmouth Police Station design Monday night. Project officials presented the images and other building features during the Select Board meeting. Features of the building include an on-site fueling station, a separate utility building, and a sally port, which would allow officers to transport prisoners from cruisers into the station through a secured spac

While most town boards haven't voted on the issue yet, many Dartmouth officials came out in support of buying the Allendale Country Club. The Select Board, Board of Assessors, Conservation Commission, and Planning Board met at the Dartmouth Middle School Monday night to discuss buying the 150-acre property at half its assessed value, with only the Conservation Commission officially supporting it..

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 are hoping to join other local communities like New Bedford and Wareham in banning the sale of synthetic drugs. Also known as "fake weed", K-2, and spice, synthetic drugs are currently legal to sell in Fairhaven. Fairhaven's Board of Health met with the Board of Selectmen on Monday night to discuss Wednesday's public hearing to potentially institute the ban... Read Mo