oxford school

Fairhaven had some commotion and an interesting sight Saturday morning. Michael Rock explains what was going on.

On Monday night, Fairhaven's historic Oxford school took a major step toward becoming senior housing. The Fairhaven Board of Selectmen voted 2-to-1 for the Stratford Group's proposal to turn the North Fairhaven building into 62+ residences...

The historic bell atop Fairhaven's Oxford School has tolled for the final time.

Fairhaven's historic Rogers and Oxford schools are still looking for new owners, but changes to proposal requirements could change that. The Board of Selectmen spent over 2 hours on Wednesday night modifying the Request For Proposals draft, hoping to attract more bids on the properties...

It's been a snowy winter on the Southcoast. No one knows it better than Fairhaven's Superintendant of Schools Dr. Robert Baldwin. On top of blizzards and snow days, Dr. Baldwin has had to deal with Hurricane Sandy days, mold days at the Oxford (Wood) School, and a fire extinguisher clean up day

After failing an air quality test for elevated levels of mold spores last week, the Oxford School has been officially deemed safe by the Department of Public Health.  That means that the school is now officially open for business.  Wood School students will begin their school year there on Tuesday morning...

Fairhaven is dealing with an unexpected and unpleasant surprise just days before the first day of school.  Dr. Robert Baldwin announced that the opening of Oxford School (the temporary home of the Wood School) will be delayed until the Tuesday after Labor Day.

Have you seen the old Wood School in Fairhaven, lately?  If not, you'd better see it soon...or you'll never see it again.  Work crews are feverishly knocking it to the ground in order to build a new, state of the art, 24 million dollar school (15 million dollars of the tab will be picked up by the state....9 million by Fairhaven taxpayers).  The timetable?  An aggressive 13 months start to finish.