Tag: Fair Haven municipal government
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Cole and Koch win Borough Council seats in Fair Haven
FAIR HAVEN – Republicans Tracy Cole and Betsy Koch have won three-year terms on the Borough Council in Fair Haven. The terms will run from January 2022 through December 2024. The 2021 general election was conducted with vote by mail ballots; with early in-person voting on nine days in late October; and with in-person voting…
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Borough Council members select Halpern as new mayor in Fair Haven
FAIR HAVEN – Joshua Halpern has been appointed as the new mayor of Fair Haven. Halpern was appointed to the position of mayor by the members of the Borough Council on Oct. 12. He succeeds Benjamin Lucarelli, who resigned as mayor in September. Because Lucarelli is a Republican, the leaders of the Fair Haven Republican…
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Lucarelli steps down from mayor’s position in Fair Haven
FAIR HAVEN – After more than a decade of service to Fair Haven, Mayor Benjamin Lucarelli has resigned from his position. Lucarelli’s resignation was announced on Fair Haven’s municipal website by Borough Administrator Theresa Casagrande on Sept. 14. No reason was provided for the mayor’s sudden resignation. Lucarelli was appointed mayor in 2012 after Michael…
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Fair Haven officials prohibit cannabis businesses in borough
FAIR HAVEN – Borough Council members have taken action to prohibit the operation of cannabis businesses in Fair Haven. On Aug. 16, council members adopted an ordinance that will allow Fair Haven to opt out of having the state regulate cannabis businesses within its borders and deem all recreational cannabis businesses as prohibited uses. The…
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Fair Haven officials propose prohibiting cannabis businesses in borough
FAIR HAVEN – Borough Council members have taken action to prohibit the operation of cannabis businesses in Fair Haven. On June 28, council members introduced an ordinance that will, if adopted, allow Fair Haven to opt out of having the state regulate cannabis businesses within its borders and deem all recreational cannabis businesses as prohibited…
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McCabe takes seat on Borough Council in Fair Haven
FAIR HAVEN – Republican Suzanne McCabe has joined the Fair Haven Borough Council and will fill an unexpired term through the end of the year. Republican Councilman James Banahan resigned from the governing body in April. Following Banahan’s resignation, officials from the local Republican Party submitted McCabe, Tracy Cole and Sheri D’Angelo as nominees to…
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Fair Haven officials adopt $10M budget to fund borough in 2021
FAIR HAVEN – Members of the Borough Council have adopted a $10.08 million budget to fund the operation of Fair Haven during 2021. The budget, which was adopted on June 14, will be supported by the collection of $7.64 million in taxes from the borough’s residential and commercial property owners. Other revenue in the annual…
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Fair Haven officials introduce $9.64 million municipal budget for 2020
FAIR HAVEN – The Borough Council has introduced a $9.64 million budget to fund the operation of Fair Haven during 2020. The budget was introduced on May 26. Council President Susan A. Sorensen, Councilman James Banahan, Councilwoman Elizabeth Koch, Councilman Michael McCue and Councilman Christopher Rodriguez voted “yes” on a motion to introduce the budget.…
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Chrisner-Keefe, McCue sworn in as officials in Fair Haven
FAIR HAVEN – Democrats Meghan Chrisner-Keefe and Michael McCue have assumed their positions in Fair Haven’s government. Chrisner-Keefe and McCue join Republicans Susan A. Sorensen, James Banahan, Elizabeth Koch and Democrat Christopher Rodriguez on the Borough Council. Chrisner-Keefe and McCue were elected to their first three-year terms on the council in the Nov. 5 election.…
