''The Fairhaven Advocate'' is a community newspaper serving the communities of

Acushnet, Massachusetts Acushnet () is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 10,559 at the 2020 census. History Acushnet was first settled in 1659. It has been included as a part of three separate towns throughout its history. I ...

and

Fairhaven, Massachusetts Fairhaven (Massachusett: ) is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the South Coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. The town shares a harbor wi ...

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. Introduced in 1979, it is now owned by local newspaper company

Hathaway Publishing Hathaway Publishing was a subsidiary of The Local Media Group Inc. Hathaway published five weekly newspapers in the South Coast region of Massachusetts. History Owned by the Hathaway family until 1997, the company later partnered with its form ...

, which is owned by

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. Its current editor is Kaisa Holloway Cripps. Past editors include Michael Medeiros.

History

In 1979, Gil Vieira first began publishing ''The Advocate'', a weekly newspaper dedicated to the interests of Fairhaven. In the quarter century that has passed since the newspaper first hit stands, the publication has grown to cover the town of Acushnet as well. Since the late 1990s ''The Advocate'' has been printed by Hathaway Publishing, now a division of South Coast Media Group.

Editors and contributors

Current

The current editor is Kaisa Holloway Cripps. Editorial contributors include Rich Damaso, Diane Westgate, Mali Lim, Elizabeth Morse Read and Sheri Tripanier. Photo contributors include Ed Pepin, Frank Rezendes and Charles Ferreira, Jr. The sports editor is Jon Haglof.

Past

Past editors include Michael C. Medeiros and Lori Rebello (Richard).

Affiliates

*The Standard Times New Bedford *The Somerset Spectator *The Dartmouth/Westport Chronicle *The Fall River Spirit *The Middleboro Gazette

External links

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