FACTS – Archived News
Here you can discover the history of our community.
May 22, 2024 – Inquiring minds would like answers
After an idle period when nothing needed to be questioned, and FACTS began leaning towards the informational, rather than the investigatory, our council has recently been working overtime to keep pace with actions and events
May 9, 2024 – FACTS interviews new candidates for your 2024 POA-BOD, Chris Barajas and Don Moore, about their goals and vision for Fairfield Harbour
Chris Barajas – FHPOA Director Candidate for 2024 Risk-taking: Do you think the POA should have a reserve fund account to assist us with the next 100-year flood because we have a 6-digit deductible? We
May 4, 2024 – Gondolier Peninsula land deal explained
The April 19 Friday Update from the POA revealed that a recent Supreme Court decision had lessened the Federal control over wetlands. Maintaining the wetlands for FH, the POA claimed, had been costly over the
April 25, 2024 – Why all the secrecy… It’s our money!
Why all this secrecy… Information from the POA might help the community understand and support BOD goals and actions. Why can’t we get it? The budget addresses expenses for principal and interest payments against the
April 23, 2024 – Candidate Experience: should it be verifiable?
As our annual Fairfield Harbour POA elections approach, and we prepare to carefully review each candidate’s answers to the questions the candidate form asks, we need to ask ourselves whether that form asks enough. We
April 15, 2024 – Why try to instill fear? A former board member speaks about BOD President Hewett’s repeated derogatory and misleading comments about previous boards.
Why try to instill fear? A former POA director, Joe Schulties (2014-2017), recently posted a Social Media response to a BOD slide displayed at a community meeting. Joe has given FACTS permission to share that
November 20, 2023 – Building boom update
The FACTS article series about Fairfield Harbour’s building boom will be taking time off for the holiday season. Depending upon the availability of interviewees, we hope to resume our series soon. Thank you for your
October 5, 2023 – What’s going on in the Harbour, anyway and when will it end? For insight, follow Margaret Rose, President of Neuse Realty, as she traces our community’s arc of development from Port O’ Pines to the Fairfield Harbour we know today.
From Northwest Developers’ Port O’ Pines to Treasure Cove, our water and sports community of villas, timeshares and 2500+ lots slowly established itself as a place to live. By the early 1970’s, more than $1M
September 15, 2023 – What’s going on in the Harbour, anyway? New homes seem to be rising everywhere! In a new series of monthly articles, FACTS explores the sudden housing boom, the builders involved, and the impact it continues to have on our community.
September 2023 Beginning in October, the Fairfield Action Council for Truth and Support (FACTS) will inaugurate its new Building Boom Series of monthly articles for the Did You Know? menu on www.FHFACTS.org. Our reporters will
March 18, 2022 – Would you be a Fairfield Harbour-Property Owners Association director? The current FACTS committee has five former Fairfield Harbour directors who defined the role of an FH-POA director in the attached document.
A community is like a ship: everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. – Henrik Ibsen. Fairfield Harbour, your community, will elect two Directors this June. Will you be one of them? WHAT
June 4, 2020 – Shoreline clubhouse. The final disposition of the Shoreline clubhouse has been determined. Here is the interesting history behind this very sensitive community issue.
The Shoreline Clubhouse, in disrepair and needing extensive upgrades, had been shuttered by MidSouth. By the time our community voted to purchase the 385 acres in 2016, the building had become an eyesore, filled with
May 15, 2019 – Candidates slammed! A recent “brown box” warning to residents seeks to discourage your votes for two well-qualified candidates. The anonymous author ignores ability and dedication to community, falsely citing conflict of interest where none exists. It asks you to believe a smear.
PLEASE SHARE THIS NEWS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS! Brown boxes in Fairfield Harbour received a new insert which attempts to mislead property owners by criticizing two highly qualified candidates in this year’s election for FHPOA Director.
January 24, 2018 – Missed the annual FHPOA Budget Meeting? Read what Directors and FH property owners had to say.
Budget meeting January 24, 2018 6 pm – 9 pm BOD President Ann Simpson began the 1/24/18 Budget Meeting at 6 pm with the Pledge of Allegiance, and an announcement that Fred Whiting would not
December 3, 2017 – The BOD’S open letter to Fairfield Harbour residents in 2017 December’s digital Beacon misconstrues letters received from property owners.
Recently, a small group of property owners acted upon their concern that nearly a year had elapsed since the BOD’s public assurances of developing a Master Plan for the rehabilitation and development of the newly
November 11, 2016 – Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge Humrickhouse, decides!
Fairfield Harbour’s 11:00 am appearance before Judge Humrickhouse began at 12:50 pm on Thursday, 10 November. In compliance with 1129A, the first order of business was to confirm that both parties agreed to the plan
August 18, 2016 – Vote on 385 acres
Vote results for $2,750,000 expenditure for Amenity Property from MidSouth. For: 1202 Against: 377
August 4, 2016 – Confused by Fairfield Harbour’s fund raising efforts? Here’s a description of two efforts by property owners to raise funds needed to secure the endangered 385 acres. Choose the one which suits you, and join your friends and neighbors in our community determination to survive!
Fairfield Harbour property owners are worried. Will the POA secure an affordable loan? Will Jack Shaw have his way with Fairfield Harbour – to our detriment? What can we property owners do? While the BOD
July 25, 2016 – The special POA meeting scheduled originally for July 27 has been postponed until August 17 at 7pm
July 25, 2016 Dear Fairfield Harbour Property Owner, We wanted to let you know that the special meeting originally scheduled for this Wednesday, July 27th, will be postponed until August 17th. As we informed the