Dartmouth through the photos: A look back at 2025
Sledding during the first significant snowfall of 2025. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
Stephanie Turgeon opened Boujee Bean at 743 Dartmouth Street. Photo by Abby Van Selous
A home exploded after illegal fireworks went off in a garage on Sept. 4. Photo by Kat Sheridan
A rare blue lobster found a new home at UMass Dartmouth in September. Photo by Kat Sheridan
A plane crashed onto I-195 on Monday, Oct. 13, killing Thomas Perkins, 68, and his wife Agatha Perkins, 66, of Middletown, Rhode Island. Source: Matthew Neto
The Dartmouth boys varsity soccer team advanced to the semi-finals for the first time since 2001. Photo by Abby Van Selous
Strolling through Padanaram in the annual Halloween parade. Photo by Kat Sheridan
Ella Soares dribbles the ball as part of the Dartmouth Girls Athletic League's first division for girls in second and third grade. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
The green man group performs during Dartmouth High School’s annual Dartmouth’s Finest talent show on Friday, March 14. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
Hundreds of Dartmouth residents particpated in the nation-wide “Hands Off!” rally on Sunday, April 5 in opposition to policies and cuts from the Trump Administration. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
Dartmouth’s Aja Crockett starred as Peter Pan in On Stage Theatrical Production’s spring show. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
An elementary schooler reaches out for some bubbles on the last day of school. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
A recent Dartmouth High School graduate is all smiles after receiving her diploma on Sunday, June 1. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
Kids played in the water in June during the year's first heat wave. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
A young sailor competes in the 27th annual Junior Regatta at the New Bedford Yacht Club during the July 12 and 13 weekend. Photo by Fran Grenon of Spectrum Photo
Debbie Reid and Wade Bauer, 1, were excited for the annual Smith Neck Meeting Clambake, which was held on Saturday, Aug. 9. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
A rescue team worked to free Tallulah, the Here Forever Farm rescue cow, from the mud on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Source: Here Forever Farm
Welcome back to school! Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
A girl investigates a mailbox for Santa at Padanaram’s annual Holiday Stroll. Photo by Kat Sheridan
Bruno DeSouza and Jack Gordon place wood beneath a 230-year-old house they were moving in September. Photo by Abby Van Selous
Sledding during the first significant snowfall of 2025. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
Stephanie Turgeon opened Boujee Bean at 743 Dartmouth Street. Photo by Abby Van Selous
A home exploded after illegal fireworks went off in a garage on Sept. 4. Photo by Kat Sheridan
A rare blue lobster found a new home at UMass Dartmouth in September. Photo by Kat Sheridan
A plane crashed onto I-195 on Monday, Oct. 13, killing Thomas Perkins, 68, and his wife Agatha Perkins, 66, of Middletown, Rhode Island. Source: Matthew Neto
The Dartmouth boys varsity soccer team advanced to the semi-finals for the first time since 2001. Photo by Abby Van Selous
Strolling through Padanaram in the annual Halloween parade. Photo by Kat Sheridan
Ella Soares dribbles the ball as part of the Dartmouth Girls Athletic League's first division for girls in second and third grade. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
The green man group performs during Dartmouth High School’s annual Dartmouth’s Finest talent show on Friday, March 14. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
Hundreds of Dartmouth residents particpated in the nation-wide “Hands Off!” rally on Sunday, April 5 in opposition to policies and cuts from the Trump Administration. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
Dartmouth’s Aja Crockett starred as Peter Pan in On Stage Theatrical Production’s spring show. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
An elementary schooler reaches out for some bubbles on the last day of school. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
A recent Dartmouth High School graduate is all smiles after receiving her diploma on Sunday, June 1. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
Kids played in the water in June during the year's first heat wave. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
A young sailor competes in the 27th annual Junior Regatta at the New Bedford Yacht Club during the July 12 and 13 weekend. Photo by Fran Grenon of Spectrum Photo
Debbie Reid and Wade Bauer, 1, were excited for the annual Smith Neck Meeting Clambake, which was held on Saturday, Aug. 9. Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
A rescue team worked to free Tallulah, the Here Forever Farm rescue cow, from the mud on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Source: Here Forever Farm
Welcome back to school! Photo by Leighah Beausoleil
A girl investigates a mailbox for Santa at Padanaram’s annual Holiday Stroll. Photo by Kat Sheridan
Bruno DeSouza and Jack Gordon place wood beneath a 230-year-old house they were moving in September. Photo by Abby Van Selous
Dartmouth was busy with news this year, from new restaurants opening, several proposed housing projects, a plane crash, to a house exploding from fireworks.
But the town also had fun this year, with kids taking part in sports and theater productions and residents attending numerous community events.
Take a look back at the year through some of our top photos and top stories.
January
The year began with some new local businesses, with Lilly Pad Boutique and Boujee Bean both opening. Kids also got a taste of snow in the year’s first significant snowfall.
February
In February, Gary Carreiro was named the sole interim town administrator while girls took to the playing fields with the Dartmouth Girls Athletic League. Dartmouth basketball player Kat Cheesebro also scored her 2,000 point in a record breaking performance.
March
March was a month of talent, with Dartmouth High School hosting its annual Dartmouth’s Finest competition and the Bishop Stang girls ice hockey team making its TD Garden debut. Sunrise Bakery also reopened under new ownership after being closed for nearly two years.
April
In April, Dartmouth residents took the polls and voted in Susan Murray to the Board of Health. Residents also participated in the national “Hands Off” protests and had some fun hunting for eggs during the annual Parks and Recreation egg hunt at Apponagansett Park.
May
Kids were very busy in May, waving flags in a Veteran's Day Parade and competing in a game of tug-of-war at the Special Olympics. Dartmouth middle school kids also got a chance to visit Neverland with the On Stage Theatrical Productions.
June
Town Meeting members approved all but four proposals in June. Students also finished the school year while seniors took to Memorial Stadium to graduate. Summer began with some fun at the beach in the season’s first heatwave.
July
July started off with the 27th annual Junior Regatta before residents paid a visit to South Coast Open Studio Tours and the Running Brook Vineyards Christmas in July.
August
In August residents attended the Smith Neck Friends’ annual Clambake. Students returned to the classrooms and a cow named Tallulah got rescued from the mud.
September
September had the themes of houses and animals. One house burned down from fireworks, and the second-oldest house in town was moved from its original location. We met a sheep who has her own mechanical wheelchair, and a rare completely blue lobster that found a new home at UMass Dartmouth.
October
In October, a plane crashed on I-195, killing a Rhode Island couple had the breaking news of a plane crash that killed two Rhode Island residents. A man was also charged for having illegal fireworks. Girls also took to science labs at UMass Dartmouth and to the lacrosse and softball playing fields.
November
This November, the Dartmouth High School boy’s soccer team made it to the MIAA Final Four for the first time in years. It was also a costume filled month, with the Halloween trick-or-treating and Bishop Stang’s production of the Great Gatsby.
December
In December, Dartmouth took a walk through Padanaram during the annual holiday stroll, Santa visited around town and a new housing project for Hathaway Road was proposed.
