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Chicken barbecue at the VFW

The Dartmouth VFW Post #9059 Auxiliary will host its annual chicken barbecue on August 16 at 1 p.m. The meal will consist of half a chicken, potato salad, corn on the cobb, garden salad and watermelon. Take-out containers will be available. Tickets...

Impressionism showcase at Dartmouth Cultural Center

The Dartmouth Cultural Center is opening it’s red door for the first time since it closed because of the coronavirus pandemic in March. Beginning July 31, the center will host an exhibit featuring the impressionistic works of south coast based...
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Quack attack: Rubber ducks on sale for annual Duck Derby

It’s time to get your ducks in a row: Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary is now accepting entries for the sanctuary’s 17th annual Duck Derby. In advance of the derby, participants can sign up to “adopt” any number of rubber ducks. The ducks will be...

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The July 16 eEdition of Dartmouth Week is now live on our site. It's a pdf version of this week's edition — looking just like the paper version. Our papers are still available at all regular distribution spots that remain open in this period of...

Mass Audubon brings nature camps online

Starting July 20, Mass Audubon will be bringing a little bit of the outdoors inside and online through a week-long nature education series of virtual camps. Designed for kids in two different age groups — kindergarten through grade 2 and grades 3-5...

Slocum River paddle

Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust will host its first socially distanced event of the year with a paddle down the Slocum River on July 23. Participants will paddle down the river and will pass by several DNRT Properties including the Slocum’s River...

Free boxes of fresh produce for families

United Way of Greater New Bedford and Sid Wainer & Son will be giving out free boxes of fresh produce to families in-need as part of a pop-up mobile market at St. Julie Billiart Church on Aug. 3. The “Farmers to Families” food boxes are...

New summer Grab and Go lunches at the COA

The Dartmouth Council on Aging has announced a new summer Grab and Go lunch program in collaboration with Coastline Elderly Services. Every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m., July 16 through August 6, participants will be able to drive through the COA...

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The July 2 eEdition of Dartmouth Week is now live on our site. It's a pdf version of this week's edition — looking just like the paper version. Our papers are still available at all regular distribution spots that remain open in this period of...

Enchanted Woods tour at Paskamansett trails

Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust, in partnership with the Dartmouth Parents' 14.0 Facebook group and the Middle and High School volunteers with Real Life Princesses of Dartmouth, invite families with young children to join a tour of Enchanted Woods...

Free food at new Grab and Go program

Dartmouth United Outreach is hosting a free Grab and Go food program from 5:30 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday evening this summer starting July 7. The free food will be distributed at Smith Mills Church, 11 Anderson Way, off Route 6 and behind HOPE Yoga...

Sharing the Harvest ‘farm to go’ fundraiser

In lieu of its annual Farm to Table dinner, the YMCA is instead hosting a “Farm to Go” fundraiser at the Dartmouth YMCA on July 17 at 6 p.m. This year’s harvest celebration features James Beard Award-winning chefs Emily Luchetti and Jody Adams along...

Keep clam and carry on: Lloyd Center to hold modified clambake and auction

The Lloyd Center for the Environment’s 35th annual Clambake — a celebration of science and education — will look a little different this year. Typically, the center’s annual fundraising event features a clambake as well as a silent auction, open bar...

Residents to participate in virtual cycling cancer fundraiser

Five Dartmouth residents will join more than 10,000 participants in a “reimagined” 2020 Pan-Mass Challenge bicycle fundraiser for cancer research on Saturday, August 1 — virtually. The traditional ride to support the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute...

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‘I can’t breathe’: Letter from UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Robert Johnson

UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Robert Johnson. Photo courtesy: UMass Dartmouth
Dear campus community: Police harassment and brutality became known to me keenly and personally for the first time as a 13-year old kid growing up in Detroit in the 1970s. As young teenagers, my friend Lindsay and I were hanging out one afternoon,...

VFW announces winners for annual art contest

The Dartmouth Memorial VFW Post #9059 has announced this year’s winners for its annual art contest as Quinn Sullivan and Zoelle Morrissey, both from Bishop Stang High School. Sullivan won first place, and received a check for $100 from the Auxiliary...

Register to vote by June 12

The last day to register to vote for the June 23 annual town election is Friday, June 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Dartmouth residents can register to vote online, by mail, or in person. To register online or by mail, visit the town’s website at www...

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Help celebrate Dartmouth High’s Class of 2020

The Dartmouth High School Class of 2020 will be holding a parade through town on Sunday, June 7 starting at 9 a.m. from the high school parking lot and ending near Memorial Stadium. The route will take the seniors down Gulf Road, across the bridge,...

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A dog’s life: Pup charms Padanaram

Dartmouth Week - Dartmouth, MA news - Ashley Reyes hands out ice cream as the dog waits patiently for its turn. Photo by: Kate Robinson
Have you ever wondered what your dog would get up to if it got loose around town? One pup was seen roaming around Padanaram on Sunday afternoon — but it didn’t wander aimlessly. The canine charmed strangers at Dockside Ice Cream while patiently...

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Recycle boat wrap from May 18

“It protected your boat all winter, now it's time to protect the environment,” reads a flyer advertising the boat wrap recycling program at the Dartmouth Transfer Station. Residents can take clean white boat wrap to the Dartmouth Transfer Station...

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Spring Hazardous Waste Day canceled

The Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off Day scheduled for May 30 for New Bedford, Dartmouth, and Freetown residents has been canceled. The Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District recommends that residents should secure away from...

Curbing the Culture of Shame: A Conversation on the Impact of Cyberbullying

The Marion Institute will present a virtual panel discussion titled “Curbing the Culture of Shame: A Conversation on the Impact of Cyberbullying” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 14. The panel will discuss and respond to the documentary “Audrie &...

Celebrating five years of Dartmouth Week

In the five years since Dartmouth Week started publishing on May 8, 2015, Dartmouth has seen a lot of news. Among the many changes and improvements include the hiring of a new Town Administrator , the construction of several new buildings...

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