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Family Fun Day at the Farmers Market

Princess Ariel (Frances Howard) drums with six-year-old Savannah Woodcock at the Music Together tent. Photo by: Kate Robinson
Dartmouth children were enchanted at the Farmer’s Market Family Fun Day on Friday, which had face painting, a Disney princess, a fire truck, and interactive music — as well as plenty of space for kids to run and play on the lawn outside St. Mary’s...

Dartmouth teen rocks at band’s public debut

Reversed Perception playing at the Oriental Pearl for their first public gig. Photo courtesy: Leigh Ann Rodgers
It was standing room only at the Oriental Pearl in Westport on Thursday night for Dartmouth teenager Ethan Church, who was playing drums at his first gig with new rock band Reversed Perception. People of all ages sat around tables or stood around...
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UMass Law student enrollment makes gains

The University of Massachusetts School of Law at UMass Dartmouth started its academic year on Monday with 113 new students, a 21.5 percent increase over last year. UMass Dartmouth stated in a press release that this number exceeds the national...

Police, community at National Night Out

Joseph Reyes, 8, holds a three-year-old python named Slither for Javen Rivera, 4, to admire. Photos by: Kate Robinson
Dartmouth police were among a host of local law enforcement agencies that took part in the National Night Out community event at Ashley Park in New Bedford on August 20. The event had been planned for the evening of August 6, but was postponed and...

Police catch goat running wild on Bakerville Road

Dartmouth police officer Steve Canario with Marshmallow the goat after his adventure. Photo courtesy: Dartmouth Police Department
Dartmouth police were put through their paces on Monday after successfully chasing down a runaway goat on Bakerville Road. The small goat, called Marshmallow, belongs to Dartmouth resident David Medeiros. It escaped from his home on Russells Mills...

UPDATED: Two companies pitch cannabis cultivation, retail locations

The Dartmouth Indoor Tennis facility on State Road. Photo by: Kate Robinson
Dartmouth might be seeing a lot more green in its future, as a marijuana cultivator and a cannabis company could move into the north end of town. Health Circle, Inc. has submitted plans to the Planning Board to open a recreational marijuana...

Honoring the wisdom of Dartmouth’s elders

Everyone has a story, no matter their age. That is certainly true for a special group of Dartmouth seniors. The stories of 14 residents over the age of 85 was given full attention at a special lunch on August 18 hosted by the Dartmouth Friends of...

Select Board votes to raise attorney’s rates

Anthony Savastano, counsel for the Town of Dartmouth, will be paid $25 more per hour after a vote by the Select Board in favor of the move at a meeting on Monday, August 19. Savastano asked to change his rates from $175 to $200 per hour, in line...

Pedal for the Path rides through Dartmouth

The routes prepared for the Pedal for the Path bike ride meandered across busy city streets in New Bedford and windy coastal roads in Dartmouth. The more than 70 cyclists who took part in the August 18 ride, however, were united for a major goal:...

Annual pig roast brings together firefighters and the community

There was plenty of smoke at Dartmouth Fire District No. 3’s annual Pig Roast. The event, held on August 17, included food, drink — and two large pigs cooked over a roast. This year, the two pigs were donated to the Paskamansett Engine Company,...

Kids delve into design, programming at robotics workshop

Team Dark Humor (right) during the competition with a row of judges and referees watching. Photos by: Kate Robinson
What do you get when you give a roomful of kids a box of parts and a computer? Dartmouth High School’s summer robotics workshop set out to find the answer, with two one-week summer camps that ended in a robotics competition in the school’s...

Highway Husky home safe after I-195 adventure

Nymera resting with her friend Ghost after her ordeal
Nymera the husky is an escape artist at only nine months old. On Thursday morning she managed to squeeze out of a second-story window through an air conditioner gap, jump down to the ground, and follow her owner’s car on I-195 all the way from...

Take a peek inside the new Dartmouth Police Headquarters

The Dartmouth Police Department’s new headquarters hit a post-construction milestone as work is already underway to make the building ready for a late September move-in date. Last week, the new, 20,000 square foot Dartmouth Police Headquarters on...

EEE has residents on edge

With neighboring New Bedford at “critical” risk for the deadly Eastern equine encephalitis virus and a Rochester man becoming the first Massachusetts resident since 2013 to be infected with the mosquito-borne disease, Dartmouth is on alert. As of...

Things to do: Go camping, roast a pig, honor the elderly

There's a lot happening in Dartmouth on any given weekend. For more information on these and other upcoming events, visit DartmouthWeekToday.com. Thursday, August 15 Paddle by moonlight. Paddle along...

Public hearing for proposed zoning bylaw changes

The Planning Board will hold public hearings for a number of zoning bylaw proposals at its next meeting on August 19, 7 p.m., in Town Hall room 315. There are a total of five zoning warrant articles proposed for the Fall Town Meeting. Two of the...

Fire District No. 3 accepting call firefighter applications

Interested in becoming a firefighter? Dartmouth Fire District No. 3 is now accepting applications for call firefighter positions. In order to qualify, applicants must be at least 18 years of age, hold a valid driver’s license, and within District No...

New Chase Road traffic lights are now running, partially

Drivers take note: A new traffic light is now partially operational. The new traffic lights under construction at the intersection of Old Westport Road and Chase Road are now running, but are not yet fully operational. According to Dartmouth police...

Potomska painter wows Art Drive visitors

Artist Gay Gillies shows her artwork hanging in the original dining room of her historic house
Dartmouth artist Gay Gillies may be on vacation, but last weekend she was still hard at work giving workshops and tours to visitors at her historic home on Potomska Point, just off Potomska Rd. in South Dartmouth. Gillies led a workshop on her...

Kids, seniors share passion for animals

Kids and adults learned from animals, and from each other, at a special intergenerational summer program. Seniors from Project Independence joined kids enrolled in the Humane Society and Shelter South Coast’s Shelter Buddies Kids Club summer program...

Cafe 628 springs to life at the Council on Aging

The Council on Aging is getting into the breakfast business, at least once a month. On August 9, the Council opened its new gourmet breakfast bar, called “Cafe 628,” for its first group of customers during a special, free breakfast. Everything was...

Connecticut man arrested in connection with Dartmouth hotel stabbing

A Connecticut man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing at the Residence Inn on Faunce Corner Road on August 10. Tyreke Brooks, 26, of Manchester, CT, is facing an assault and battery with a dangerous weapon charge in connection with the...

Ready, set, duck! Annual derby kicks off for Mass Audubon

Mass Audubon volunteer Doug Hlousek shows a slipper shell to Brayden Meagher, 7, while his brother Cameron, 4, looks on
Only a few ducks escaped the Mass Audubon Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary’s 16th annual Duck Derby on Saturday, which saw nearly 6,000 ducks released with the tide in a fundraising race on the property’s beach. Around 20 people hiked over the...

Strong start for new chamber music festival

Chase Ward, Evan Hines, and Sophie Applbaum performing Claire Cowan’s 2008 piece called wood:strings:hammers:flesh at the concert
Opening night at the first-ever Padanaram Chamber Music Festival had a little bit of everything: Foot stomping, Mozart, a violin strummed like a guitar, even a story about a whale. Nearly fifty people came out to St. Peter’s church on Elm Street in...

Complete transformation for emaciated Wonder horse

Wonder the horse with Laura Jae Bonville, 2, and her mother, barefoot trimmer Julie Nightlinger
Wonder the horse is living up to his name. The young horse was taken in by Don’t Forget Us, Pet Us animal sanctuary in North Dartmouth in May after being rescued from a kill pen in Louisiana along with 18 other horses — four of which died due to...

Things to do: See some art, hear chamber music, watch a duck derby

There's a lot happening in Dartmouth on any given weekend. Visit DartmouthWeekToday.com for your itinerary. Thursday, August 8 Save a life. Free pediatric heartsaver CPR classes will be taking place at...

UMass Dartmouth announces structural changes this fall

UMass Dartmouth is making some key changes this fall, adding a new Honors College as well as expanding its College of Nursing to include Health Sciences. At its August 2 meeting, the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees approved the changes...

Dartmouth treatment centers, police at front line of opioid battle

One in ten Americans knows someone who has died from an opioid overdose. 47,600 Americans died from an opioid overdose in 2017 — more than the number of Americans killed in combat during the entire Vietnam War . Massachusetts has an opioid death...

National Night Out postponed due to EEE concerns

National Night Out New Bedford, which both Dartmouth and UMass Dartmouth police were set to participate in on August 6, had been postponed. According to Neighborhoods United, which organizes the event, the cancellation was the result of concerns...

Police department names new Deputy Chief

After a lengthy search and a change to the department’s command structure, the Dartmouth Police Department has found its second-in-command. On August 5, the Select Board approved Police Chief Brian Levesque’s request to appoint Lt. Tony Vincent to...

Select Board approves conservation restriction for Dike Creek land

A project to preserve more than 120 acres of land in South Dartmouth is moving forward with Select Board approval of a conservation restriction on the land. At the August 5 Select Board meeting, members approved a conservation restriction for land...

Board of Health issues mosquito advisory

As the state has raised the risk level for mosquito-bourne disease in neighboring South Coast communities, Dartmouth town officials are advising residents to stay alert and be careful. On July 31, the state Department of Public Health issued a “High...

Padanaram Chamber Music Festival amped up for opening weekend

Festival Executive Director Colin Roshak (center) with pianist Evan Hines (left) and cellist Sophie Applbaum (right) at a trial concert in January at St. Peter’s church
A house overlooking Padanaram harbor is about to become the headquarters for a new summer music program: The Padanaram Chamber Music Festival. As he answered the door, festival Executive Director Colin Roshak — an articulate youth wearing thick...

Kids reel in big ones at fishing derby

The fish were indeed biting at the annual “Get Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs” fishing derby. The event, now in its 30th year, saw 37 kids between the ages of six and 16 set their lines in Melo’s Pond off of Old Westport Road to see who could catch...

Buzzards Bay Regatta in full sail

Skipper Charles Barmonde’s catamaran Merlin, out of Tiverton
The 47th annual Buzzards Bay Regatta is well underway at the New Bedford Yacht Club in Padanaram, bringing a bit of the unexpected with it: A minor multihull pileup, a world champion kiteboarder, and an influx of visitors from all over the world...

Downed telephone pole causes temporary power outage

The downed pole earlier Saturday morning
A telephone pole on Slocum Road that was taken out by a car early Saturday morning caused a temporary power outage in the neighborhood, according to workmen on the scene who wished to remain anonymous. Power has since been restored and the utility...

Dartmouth gets into Shark Week at lunchtime seminar

Kristen Kibblehouse giving a seminar on white sharks at the Stone Barn on Horseneck Road on July 31
Mass Audubon’s Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary almost needed a bigger boat for Shark Week on July 31, marking the occasion with a well-attended lunchtime seminar on Atlantic white sharks at their Stone Barn on Horseneck Road. Kristen Kibblehouse,...

Parks and Rec searching for vandals who damaged Apponagansett Park

Dartmouth Parks and Recreation are seeking the public’s help to identify suspects believed to have vandalized Apponagansett Park. According to the department, a group of people were spotted on surveillance camera destroying a concert sign and a flag...

Things to do: Go fishing, play ball, have fun at camp

There's a lot happening in Dartmouth on any given weekend. Visit DartmouthWeekToday.com for your itinerary. Friday, August 2 Play ball! Tournament action begins on Friday at the Dartmouth Youth Activities Association's...

Dartmouth author releases first novel

Frederick Thurber’s journey to becoming a published author was both accidental, and the result of an accident. It was three years ago when the South Dartmouth resident had a mishap with a chainsaw in his backyard. He was not seriously injured, but...

Police Relief Association concert rocks the Stackhouse

Lauren Marden and her one-year-old daughter Rhaya Correiro at the Police Relief Association concert
Where in Dartmouth can you dunk a cop, drink sangria, get your kid’s face painted, and listen to rock music all in one evening? At the Dartmouth Police Relief Association’s annual Concert on the Green fundraiser, of course! This year’s concert saw...

Fun in the sun at Padanaram Summer Festival

Eilidh Gunn and William Joyce, both 2, having a snack at the festival
The annual Padanaram Summer Festival took over the South Dartmouth village on July 27, with hundreds of visitors wandering through the vendors, musicians, dancers, and other attractions on offer. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. people shopped, chatted, ate,...

Fish kill reported in Padanaram Harbor

Town officials say ocean water around Padanaram Harbor is still safe to swim in despite a fish kill which was reported on July 26. According to a press release from the town, the state Division of Marine Fisheries confirmed several thousand fish...

Salem State newest school to join fast track law program in Dartmouth

Salem State University has joined ten other institutions in an agreement with the UMass School of Law at UMass Dartmouth that streamlines the process for students to earn their bachelor’s and law degrees, allowing them to earn both degrees in six...

Construction, efficiency, and communication top accomplishments for new town administrator

Hovering over Shawn MacInnes’s desk on the top floor of Town Hall is a large whiteboard, listing dozens of projects big and small. Some are crossed off as complete, but many others are not, as MacInnes looks to the past, present, and future...

UPDATE: Padanaram bridge reopens following mechanical failure

The Padanaram Bridge is now reopened to traffic after a mechanical failure left it closed for much of the morning. The bridge was reported closed at around 9 .m. July 25. According to Dartmouth police, the closure was the result of an “unforeseen...

Buy a spine, help the new library

With the new North Dartmouth Library nearing completion, a new fundraising campaign is launching to help the library department move in. The Dartmouth Libraries are now accepting donations for a special permanent art installation which will bear the...

Take a peek inside the old Dartmouth Police Station

With the Dartmouth Police Department poised to start moving into its new Tucker Road headquarters soon, what to do with the department’s old Russells Mills Road headquarters building is the big question on officials’ minds. Construction on the...

Things to do: Party in Padanaram, walk the beach, alpaca yoga

There's a lot happening in Dartmouth on any given weekend. Visit DartmouthWeekToday.com for your itinerary. Friday, July 26 SUP? The Lloyd Center and Osprey Sea Kayak will host a sunset stand-up paddleboarding tour from 6 to...

Photos of flooding in town after heavy rain

A few streets in Dartmouth experienced flooding following heavy rains on Tuesday morning, July 23. Sol E Mar Street in South Dartmouth was flooded in two spots: At the rear entrance to Big Value Outlet and near the Southworth Library parking lot...

‘My Annie Hall’ leaves Dartmouth residents laughing

The film opened with a monologue: An elderly man with white hair and glasses talking about getting older in a distinctive New York accent. “I turned 90 … and I’m not worried about aging. I think I’m going to get better as I get older, you know?” It’...

Town may save old North Dartmouth Library

The original, historic North Dartmouth Library may get another chance at life after all. The building, which is located behind the current Tucker Road library, is in danger of being demolished along with the current north branch library to make way...

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