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Made in Dartmouth: Marshall Marine catboats

Catboats at the Marshall Marine Corporation boatyard in Padanaram. Photos by: Kate Robinson
If you asked him thirty years ago, Geoff Marshall never thought he’d take over the family business. Marshall’s father Breck started Marshall Marine Corporation in 1962 with the first fiberglass catboat model ⁠— an 18-foot boat called Antidote ⁠—...

Schools, youth sports adjusting schedules due to EEE concerns

Dartmouth schools and youth sports programs are taking precautions against the threat of Eastern equine encephalitis, after a Fairhaven woman with Dartmouth ties died from the disease this week. On August 26, Dartmouth school officials announced all...

Dartmouth turns out to support DNRT at annual Barn Bash

The barn’s rafters were ringing with the sounds of contented chatter and live bluegrass.
What happens when a land trust holds a hootenanny in a barn? Cowboy hats, boots, and a lot of flannel ⁠— plus music, drinks, dancing, and plenty of food samples from the best restaurants the neighborhood has to offer. More than 275 people came out...

Families camp out for the weekend at Allens Pond

The Roemer-Yap family sets up their tent during the family camp out at Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary. Photos by: Kate Robinson
The field in front of the Stone Barn Farm on Horseneck Road was looking festive on Saturday, slowly filling with multicolored fabric as around 80 families pitched tents for a Family Camp Out held by REI Co-op and Mass Audubon. Families — many of...

The campaign to conserve Eva’s Garden

One-year-old Sydney Gonzalez-Shwartz picks tomatoes with her mother Pam Shwartz during the tour. Photo by: Kate Robinson
“Taste anything you want,” Eva Sommaripa told twenty-four strangers, with a sweep of her arm indicating everything in her fields on Jordan Road in South Dartmouth. Many visitors were in various stages of doing precisely that: Bending over to pick...

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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