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Heating assistance program now open

The enrollment period for the Home Energy Assistance Program is now open. The Home Energy Assistance Program provides financial relief to eligible households to help them pay winter heating bills and is a free, statewide resource. The program pays a...

Four final candidates to be interviewed for Town Administrator position

After Shawn MacInnes left the Town Administrator position in July, the town of Dartmouth has been searching for a candidate to fill the position. On Wednesday, Dec. 11 and Thursday, Dec. 12, the Select Board will conduct the final interviews with...

Planning Board extends new offer for Planning Director position

The Planning Board came before the Select Board on Dec. 2 to discuss extending a new offer for the Planning Director position after Camerin Bennett chose to not accept the role, which has been open since July after Christine O’Grady resigned. On Oct...

Beyond the Star Store

Stretching across the facade of what used to be Bed Bath and Beyond in the Dartmouth Towne Center, a shopping plaza, is a long blue temporary banner with the words Art & Design Studios. It’s been nearly a year and a half since the UMass...

‘Pulling’ the community together with tractors

Down on Lucy Little Road, the Paskamanset Beagle Club has opened its property to some visitors hosting a friendly competition of tractor pulling. On Sunday morning, Dec. 1, the Paskamanset Slab Tractor Pullers hosted its second and final competition...

Sheriff’s Office awarded Innovation of the Year award

The Bristol County Sheriff’s Office used to have a rate of suicide three times higher than the national average and the highest in the state, but after the office hired Lindsay Hayes, a nationally recognized expert on inmate suicide, the office has...

Wreath and repeat: Troop 13 sells homemade wreaths to support its charter

When the wreaths arrive they are blank. But those who buy them wouldn’t have a clue as the girls of Dartmouth Scouting Troop 13 put them all together for sale themselves, tying bows and collecting all the pine cones and holly. The troop set up on...

Holiday cheer arrives early at Hill Crest Alpacas

Reindeer aren’t the only animals Santa and Mrs. Claus like. It turns out they fancy alpacas, too. On Sunday, Nov. 24, the Clauses visited Hill Crest Alpacas for the farm’s Christmas celebration. This was the eighth time Santa and Mrs. Claus stopped...

Clearing the air: High school staff crack down on vaping

Dartmouth High School equipped its restrooms with sensors designed specifically to measure the amount of vapor in the air from e-cigarettes back in early March after educators wondered how prevalent vaping is for its students. Much to the school’s...

Annual trash and trash bag rates to increase

Dartmouth’s annual trash and trash bag rates will be gradually increasing starting in Fiscal Year 2026, but by how much is still unknown. At the Board of Public Works meeting on Thursday, Nov. 21, representatives from planning firms Weston &...

Dartmouth Southcoast Health welcomes new provider

There is a new staff member at Southcoast Health Family Medicine in Dartmouth this month. Rachel Ray earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from UMass Dartmouth and will be seeing patients of all ages. To learn more about Southcoast Health providers...

Select Board approves new Substance Use Program Coordinator position

The Select Board unanimously agreed to establish a new town position to track, fund and create resources using opioid settlement funds at its Monday, Nov. 18 meeting. The Substance Use Program Coordinator position was created by the Dartmouth...

Select Board allocates remaining ARPA funds as deadline approaches

The Select Board allocated $1,390,000 in revenue replacement funds to four projects, including school building improvements, a Town Hall upgrade and water main replacements. The Select Board previously allocated revenue replacement funds to a...

DNRT sprints into ‘biggest’ trail race yet

For mother-daughter Dartmouth duo Jennifer and Molly Rouillard, the Dartmouth Natural Resource Trust’s annual Trail Race is a family tradition. Jennifer said it’s the woods. “The woods call me to come back,” she said, adding, “It's just so much fun...

A stroke of kindness: Volunteers gather to help Dartmouth homeowner

Like an old fashion barn raising, approximately 30 volunteers gathered together Saturday, Oct. 19, to help a neighbor in need. Pam of Dartmouth had recently lost her husband and has been struggling with some health issues for some time. Though she...

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