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Up from the kids’ table: Youth chairs Youth Commission
Dartmouth has a new Youth Commission Chair, and he may be the youngest leader of a municipal body in Dartmouth’s history. 20-year-old resident and Town Meeting member Kempton Campbell was appointed to the Youth Commission last summer — in fact, he’s...
Officials give thanks as longtime Planning Board chair steps down
After three decades of service, Planning Board Chair Lorri-Ann Miller was recognized by Dartmouth officials on two different boards as she held her last meeting in town government on April 5. Miller is stepping down from her longtime role as two new...
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Unique decor lands resident a magazine spread
Town switches to chloramine disinfectant to solve water quality issues
Easter Bunny visits Stackhouse for holiday photos
Fall River to remove upper dam at Lake Noquochoke
Record low turnout for annual town election
Dartmouth man arrested for razor knife attack
UMass Dartmouth police union issues no-confidence vote in top leaders
Assisted living added to proposed Hathaway Road project
District No. 1 firefighters practice search and rescue at Covid-safe training session
Sheriff Hodgson attends protest against him
Unique decor lands resident a magazine spread
Visitors to Joy Campbell’s house may be forgiven for thinking they’ve stepped into a museum. With antique wooden objects everywhere, the Padanaram home’s interior is so striking that it will soon be gracing the pages of Country Sampler Magazine, a...
Resident prepares for release of first children's book
It all started with a song. After the birth of his second daughter around two decades ago, Dartmouth resident Ed Pacheco would sing a song about a “little lamb” to his kids to get them ready for bed. Now, that very song has become the basis of his...
Board of Health candidate profile: Dr. Christian Pope
For the past year, Hawthorn Medical Associates’ Dr. Christian Pope has worked closely with the town’s Board of Health as its volunteer physician. Come the annual town election on April 6, he hopes to be on that very board. “I am proud to be part of...
Board of Health candidate profile: Darci Moran
A Dartmouth resident since 1978, physicians assistant Darci Moran has always wanted to find ways to help the town she loves — which is why she is running for an open Board of Health seat on April 6. One of the major factors for her candidacy, she...
Planning Board candidate profile: Kevin Estes
Longtime resident and Town Meeting member Kevin Estes hopes to turn his love for Dartmouth’s character into concrete policy as a Planning Board member. Estes is running in the upcoming town election against former town employee Jane (Kirby) Pansire...
Planning Board candidate profile: Jane (Kirby) Pansire
Former town employee Jane (Kirby) Pansire has a passion for planning. The 25-year Dartmouth resident worked for the town’s zoning and planning departments for more than a decade, and is now hoping to secure longtime Planning Board chair Lorri-Ann...
Town Clerk candidate profile: Kelsi Power-Spirlet
Ever since she went to grad school at Trinity College in Dublin, resident Kelsi Power-Spirlet said she has been obsessed with how elections are run — especially at the local level. That passion for politics is precisely why she is running for Town...
Town Clerk candidate profile: Sarah Arruda
Although she’s only been a Town Hall employee less than half a year, Town Clerk Sarah Arruda said that the amount of work she’s done so far shows she is dedicated to serving the town and more than ready for a full term come April 6. Before her...
Resident appointed to board of Woburn charitable foundation
Dartmouth resident Thomas Pappas, a former executive at a global investment management firm, was recently appointed to Cummings Foundation’s board of trustees, the Woburn-based charitable foundation announced March 12. Pappas earned a bachelor’s in...
Despite disability, musicians impress at nonprofit gala fundraiser
Being a musician in a pandemic is no picnic — but two Dartmouth musicians wowed a virtual audience at an online gala fundraiser for the Arc of Massachusetts earlier this month. Violinist Lindsey Melo of Dartmouth performed at the virtual “cocktail...
Resident celebrates publication of first children's book
For some, fatigue is a fact of life. For Dartmouth resident and Bridgewater State University grad Allison Carreiro, it was the inspiration for her first children's book, published in late December . A rhyming life-lesson book, “Too Tired Tommy” is...
Girl Scout adapts cookie sales for pandemic
Girl Scout cookie season is upon us. While members of Dartmouth’s Brownie Troop 67087 would normally hold group sales outside of stores like Walmart or bring their boxes door-to-door, the pandemic has made it so the scouts have to think of new sales...
Animal House: Resident creates new campaign for local zoo
Dartmouth resident Patrice Coholan loves bowling — and normally, she shares her passion with the community to support a cause. For the past three years the vice chair of the Buttonwood Park Zoo board has spearheaded the New Bedford zoo’s annual “...
Found father: Dartmouth resident unites with long-lost dad
It was a family reunion 42 years in the making for Dartmouth resident Jason Campbell. Raised by his mom in a single-parent household, Campbell never met his father, although he always wondered who he was. With nothing but a name to go on, the Fall...
Child care extraordinare: Meet the resident helping kids with mental health
It takes a village to raise a child — but when mental health issues are in the mix, sometimes it takes a bit more. Enter Erin McAlonan, Dartmouth Youth Commission member and Program Director for the Community Service Agency at the nonprofit Child...
For the birds: Hawk talk from local birding expert
Dartmouth’s Paskamansett Bird Club kicked off 2021 with a well-attended virtual presentation all about some of our most popular predators: hawks. Over 40 residents and friends signed in to Zoom for two hours on Jan. 13 to hear Woods Hole naturalist...
Longtime Lloyd Center researcher retires
After nearly 35 years of serving at the Lloyd Center, longtime Research Director Mark Mello has retired. First hired as research coordinator in 1986, Mello’s start at the center actually began three years prior. Mello said it all began after his...
DPW director retires after more than three decades
The end of this year also marks the end of an era, of sorts: On Jan. 1, longtime Director of Public Works David Hickox will be retiring after 34 years working for the town. Hickox got his start working as a civil and environmental engineer at...
New plans, new ownership for Davoll’s
A Dartmouth icon could soon see food service — along with books, clothing, and alcohol — added to its inventory, as brothers Ben and Will Shattuck hope to turn Davoll’s General Store into a cafe-style gathering spot. The pair were granted a liquor...
The kids are alright: Meet Dartmouth’s new Youth Advocate
Won’t somebody please think of the children? Now, somebody is: Deloris Joseph has taken up the town's long-vacant position of youth advocate this week after the job was funded at last Spring Town Meeting. Dartmouth’s youth advocate works to support...
Local historian chronicles escaped slave's story in the South Coast
Seven years. That’s how long former slave and author Harriet Jacobs hid underneath a porch before she could seek freedom in the North. According to Dartmouth resident and historian Peggi Medeiros, Jacobs thought that if her slave master believed she...
Former DPW Superintendent Fred Hanack dies at 94
Former Department of Public Works Superintendent and memoirist Fred K. Hanack of Dartmouth died at the age of 94 on Nov. 28, 2020. Born in Lenin, Germany on April 19, 1926, Hanack became a Wehrmacht soldier in World War II at the age of 17, fighting...
Young ‘rock stars’ raise money for local animal hospital
At only seven years old, Dartmouth resident Julia Franzese already knows she wants to spend the rest of her life making sure pets are properly cared for. Worried about any dogs potentially unable to get vet care because a family can’t afford it, she...
Travel journalist gives talk on extreme adventures
Ever wonder what it’s like to fish for piranha in the Amazon’s Rio Negro, swim in a thermal-heated sea in Antarctica, or try to crash an airliner? Nearly fifty people signed in to Zoom on Thursday night to hear travel journalist Peter Mandel...
Veterans remember: Dartmouth man looks back on service
Honore Bessette is a veteran who claims he isn’t a veteran. “I never went to Korea,” he said. “They sent me to Japan instead.” While modestly downplaying his own service, Bessette was quick to point to the many other war veterans he believes should...
Meet the World War II soldier who saw Japanese occupation
At 93 years old, longtime Dartmouth resident and World War II veteran Gerald Franklin can look back on his service during the US occupation of Japan with humor and humility. “I came in at the end of the war,” said Franklin, who was just 18 when he...
Meet the original Head of the Charles: Dartmouth resident D’Arcy MacMahon
But for Covid, this weekend would have marked the 55th annual Head of the Charles rowing regatta — the largest event of its kind — in Boston. Luckily, according to Dartmouth resident and regatta co-founder D’Arcy MacMahon, athletes around the globe...
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