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Dartmouth resident celebrates 100 years

If Dartmouth resident Lillian Donaghy had a candle for every year she’s been alive, her birthday cake would have been a fire hazard. Donaghy celebrated her 100th birthday on February 7 with cake — plus four generations of family and friends — at the...

Animal control unleashed: Extraordinary tails from 25 years in town

Sandra Gosselin’s van has clearly been around the block. Along with the usual doodads and change, there’s a chewed-up tennis ball that rolls around the dash every time she makes a turn, as well as bags of treats, thick gloves, a cup full of pens and...

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Spindle Rock River Rats raise the roof

What do you get when you mix ten musicians, a fridge full of beer, and a former horse barn? A regular Monday night for the Spindle Rock River Rats, a band that plays their eclectic mix of bluegrass, folk, western and fiddle tunes all over the South...

Meet the scientist studying how vocabulary can improve emotional health

Dr. Jennifer Fugate of UMass Dartmouth’s psychology department believes that people have more control over their emotions than they think — and that language may help people manage their emotional responses, a theory that has major implications for...

An artist with a message: Gayle Wells Mandle

Gayle Wells Mandle has been an artist all her life. Originally from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the South Dartmouth resident grew up watching her mother paint watercolors. But they weren’t just pretty pictures. “She did a lot of local themed work,...

Behind the news: A look at the Dartmouth people who made 2019 memorable

From a new fire chief to a DeMello teacher living out his dream, 2019 was filled with stories from newsmakers in Dartmouth. Here’s a look at Dartmouth Week’s most viewed profiles about the people who made news in Dartmouth. From the classroom to...

‘Little Women’ author spent summers in Dartmouth

As theaters across the country get set to release the latest remake of Louisa May Alcott’s classic “Little Women” on December 25, one Dartmouth historian reveals a little-known fact: That Alcott summered in Nonquitt towards the end of her life...