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Community Media director bids farewell to public service

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After 27 years working for the town, Dartmouth Community Television’s Director of Media Dr. Cyndi Marland is officially retiring. At a June 21 Select Board meeting, officials gave the outgoing director their well wishes as Marland reflected on her...

Discovery of ex-fugitive Donald Webb’s remains subject of new book

Nearly 600 miles separate Dartmouth from Saxonburg, Penn. — towns small and distant enough that residents of one community may not have heard of the other. But the two locations share a common bond both unexpected and eerily tragic: Both towns serve...
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Dartmouth native honored at virtual ‘29 Who Shine’ ceremony

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Dartmouth native Dominic Vaccari was recently honored for his efforts as a student leader at the Mass Maritime Academy during the Covid-19 pandemic for the commonwealth’s “29 Who Shine” awards. These awards are given to one student from each of the...

Shucking lessons, tasting notes at Cuttyhunk Oyster talk

Did you know that the flavor of an oyster may depend on the time of day it’s harvested? Or that oyster shells have rings that — much like tree rings — can tell you how old it is and the temperatures of the seasons it lived through? Dartmouth...

Accepted: First Wampanoag tribe member to attend Harvard Law School

Dartmouth daughter Samantha Maltais has earned a full scholarship — as well as some media attention — as the first member of the Wampanoag tribe to attend Harvard Law School. Maltais, who grew up on Martha’s Vineyard, is the daughter of former...

Former New Bedford infrastructure chief appointed to town public works board

Ron Labelle, the longtime former Commissioner of New Bedford’s Department of Public Infrastructure, will become a member of Dartmouth’s Board of Public Works after the Select Board appointed him to the seat at a May 10 meeting. “Mr. Labelle has a...

Admired MD: Pediatrician to retire after 43 years

After more than four decades of caring for many of Dartmouth’s youngest residents, esteemed pediatrician Dr. Mark Shapira is closing up shop. Through the years the 74-year-old has treated thousands of patients from his independent State Road...

Dartmouth native ranks high at Mass Maritime Academy

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Four years ago, Dartmouth native Dominic Vaccari helped lead the Dartmouth High marching band to its second consecutive national championship as a drum major. Now, he’s using those same leadership skills at the Mass Maritime Academy as the school’s...

Resident walks Boston Marathon route for veterans

Although this year the Boston Marathon didn’t take place on Patriots Day — it was postponed to the fall due to the pandemic — one Dartmouth resident completed the 26-mile route over the weekend anyway. Jason Ray can often be spotted walking through...

Guardian ‘Angel’: Resident transports more than 800 patients for medical care

Dartmouth resident Richard Jacobs loves to fly. But rather than spending his time tooling around in his Bonanza for fun or going for what pilots call a “hundred dollar hamburger” — flying out for lunch and back — he’s been donating his services to...

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...

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...