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From Potter Elementary to the U.S. Capitol

Master Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Harding, of Dartmouth, unknowingly set out on his path to the United States Capitol when he was only a fourth grader at Potter Elementary picking up a trumpet for the first time. What pursued was a journey that brought...

Dartmouth’s budding scientist aids new malaria discovery

When Dartmouth’s Audrey Kertscher was just 10 years old, she attended a TED Talk at New Bedford’s Zeiterion Theatre that changed the course of her life. On that fateful day, Jonathan Kurtis, professor and chair of the Department of Pathology and...
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Dartmouth welcomes its first woman eagle scout

It was pouring rain the day Dartmouth Scouting Troop 13’s Elizabeth Santos, 18, completed her eagle scout project, making her the first woman eagle scout in the town of Dartmouth. At the Rod & Gun Club in New Bedford, Santos and about 15 other...

Bristol County Savings Bank appoints senior vice president position

Jennifer St. Pierre was appointed to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the Bristol County Savings Bank, headquartered in Taunton, the bank announced. A Dartmouth resident and 27-year veteran of the banking and...

Dartmouth resident sheds light on pancreatic cancer

Back in 2013, Dartmouth’s Brock Cordeiro returned home from some meetings in Boston when he noticed his father’s unusual absence. As it turns out, Norman Cordeiro had gone to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he spent a few days undergoing testing that...

Southcoast Health staff grows

There is a new staff member at Southcoast Health Family Medicine in Dartmouth this month. Lindsey Bowell earned her Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. She will be seeing...

Big hearts in short supply: Pairing highlights the value of mentorship

When Teliyah Burke was 5 years old, her mother decided to sign her up for the Big Brother Big Sister program, but she wouldn’t meet her match until four years later. “I forgot about having a Big Sister,” Burke said when she finally learned of her...

Paws in the pews: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church hosts a fur-real blessing for pets

At first it would seem like just any other Sunday service at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on Elm Street Oct. 6, until the paws began to peak out from the pews and the hounds let out a few harmonizing notes with the hymns. Pets and stuffed animals...

Wampanoag powwow celebrates Native culture in the South Coast

Smoke billowed across Wetu Field, rising from a tended fire slow-cooking two bluefish. It wafted through the air, bringing the scents of different types of wood to drummers, people dancing in their Native regalia, kids playing traditional games and...

Alpacas chow down at Hill Crest farm festival

To celebrate National Alpaca Day, Hill Crest Alpaca Farm hosted a farm festival, complete with a pony ride, carnival games and, for the highlight of the event, feeding the alpacas. Kelly Michalski has 10 alpacas and organizes most of the Hill Crest...

Healing with the help of hypnosis

When consulting hypnotist John Barboza was a kid, he found books about hypnosis in his local library’s occult section, right alongside books about black magic and white magic. But to Barboza, hypnosis is not only a real phenomenon, but one that can...

Dartmouth residents join Southcoast Health staff

Three Dartmouth residents joined the Southcoast Health staff this month. Susan Garrity attended UMass Dartmouth where she obtained her Doctor of Nursing Practice as a nurse practitioner with a focus in adult-gerontology. Garrity worked for...

A not so secret garden: Cultural Center dedicates new garden to librarian

Hundreds, maybe thousands, of postcards. Hundreds of pins. Paintings — all originals because prints simply weren’t allowed in her home. All of which are items that belonged to Elsie Haskell, a life-long Dartmouth resident, who, according to her son...