South Dartmouth News

The Trustees of Reservations will host its fifth annual volunteer planting day at the Westport Town Farm Community Gardens on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.

Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust and The Trustees of Reservations are hosting a special closing celebration for "The River Project: Sculpture at Slocum's River Reserve" outdoor sculpture exhibit.

The Community Preservation Committee , formed in 2003 after the town adopted provisions of the Community Preservation Act in 2002, administers the pool of funds raised from a 1.5 percent property tax surcharge paid by residents and supplemented by state matching funds.

Mary Russell Braga, 99, quietly passed away on May 5th, 2013 at Hathaway Manor Nursing Home.

Fashion/Art Show Fundraiser: Presented by Mercy Meals and More, 7-9 p.m. May 10.

Mystic Seaport is making plans for the last wooden whaleship in the world, the Charles W. Morgan, to set sail on a historic journey in May 2014.

Ruth S. Atkinson, of Dartmouth, passed away on April 30, 2013. Daughter of the late Hazel P. and Walter W. Atkinson, she is survived by her sister, Hope Atkinson.

She was survived by her two daughters, Jocelyn Jordan of Nokomis, FL and Hilary Suskey of Potomac Falls, VA; and her four grandchildren.

McNamee started running what is now Marion Antique Shop as a side job when he was in high school and college, and it has since grown to more than 5,000 square feet of retail space filled with antiques.

As a little kid, it was the place I played tag and soccer with my cousins. The place where we ate dinner outside, and you could smell the hot dogs and the charcoal briquettes all the way from the back of the bathhouse.

Music at St. Anthony's: Concert and Tea, 3 p.m. May 5. Spirit of Saint Anthony Choir with special guests Pilgrim Handbell Ringers, directed by Janet Ratcliffe, Homeward Bound from New York, and guest musicians.