Swansea recorded 18 property transfers between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but only five listed a recorded sale price, ranging from $311,000 to $860,000 with a median of $589,000. The month's top recorded sale was 15 James Birch Lane, Lot CC 18, which sold for $860,000 on Aug. 11 to Manuel D. and
Swansea Little League's 11U all-stars are the 2026 District 6 champions, the league announced on its website this week, extending a title lineage in that age group that stretches back to 2008. Separately, the league confirmed that Taunton West won its 2026 District 6 10U tournament, the…
Swansea recorded 15 property transfers in the four weeks ending Aug. 29, but only four had a sale price recorded. Those ranged from $300,000 to $589,000, with a median of $335,500. The month's top recorded sale was 175 Old Fall River Road at $589,000, sold by Allen J. and Debora Maria Rodrigues
Swansea has secured more than $140,000 in state funding to plan for marsh migration and beach resilience as coastal flooding risks grow. The town will use the grant to map how its salt marshes can migrate inland and to strengthen beach areas against more frequent, severe coastal storms,…
This week's Swansea obituary notices column lists two people: Branco, Merces "Barroso," 76, who died Wednesday, August 19, 2026, and whose arrangements are handled by Auclair Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Fall River; and Peixoto, Joseph V., 83, who died August 17, 2026, and was re…
Swansea Free Public Library will host a new talk, "The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby," on Wednesday, September 16 at 6:30 p.m. The Main Street branch posted the program to its events calendar as summer activities continue, including its Summer Reading Program that began July 6. The ad…
Bristol County deed records show 14 Swansea property transfers between July 24 and Aug. 22, but only five listed a sale price, ranging from $300,000 to $603,000 with a median of $450,000. The month's top recorded sale was 63 Eschol St., which sold for $603,000 to Corey and Veronica Banana from the
Swansea's Board of Health held a Tea Time Talk Thursday at the town library. The Thursday, August 20 program at 2 p.m. took place at the Swansea Free Public Library's 69 Main Street location, extending the department's outreach into the library's community calendar. Superintendent Scott…
The Swansea Free Public Library will open on a day it's normally closed to host SwanCon, a free community day running from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, August 23, at its 69 Main Street building. The event breaks from the library's regular Monday-through-Saturday schedule, which otherwise leav…
Swansea Library adds a free documentary screening to its fall calendar for next month. The Swansea Free Public Library announced it will show "The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby" on Wednesday, September 16, at 6:30 p.m., free and open to the public. The addition joins the library's exi…