NEW BEDFORD — Joseph Quigley, 72, sat on his living room couch in an apartment at 193 Elm Street Thursday morning, surrounded by memories from his career as a teacher and cartoonist.

He admitted that he should clean and organize the clutter, much of it material he used in class. A model dinosaur skeleton stood vigil over him as he swept the detritus from his chair and sat.

“What good is housework if you’re going to leave?” Quigley said with a shrug.

About a month ago, deputies from the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office knocked on his door and gave him a notice to vacate for possession.

“You are requested to leave the premises you now rent as my tenant,” said the letter, signed by Isaiah Osofsion, manager of TI Partners V, LLC, the apartment complex’s owner, on Sept. 29. “You have until [November 1, 2022], to leave or I will go to court and seek permission to evict you.”

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