TIVERTON — It took three tries, but Tiverton Citizens for Change (TCC) on November 11 succeeded in gaining approval, by a unanimous vote of the Tiverton School Committee, for a workshop on merit pay for teachers to be held Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m. at the high school more

LITTLE COMPTON — Fran Waite of Pottersville Road went out to her barn late Friday afternoon, Nov. 6, to feed her mustangs — her “big babies” she calls them. But things weren’t right. more

EAST BAY — Marcia Torrey was finally ready. It was time to tell her husband Dick, in the late stages of lung cancer, that it was OK for him to go. And she told him in a way that only he would understand. more

PROVIDENCE — Upon initial viewing of the 2009-10 University of Rhode Island basketball team, the most striking thing about the Rams is the absence of Jimmy Baron, who’s shooting prowess was often … more

TIVERTON — When George Morash helps animals in need, it’s usually a dog he fosters for Forever Paws animal shelter or a bunny his wife found in the road and brought home — animals have never come to him. more