Little Compton
Little Compton school starts, changes on the way

LITTLE COMPTON — Wilbur & McMahon School started Tuesday, Aug. 31, and for teachers, students and their parents the first day of a new school year is always a big deal. The novelty is in the small …

 
Off Sakonnet, a beacon is rebuilt

LITTLE COMPTON — As perilous and unique a construction project as any in Rhode Island right now is the $1.45 million renovation of the 66-foot tall Sakonnet Point Lighthouse that began in earnest in mid-June. The job is expected to take over a year of …

 
Committee approves new school building plan

LITTLE COMPTON — The school building committee has approved a building plan for construction of a new Wilbur & McMahon School, one that combines elements of the old and new. The plan accepted …

 
For Goosewing, a season to celebrate

LITTLE COMPTON — Goosewing Beach Preserve must have amazing karma. For openers, there’s the newly completed and just opened environmental center in the meadows behind the beach, a bit of magic …

 
Victim had been riding moped
Fennessey pleads, reports to prison Thursday

LITTLE COMPTON — A Newport County Superior Court Judge Tuesday sentenced retired Little Compton teacher Thomas Fennessey to seven years in prison, with two years to serve and two suspended, …

 
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