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It will be at least another two months before a controversial plan to develop a live-in school for teens with substance abuse issues gets another hearing before the town.
For the third time …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/22/24
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Monday, March 11
A 911 caller reported an accident with injuries on American Legion Highway at 7:35 a.m.
A 911 caller reported a suspicious person at Hix Bridge Road and Route 88. But …
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3/21/24
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I am a 30-year resident of East Briggs Road in Westport, where I raised my two children, and where my husband and I plan to retire. Our home is on a parcel of five lots which, when added together, do …
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3/21/24
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On Tuesday, April 9, voters will consider approving a project to extend a sewer and water trunkline along Route 6 from Fall River to Dartmouth. For decades voters have been unconvinced of the need to …
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3/21/24
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Bringing an integrated sewer and water system to the Route 6 corridor has been discussed for years among Westport town officials concerned about the contamination of well water by cesspools and …
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3/21/24
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It is astonishing that these engineering experts don't seem to know exactly what is on the ocean floor of our waterways after the past 100 years of dumping our untreated waste there.
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3/21/24
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The ballot for next month's election is set, with several contested races and more than a few with nobody interested in running.
Apart from a $35 million debt exclusion question that will face …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/20/24
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Two books about books and the people who love them and a romp through Regency London. Enjoy!
“Blank” by Zibby Owens (2024). Pippa Jones is in her 40s and lives in Los Angeles. She is …
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By Lynda Rego
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3/20/24
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PROVIDENCE — Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg promised the federal government would do all it could to help assist and expedite the process of replacing the westbound side of the …
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By Mike Rego
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3/19/24
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It is my honor to be the guest speaker at the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association seminar Monday, March 25, at 7 p.m. at the West Warwick Elks, 60 Cyle St., West Warwick. The …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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3/19/24
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The very best in historical fiction, “ The Lioness of Boston” focuses on Isabella (“Belle”) Stewart Gardner, a …
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By Donna Bruno
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3/19/24
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Members of Westport’s agricultural community will meet next Wednesday at the Grange, 931 Main Road, to learn a bit more climate change and how it could continue to impact Westport in the coming …
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3/18/24
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This year’s Grand Marshals, long-time Little Compton teachers Diane and David MacGregor, drew some of the loudest cheers as the parade worked its way east on Main Road. Later in the day, during …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/18/24
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There were plenty of smiles to be had at Sunday’s World’s Shortest St. Paddy’s Day parade in Adamsville, but few as wide as Caroline Wilkie Wordell’s.
Occupying spot 39A …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/18/24
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2024 is the year the World’s Shortest St. Paddy’s Day parade got big.
Thousands of people crowded into Little Compton Sunday for the third annual parade, started as a joke in 2022 by …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/17/24
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State Representative Michelle McGaw (District 71, Tiverton, Little Compton and Portsmouth) had special guests when the House celebrated St. Patrick's Day Thursday: Organizers of the world's …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/16/24
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PROVIDENCE — Confirming the worst and what many anticipated, state officials made the public formally aware the closed westbound span of the Washington Bridge is structurally deficient and …
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By Mike Rego
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3/14/24
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2024 Summer Camp Guide
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3/13/24
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Monday, March 4
A caller from Howland Road lodged animal complaints at 6:39 a.m. A similar call was investigated on Drift Road at 10:20 a.m.
Police responded to Old Bedford Road for a …
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3/13/24
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Two out of three American households have a cat or a dog, and pet ownership continues to increase. Our pets can also include fish, birds, horses, guinea pigs, rabbits, and more. Companionship is …
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By Bonnie Evans
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3/13/24
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The St. Mary Academy-Bay View Players theatre troupe was crowned champion at the 2024 Rhode Island Drama Festival last week for its performance of “The Night Witches,” a play about the …
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3/12/24
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Westport citizens will have the opportunity to vote for clean water at that ballot box on Tuesday, April 9.
There will be a ballot question to allow for a debt exclusion of approximately …
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By James Whitin
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3/12/24
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Threat of legal action or no, members of the Westport Historical Commission won’t continue discussion on a controversial Westport Point construction project a month after they dismissed it, …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/11/24
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