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The COVID-19 Omicron variant worked its way into the heart of the Westport community in December, leaving the town with the highest monthly case total since the pandemic began in early 2020.
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By Ted Hayes
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1/6/22
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Sharon Gold is a diminutive woman with a big message for everyone — stop idling! The focus of a story in our East Bay Life section this week, Gold is a retired educator and grandmother from …
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1/5/22
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First, the good news: A Tiverton couple emerged without a scratch and didn't have to pay for their ride home early New Year's Day. The bad news? Their Uber driver got a DUI, marking the first arrest …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/4/22
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A Tiverton man died Friday morning, Dec. 31, after he lost control of his car and struck a tree on Brayton Road.
John Carlos "JC" Barretto, 18, was driving south just before 6:30 a.m. when he …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/2/22
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The Westport Monthly Meeting of Friends is calling for a community-wide discussion on racism and tolerance, after a months-long rash of theft from its 938 Main Road meeting house.
Since August, …
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By Ted Hayes
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12/17/21
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Westport police will be on hand at all public schools Friday, after school officials learned of a threat to "every school in the USA, even elementary," posted on the social media platform Tik Tok …
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By Ted Hayes
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12/17/21
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The following letter was sent by Westport resident Constance Gee to the Westport Select Board prior to Monday night's vote to promote Nicole Pearsall to the town accountant post:
To the Westport …
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12/8/21
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Christmas won't be here for another 16 days, but it came early this year for Lou Perry, his wife Marta and son Travis.
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By Ted Hayes
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12/7/21
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To the editor:
Imagine a world with no domestic violence — where no Rhode Islanders have their lives cut short by abuse, where children do not witness this violence, where our …
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12/6/21
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To the editor: Thank you so much for the excellent article in last week’s East Bay papers about the status of music performance in the schools. You balanced all of the important information so …
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12/2/21
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Everything is getting more expensive, and that includes food. According to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual rate of inflation in the United States was 6.2 …
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By Scott Pickering
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12/2/21
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To the editor:
In 1919 the Volstead Act was passed, which was a nationwide mandate to make the manufacture and sale of alcohol illegal. It failed, and was repealed. We still, nonetheless, have …
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11/17/21
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The Westport Transfer Station is once again accepting household waste, after service was suspended earlier this week due to problems with the town's former trash provider.
On Monday, the Board …
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By Ted Hayes
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11/12/21
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A medical issue led to the November 2019 plane crash that claimed the life of a Westport man in New Bedford.
Paul E. Vidal, 74, was killed when the Cessna 150M he was piloting nosedived into New …
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By Ted Hayes
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11/12/21
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Today is profound. It is the first Veterans Day post-Afghanistan, the longest sustained conflict in U.S. history. The aftermath bears an eerie similarity to that of our second longest, the war in …
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11/11/21
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The signs are everywhere. Literally, the signs are everywhere.
“Help Wanted.”
“Now hiring.”
“Seeking: Line Cooks, Bartenders, Dishwashers.”
Almost …
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By Scott Pickering
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11/11/21
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Westporters who bring their trash to the transfer station this week are in for an unwelcome surprise — the town's three household waste dumpsters are full, there is no room for more trash, and …
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By Ted Hayes
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11/9/21
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To the editor:
Remember when - it was only a few years ago - that Boston’s parking lots near Fenway Park were gouging fans with ridiculously astronomical parking fees. Why would …
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11/4/21
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A local couple has purchased Walt's Farm from the Westport Land Conservation Trust, and will continue to farm the 12-acre apple orchard that has become a landmark in the north part of town.
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11/3/21
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A Westport woman lost a beloved emu this week to what she suspects was either a coyote or, less likely, a bear attack.
Digger, a 100-pound emu about 20 years old, was dragged from its pen on …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/21/21
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Some time next week, Chris Leonard and his crew of volunteer helpers will dump the last of this year's quahogs in the Westport River, continuing a propagation program that over the years has kept the …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/13/21
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Ed Aldrich isn't worried so much about himself as the cold weather approaches, but for his two long-time companions and best friends, Sasha and Casey Jones.
Sasha is a former rescue bird, a …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/8/21
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75 students from 10 districts across the state have signed up for the Rhode Island Connections Academy, an all-virtual school program.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/7/21
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Best month of the year in New England? While July gets a lot of love, and September is a favorite for many, October should be in everyone’s top-three.
Consider the opportunities in the …
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10/6/21
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To the editor: The very first thing I would do when the Sakonnet Times arrived was to go to Arlene Violet's column. If there was not one in that edition I felt cheated, something very important was …
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10/1/21
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