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Mia Leroux was a sophomore lacrosse goalie at Barrington High School a year ago. Today she is racing cars throughout the Southeast and hoping to forge a path for female drivers.
‘A girl can totally do this’
A year ago, Mia Leroux was a high school sophomore, a distance-learning student who spent her days at home, Zooming into classes with her friends. Today Mia is going to school full-time in a dual … more
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A Ukrainian woman is overcome with grief as she makes her way into Poland earlier this month.
Westport photographer captures Ukrainian refugee crisis
Westport photojournalist Alex Carrigg has seen a lot, but that didn't prepare him for the overwhelming crush of humanity that greeted him when he touched down in Warsaw, Poland in early March, rented … more
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$1 million pledged to study Gooseberry causeway impacts
More times than he can remember, Mark Rasmussen has been asked if he thinks the causeway connecting Gooseberry Island to the mainland is responsible for the many changes this stretch of coast has … more
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This home on Tee Lane, near the Acoaxet Club, sustained extensive damage in a fire late Saturday evening.
Residents escape injury in Westport fire
A woman who spotted a fire through the woods in southwest Westport Saturday night helped alert residents to a serious fire in their Tee Lane home, and they emerged without injury. Westport fire … more
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Students in the aquaponics lab are working with professor Jameson Chace to get a Rwanda fish and vegetable farming program off the ground.
Locals working to help Rwanda food insecurity
The truism holds that if you catch a fish for someone, you'll feed them for a day — but if you teach them to fish, you'll feed them for a lifetime. A priest visiting the United States from … more
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Crisis management: Police are using new staff, training and tactics to confront the mental health crisis
One day last year, a woman in the East Bay area dialed 911 to get help for her daughter, who was in the middle of an emotional meltdown. Police officers on duty, who had responded to similar calls … more
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Bryan Ganley (left) lost a close friend to suicide. Melissa Cotta (right) tried to help but could not stop a man from jumping off the Mt. Hope Bridge. Together, they’re asking for suicide prevention barriers on the bridge, along with barriers on Rhode Island’s two other main bridges.
Advocates hopeful that bridge barrier bill will soon save lives
“That bridge at the end of town? That's a loaded gun." more
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The Kinnane Brothers include (from left) Brendan, Charles, Pete, Wil, John, Daniel, Pat and Jeffrey Azize.
Adamsville brothers are behind one of the world's hottest films
They spent their childhoods shooting movies for the pure joy of it. Now, the Kinnane brothers of Adamsville have one of the hottest movies in the world. The Kinnanes — Charles, Daniel, … more
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Four of these hot pink signs were posted in the front foyer of Barrington High School last week. Orange signs with the same message were posted near another entrance. No one at the school was able to answer who posted the signs or when.
More questions, some answers, about FREE!! school food
Last week I wrote a first-person account of my research into school lunches in Rhode Island. This week I’m back, writing on the same subject, with updates on what I’ve learned, and a … more
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Prediction: Another ’Wild West’ for real estate sales in 2022
The housing market in the East Bay is tighter right now than it was heading into the hypercompetitive 2021 spring housing market. Unfortunately for home buyers, more heartache, not relief, is the … more
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Mermazons pose for a photo before getting into the water Sunday. They include (from left) Beth McCurdy, Midori Evans of Westport, Melinda Green and Lisa Rowe-Beddoe.
Winter swimming is cold comfort to Sakonnet/Westport 'Mermazons'
Saturday afternoon, Sakonnet Point: A west wind was blowing close to 20 miles an hour, making the 24-degree air seem absolutely frigid. White caps marched across the harbor, long empty except for a … more
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The Berry Hill Farm on Pine Hill Road could soon be purchased by the Westport Land Conservation Trust.
Westport land trust plans to purchase Berry Hill Farm
The Westport Land Conservation Trust has entered into a contract to purchase the 46-acre Berry Hill Farm on Pine Hill Road. The farm is famous for its blueberries, which have been sold for years … more
Yes, there is free lunch
I’m breaking protocol to tell this story in the first person, because the whole project really began at home in our kitchen. First, a little background. [If you want to skip my personal … more
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Westport Historical Society executive director Jenny O'Neill looks through part of the Sherman Collection one recent morning
Westport finds its historical 'Rosetta Stone'
A lesser-known part of Westport's history could come into clearer focus with the recent arrival of hundreds of documents, photographs and ephemera collected by a north end family more than a century … more
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Accuweather forecasters are predicting 2 to 3 feet of snow for southern New England.
Gov. declares 'disaster emergency,' closes roads as blizzard approaches
With heavy snow and high winds expected to create blizzard conditions and treacherous driving on Rhode Island roads tomorrow, Gov. Dan McKee has issued an executive order setting in place two types … more
'Hate has no home in Westport' Sunday
The Westport Friends Meeting will hold a vigil this Sunday, Jan. 23 to stand together against intolerance and hate, following the recent theft of seven "Black Lives Matters" flags from the meeting … more
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Little Compton whale dissected, will be buried
Biologists from Mystic Aquarium spent much of Thursday dissecting the young female humpback whale that washed up at Church Cove and was first spotted Saturday. Using a bulldozer to help them move … more
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This dock off the western shore of the Touisset peninsula in Warren is the first in Rhode Island constructed of 100 percent composite materials. Pilings, decking and rails are all made of lightweight composite materials.
This dock is built to last
The Pearson family are used to tinkering in factories, inventing new things and then plunking them in the water. It’s kind of their thing. Nearly 70 years ago, cousins Clinton and Everett … more
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Colt Andrews Elementary School Nurse Julie Pirri tests fourth-grader Emma Gray for Covid at the school the week before Christmas vacation.
School nurses — From the shadows to the Covid front lines
Back in the old days of two years ago, many parents could go years without hearing from a school nurse. Sometimes their child could pass through an entire school, K to 3, with nary a call or visit … more
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Fire fighters at a Main Road fire call last year.
COVID hits Westport police and fire departments
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. … more
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Ryan Mendonca and fiance Meg Crispino, of Tiverton.
Uber driver gets New Year's DUI in Tiverton
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 … more
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Fire and rescue crews had to cut into John Barretto's Saturn to free him following Friday morning's accident.
Tiverton man dies in New Year's Eve day crash
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 … more
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Westport Friends deal with rash of BLM banner thefts
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, … more
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Students file into the Westport Middle High School on the first day of classes in the building this September.
Westport police in schools Friday following online threat
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 … more
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Lou Perry hauls out a Christmas tree from his family's Hidden Spruce Farm this past Sunday. Perry worked the farm as a teenager, and purchased it with his family this past June.
Christmas comes early for new Westport tree farmers
Christmas won't be here for another 16 days, but it came early this year for Lou Perry, his wife Marta and son Travis. more
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