It only took an hour or so before they got used to their boats last Monday. Since then, it's been smooth sailing, so to speak, for the 10 young rowers enrolled in Dharma Voyage's new community youth …
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8/13/21
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Westport Conservation on Wednesday continued a hearing on a proposed beach boardwalk sought at Westport Point until its next meeting in September.
Applicants Keith Miranda and Michael Tzannes, …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/11/21
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Born on the Westport River, a dozen young osprey took flight recently — in a plane — and landed at their new home in Illinois. There it is hoped that they will help launch an osprey …
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Story and Photos by Richard W. Dionne Jr.
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7/27/21
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WESTPORT — Ah, the sweet sounds of summer — birds chirping, children at play and the Friday evening din of the lawn care company’s stand-on mowers and 80-decibel backpack blowers …
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By Bruce Burdett
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7/23/21
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When Bruce Burdett first arrived in Bristol to start his new job at East Bay Newspapers in the mid-’70s, he was just two years out of college with only minimal experience working for his school …
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By Jim McGaw
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7/22/21
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TIVERTON — A Tiverton man faces a charge of first degree child molestation sexual assault after a missing Pennsylvania girl was found at a Tiverton home on Wednesday, July 7.
Tiverton Police …
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By Bruce Burdett
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7/15/21
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LITTLE COMPTON — On or about June 20, the plan was for Little Compton ultramarathon runner Jeremy Howard to get himself to the village of North Troy, Vt., on the Canadian border.
There, at …
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Bruce Burdett
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6/24/21
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LITTLE COMPTON — At 22 years old, Little Compton resident Maximus Julian was about to graduate …
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Bruce Burdett
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6/11/21
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Your company just announced that your division is being relocated from the Midwest headquarters to the East Coast.
In fact, your new office is situated in Rhode Island — home to beautiful …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/20/21
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Here’s a new phenomenon in the local real estate market. An increasing number of buyers are offering to pay cash for properties.
Does that mean they actually bring a suitcase of Benjamins to …
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By Scott Pickering
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5/20/21
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It’s been just over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, shaking up lives around the globe. One phenomenon now becoming a trend is the mass exodus from cities to more rural …
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By Joan D. Warren
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4/30/21
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WESTPORT — With salt water overwhelming their existing water supply, some Westport Harbor homeowners have embarked on a search for someplace new to drill wells.
Their plight, and the …
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By Bruce Burdett
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4/23/21
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TIVERTON — A step skipped in the town permitting process has created a mess for both a Tiverton Four Corners building project and town efforts to protect
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By Bruce Burdett
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4/23/21
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A 23-year-old Westport man was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly brandishing a pistol and threatening another man inside of a Bristol residence. Bristol Police were alerted to the …
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4/7/21
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Across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the residential real estate market, and Rhode Island’s real estate market shifted with it.
According to State-Wide …
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By Sam Tavares
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4/7/21
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Did the real estate market undergo a seismic shift in 2020? Or did it ride a rogue wave that is still cresting here in 2021?
The answer to both questions might be … …
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By Scott Pickering
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2/19/21
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The property is spectacular, even from the ground.
A quick turn onto a private drive along Warrens Point Road in Little Compton leads soon to a large shingle-style home, with a charming and …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/18/21
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Westport’s brand new $97 million school may not be big enough to hold all of the grade 5-12 students who expect to attend on opening day next September.
That alert came from Thomas Aubin, …
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By Bruce Burdett
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2/18/21
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Westport firefighters are now bringing Covid-19 vaccines to homebound residents of town, the department announced Friday.
The department said:
"It has been nearly a year since …
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2/17/21
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WESTPORT —Once fearsome Hurricane Irene had lost much of its punch by the time it reached the Eastern Massachusetts coast back in 2011 — in fact the storm no longer even qualified as …
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By Bruce Burdett
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2/5/21
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Alpaca was Tiverton sanctuary’s foremost ambassador, resident character
By Bruce Burdett
West Place Animal Sanctuary bid farewell to Bobbert the alpaca late in the evening of …
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By Bruce Burdett
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1/14/21
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Try figuring out the value of a four-bedroom Colonial in Barrington or a two-bedroom condo in Bristol. It’s pretty easy. Adjusting for the variables of location and condition, you can easily …
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By Scott Pickering
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12/18/20
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Rhode Island’s ‘pause’ has been extended another week, expiring now on Dec. 20, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced during her COVID-19 briefing Thursday afternoon.
Originally, those …
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By Kristen Ray
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12/10/20
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Four days into the two-week ‘pause’ and the evidence was suggesting that Rhode Islanders were complying with the new rules and regulations, Gov. Gina Raimondo shared during her COVID-19 …
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By Kristen Ray
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12/3/20
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With cases continuing to surge and hospitals now reaching 97 percent capacity of their available COVID-19 beds, Gov. Gina Raimondo said she had no choice but to place Rhode Island on a two-week …
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By Kristen Ray
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11/19/20
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