Tiverton residents will have to wait a few more weeks to weigh in on a controversial plan to build a Seasons Corner Market at the intersection of Souza and Main roads.
Members of the Tiverton …
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6/15/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Vanessa Reale, who has previous experience as a principal and headmaster, has been selected by Superintendent Thomas Kenworthy to be Portsmouth High School’s next …
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By Jim McGaw
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6/14/22
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The 119 Tiverton High School graduates who received their diplomas Friday evening did something unexpected this year: They batted a perfect 1,000.
For the first time ever, Tiverton High School …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/10/22
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They may not have gotten the town's blessing to fly it in front of Town Hall, but members of Love Wins Little Compton hoisted the Pride flag high and proud as they held their second annual Pride …
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6/10/22
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Citing an 'untenable' relationship with some members of the Tiverton Planning Board, Town Planner Jennifer Siciliano is resigning her position with the town, effective mid-June.
In a letter to …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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6/10/22
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Tiverton's Raymond F. Jones Memorial Dog Park officially opened its gates Sunday, June 5, to an excited crowd of spectators (and their human companions). The community park was a labor of love as 90 …
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6/10/22
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PROVIDENCE — St. Mary Academy-Bay View graduated its Class of 2022 on Monday evening, June 6, at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. The Class of 79 graduates have all been accepted into …
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6/8/22
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As Tiverton continues to debate the right of oyster farmers versus the use of open waters for recreational purposes, Sakonnet-area legislators have submitted a bill that would make aquaculture off …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/7/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Catherine O’Hara told her fellow graduates at Portsmouth Abbey that she had “failed a lot” over her four years of high school, but nearly every time one of …
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6/7/22
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Morgan Casey was the only East Bay competitor, girl or boy, to win a gold medal at Saturday’s Rhode Island high school outdoor track and field championships at Brown University.
Casey, …
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6/6/22
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CRANSTON — A semifinal scare may have been the motivation the Portsmouth High School girls’ lacrosse team needed Sunday afternoon to get back to what it did all season long: …
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By Jim McGaw
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6/6/22
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PORTSMOUTH — After joking about why anyone would want a math teacher to share inspirational and philosophical wisdom with graduating high schoolers entering their next journey in life, …
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By Jim McGaw
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6/6/22
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The Town of Tiverton is reviewing multiple property assessments completed by the town's former revaluation firm, after several property owners on the east side of Seapowet Avenue complained that …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/3/22
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The students and faculty at Tiverton High School have reason to feel proud lately. Since being designated a Special Olympics National Unified Champion School last month, the high school is proving it …
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By Nicole Cosme
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6/3/22
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School golf team qualified for the state team championships at Cranston Country Club earlier this week and had its first chance to play an 18-hole competitive …
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6/3/22
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A Providence woman who police say attempted to scam an elderly Tiverton resident out of $16,000 has been charged with felony obtaining money under false pretenses and felony conspiracy.
Luz …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/3/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Down six goals with under 20 minutes to play? No problem for the Portsmouth High School girls’ lacrosse team, which came back to beat Cranston West in a wild semifinal …
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6/3/22
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With Fogland Beach now officially open for the season, the Tiverton Town Council is considering an ordinance amendment that would prohibit non-Tiverton residents from accessing most areas of the …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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6/3/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Eight members of the Portsmouth High School Class of 2022 won’t have much time to celebrate their summer vacation after being awarded diplomas tonight, June 3. …
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By Jim McGaw
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6/3/22
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There are many ways to absorb and process news of a lone gunman slaughtering 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. Images of the smiling, mostly 10-year-olds and their teachers evoke sorrow, …
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By Scott Pickering
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6/2/22
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At the urging of a local resident, the Little Compton Town Council will ask town officials to research the pros and cons of going green through a gradual conversion of town-owned, gas-powered …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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6/1/22
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A majority the Sakonnet area's legislative delegation is celebrating legal recreational marijuana in the Ocean State, following Gov. Dan McKee's passage Wednesday of the Rhode Island Cannabis Act, …
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By Ted Hayes
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5/27/22
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A proposal to build a 24-hour convenience store, gas station and drive-through coffee shop at Souza and Main roads isn't sitting well with neighbors and some planning board members, who are concerned …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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5/27/22
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In a split vote, the Little Compton Town Council last Thursday declined a local organization’s request to display the Pride flag at the town hall building during a community Pride celebration …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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5/25/22
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Little Compton resident Sidney Tynan, whose letters on nature and life have graced the pages of the Westport Shorelines for years, has published some of them in a new book, "More Country Letters," …
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By Ted Hayes
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5/24/22
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