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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Westport's new 'Start Em Young' program continues to grow, with elementary school students now getting the chance to participate in flag football, basketball and journalism after school four days a …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/3/22
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measures members hope will help the town decide whether to keep the old Westport High School, whether it would be a suitable home for the town's aging municipal offices, and how much it might bring …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/3/22
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Michael Carroll is in favor of it. Jacob Brier is leaning the same way. And Rob Humm would not show his hand — at least not yet.
Members of the Barrington Town Council held a special …
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By Josh Bickford
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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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The Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) is considering an application from Roger Williams University, seeking to establish an experimental aquaculture farm just off the shore of their campus, on the western side of Mt. Hope Bay.
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By Christy Nadalin
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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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Although the numbers are not yet technically official, the sentiment of the program was to heap praise upon the kids and the teachers who rose up to principal Dr. Deb DiBiase’s challenge to reach 70 percent proficiency for this school year.
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By Ethan Hartley
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6/3/22
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Warren Rensehausen, a Certified Parks & Recreation Professional (CPRP), began his distinguished 30-year career in the recreation field here in Bristol, as Assistant Director of Parks of Recreation in June of 1990. He will return to Bristol as its newest Director of the Parks and Recreation Department.
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By Christy Nadalin
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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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The Barrington High School girls lacrosse team will battle for the Division I State Championship this weekend.
The Eagles entered the playoffs as the second seed and will square off against Moses …
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6/3/22
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As I watched our middle school students and teachers perform beautifully at the Spring Band concert yesterday evening, I have to admit that I was profoundly distracted; distracted …
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By Thomas Aubin
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6/3/22
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Five publicized developments occurred during the pandemic period in Bristol County that are worthy of reiteration and public attention.
First and foremost the Department of …
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6/3/22
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The biggest problem in getting access to our seashore is the inability to even get to the seashore. Obviously, you have to get to a beach before you can even find the …
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6/3/22
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I'm proud of the United States flag.
My dad was in the US Army, 1st Cavalry Division. He took two flags very seriously - the United States flag and the POW-MIA flag. He displayed them at …
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6/3/22
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Last week, my town council colleague Gary Mataronas wrote a letter explaining his vote to stop the Pride flag from flying at town hall on June 4, 2022, the date of Little …
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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 — The Portsmouth Historical Society has a new look, and its Board of Trustees hopes that will translate to more visitors and memberships.
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By Jim McGaw
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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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I’m sick to death of observing another moment of silence when children have been murdered, particularly in a school setting. Since 2018 there have been 119 school shootings. The most recent …
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By Arlene Violet, Esq.
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6/3/22
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Rhode Island has enacted a handful of smart gun laws in the past decade, but it is not enough. At least five common-sense gun regulation bills sit stagnant in the Rhode Island General Assembly, where …
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6/2/22
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This Friday, June 3, the Department of Community Development, encompassing Planning, Zoning, Code Compliance, Historic, Building Inspection, and Redevelopment, will move its offices from 9 Court Street to the newly-refurbished space on the first floor of the former Reynolds School at 235 High Street.
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6/2/22
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Much as they want to tell him to take it down, members of the Select Board said at their most recent meeting that they won't ask a Hix Bridge Road resident to take down a profanity-laced anti-Biden …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/2/22
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To the editor: "Thoughts And Prayers". I never thought the day would come when that phrase would fill me with so much anger, but after the horrific shooting massacre which took place at an elementary …
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6/2/22
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