A steady stream of fishermen gave the Tiverton Town Council an earful Monday night over proposed ordinance changes that would restrict fishing at some of the town’s most popular areas, and …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/9/24
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A Newport County Superior Court judge last week ruled against the local citizens group Green Oceans, which had sued to prevent Revolution Wind from going forward with plans to install 65 turbines …
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4/9/24
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The Barrington High School girls lacrosse team lost to Portsmouth 12-7 on Thursday, April 4 and dropped to 1-1 in the division.
Anna Lombardi led the Eagles with two goals and six draw …
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4/9/24
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The Barrington High School baseball team knocked off St. Raphael’s Academy 10-2 on Monday night, April 8, and improved to 3-0 in the division.
The victory over the Saints followed a …
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4/9/24
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Coggeshall Farm Museum will open for the season on Saturday with live demonstrations and conversations with historians at the blacksmith shop and the cheese house. Friendly farm animals include …
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4/9/24
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A Canadian energy company subsidiary is proposing to replace a 70-year-old liquefied natural gas transmission pipe under the Sakonnet River, a project company officials say will increase capacity and …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/8/24
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Westport school administrators hope a new fund up for a vote at Town Meeting next month will help insulate them from the rising cost of educating and busing special education students.
Last …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/8/24
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The coach of a basketball team competing in Tiverton over the weekend has been charged with assaulting a 15-year-old player.
Adam Hayes, 42, of Peabody, Ma., faces charges of simple assault and …
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4/8/24
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The rain held off just long enough for the 18th running of the Nayatt 5K.
The road race serves as a key fund-raiser for the Nayatt School PTO. This year’s races — there was a …
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4/8/24
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The identity of the man, who was described as white and in his 50s, was not immediately released to the public.
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4/8/24
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Opening Day of the freshwater fishing season in Rhode Island begins at 6 a.m. on Saturday, April 13. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has stocked more than 60,000 brook, …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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4/8/24
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The East Providence High School boys' lacrosse team managed just one win all of last spring. In 2024, it took the Townies just one week to earn their initial Division IV victory as the Townies …
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By Mike Rego
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4/8/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: “We’re leaving no stone unturned as far as accountability,” Gov. Dan McKee said last Friday, as he unveiled Max Wistow and Jonathan Savage as the lawyers who will …
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By Ian Donnis
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4/8/24
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PORTSMOUTH — A 51-year-old Portsmouth woman has been charged with cruelty to animals.
At about 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, officers responded to 28 Sprague Court to …
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4/8/24
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will shift the location of the crossover from the westbound side of Interstate 195 to the eastbound side and eventually over the Washington Bridge as …
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By Mike Rego
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4/8/24
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A comprehensive management view of the America’s Cup from 1851 to the present will be unfurled at the Bosworth Lecture Series on Thursday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Rogers Free Library. The …
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4/8/24
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People are invited to attend the solar eclipse viewing party from 2 to 4 p.m. on the Barrington Town Hall lawn on Monday, April 8.
“We will have free eclipse glasses (first come …
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4/8/24
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At Monday night’s meeting, members of the Barrington Town Council voted 3-1 to place the synthetic turf fields proposal on the November ballot.
Councilor Rob Humm made the motion and …
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4/5/24
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PORTSMOUTH — Twenty-four acres of pastoral farmland on Paquins Lane has sold for $3.1 million, and now the Aquidneck Land Trust (ALT) is working with the property’s new owner in …
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By Jim McGaw
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4/5/24
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Three Barrington students are selling saplings to offset the amount of paper used in Barrington schools.
Emma Pautz, Abigail Goblick, and Mia He are working with a non-profit organization …
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4/5/24
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Dan Barnes bought a house on Thames Street in 2022 and wondered how old it really was. Turns out, he had purchased a property almost as old as the Town of Bristol itself.
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By Christy Nadalin
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4/5/24
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Making stuff, and knowing how to fix stuff, is an art form that for reasons beyond my comprehension, we stopped appreciating as a society for a long time.
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By Ethan Hartley
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4/4/24
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I just returned from Florida and I can attest to how terribly hot it can be if you are not in A/C or under a tree.
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4/4/24
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The Rogers Free Library is about to get a healthy infusion of cash in the form of a $1.75 million grant of federal funds that will be coming through the State
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By Christy Nadalin
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4/4/24
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There's only going to be one thing that's going to attract and retain quality employees, and that is money.
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4/4/24
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