The Westport Recreation Department would like to thank the Westport Commission on Disability for their generous donation of a communication board that was purchased to be hung and used at the new …
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6/10/25
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Little Compton has a $3 billion tax base and a lean budget, giving homeowners some of the lowest property taxes around. However, over six years reserve withdrawals have hollowed out our fiscal …
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6/10/25
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State lawmakers are pushing up against a tight deadline as they seek to finish reviewing a Little Compton request to present a 12 percent tax levy increase, three times the maximum increase allowed …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/10/25
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Relief, excitement, and a celebratory cigar.
The 308 Barrington High School graduates showed a range of emotions as they walked off Victory Field on Sunday afternoon, June 8, just minutes …
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By Josh Bickford
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6/10/25
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Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Housing made the state’s largest-ever single-year investment in affordable housing through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) …
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6/10/25
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The board of directors of the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation recently announced a $59,000 grant to the Herreshoff Marine Museum (HMM) to expand its support of ocean technology and marine …
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By Christy Nadalin
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6/10/25
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The Champlin Foundation has announced $8 million in grants that will help advance improvements for 89 nonprofit organizations across Rhode Island. Here in Bristol, the Friends of Linden Place was …
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By Christy Nadalin
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6/10/25
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Adriana Ferns is a certified personal trainer who encourages others to be strong, fit, and disciplined, which are exactly the character traits she projects to everyone who meets her. The 46-year-old …
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Ruth Rassmussen
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6/10/25
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PROVIDENCE — The Mt. Hope High School boys' lacrosse team's unbeaten run to a potential Division III title, literally and figuratively, got jolted in recent days as the top-seeded Huskies were …
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By Mike Rego
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6/9/25
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PORTSMOUTH — In addition to the Police Department’s criminal investigation into Saturday night’s partial building collapse at the Portsmouth Portuguese-American Citizens Club …
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By Jim McGaw
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6/9/25
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To the editor:
On June 14th the nation will be subjected to the spectacle of a military parade the likes of which we generally do not have in our country, and to make matters worse, the chief …
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6/9/25
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More than a dozen Barrington High School student-athletes finished among the top three competitors in all of Rhode Island in a variety of events at the outdoor track state championships over the …
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6/9/25
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PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Police have released more details about the circumstances around Saturday night’s partial building collapse that led to a death during a graduation party at the …
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By Jim McGaw
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6/9/25
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From a middle school career ravaged by a pandemic, to starting out in a cavernous, brand new high school building, the East Providence Class of 2025 had plenty of opportunities to make excuses. They made history instead.
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By Ethan Hartley
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6/9/25
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Three years after Tiverton voters voted in favor of legalizing marijuana sales, representatives for Ignited Culture, a Swansea-based cannabis company, appeared before the Tiverton planning board last …
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By Christian Silvia
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6/9/25
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More than 80 years after war forged a friendship between a young GI and four French children who had lost nearly everything, descendants of those four children were treated as honored guests in …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/9/25
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The Cup Defenders Association, one of Bristol’s most heralded and well-respected organizations, celebrated its 90th anniversary with a gala party last Saturday night inside the newly-renovated …
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BY MANUEL C. “MANNY” CORREIRA
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6/9/25
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The “Letter to the Editor” column has for years been a place where readers from all walks of life are free to express their opinions about what is happening in our neighborhoods and the …
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By Stephan Brigidi and Craig Evans
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6/9/25
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1. STORY OF THE WEEK: When does the calculus of doing nothing outweigh the value of doing something at the Statehouse? That question will hang over Smith Hill until the resolution of the proposed …
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By Ian Donnis
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6/9/25
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PORTSMOUTH — A makeshift memorial featuring bouquets of flowers and prayer candles was arranged on the Portuguese American-Citizens Club’s (PPACC) flagpole base the day after a …
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By Jim McGaw
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6/9/25
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Much of what is known about Indigenous people has been misunderstood or misrepresented through the repeated circulation of inaccurate information. The Little Compton Historical Society is now …
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By Michelle Mercure
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6/9/25
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Hours after Barrington High School held its graduation ceremony on Victory Field, excavators and backhoes rolled across the asphalt track surface and began digging up the sod.
The BHS …
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6/9/25
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NOAA Fisheries adjusted the Atlantic bluefin tuna daily retention limits for recreational fishermen. The adjusted limits took effect June 3, 2025 and extend through Dec. 31, 2025, unless modified by …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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6/9/25
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PROVIDENCE — Thea Jackson is both a quick healer and the beneficiary of a second opinion. She's also a state champion...two times.
The Mt. Hope High School two-sport star, who about a …
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By Mike Rego
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6/8/25
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Members in the Mt. Hope High School Class of 2025 received their diplomas, the seniors graduating on a warm late spring evening at the Bristol campus Friday evening, June 6.
The following …
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Photo by Julie Furtado
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6/8/25
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