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9/22/22
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9/22/22
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Members of the Westport Select Board last Monday defended their decision to settle a lawsuit brought by a cell phone tower contractor, saying they did the best they could for the town in the face of …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/21/22
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The Tiverton Planning Board voted unanimously last Tuesday against a plan to build a Seasons Corner Market at the corner of Souza and Main roads. Colbea Enterprises LLC LLC, based out of Cranston, …
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By Jen Campisi
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9/20/22
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The Westport Select Board voted unanimously last Monday to assign its right to purchase a 31-acre tract of land off Main Road to the Buzzards Bay Coalition, in a deal that while widely supported by …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/19/22
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The Westport soccer team crushed a young Diman team 5-0 on Monday, steam rolled Southeastern Regional Voc 4-2 at home on Wednesday and shut out Bristol-Plymouth 3-0 in their first league game on …
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Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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9/17/22
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The state Department of Environmental Management (DEM) officials are giving prospective partners two more weeks to submit informal plans for the redevelopment of the former Chase Marina on Riverside …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/16/22
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Team C.O.W. (Clean Our Westport) will hold its fall cleanup Saturday, Sept. 24 (above, last year's haul). The all-volunteer event runs from from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All volunteers should meet at the old …
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9/16/22
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Welcome to Westport Health Notes, a monthly column from the Westport Board of Health (BOH). The goal is to share information with our community about local issues and projects, public health alerts, …
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By Donna Amaral
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9/16/22
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After a year's absence, Westport Monday evening hired a new town planner, the first to serve here since the departure of now-town administrator James Hartnett.
Michael Burris, who works in the …
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9/16/22
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The following letter was sent to Mayflower Wind late last month by Tiverton resident Greg Vespe, executive director of the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association:
The Rhode Island Saltwater …
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9/16/22
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Seven scouts in Westport Troop 3 were recently celebrated with an Eagle Court of Honor.
Shawn Landry, Tyler Resendes, Aidan Morley, Cameron Arruda, David Abgrab, Jacob Hall and Dylan Metivier, …
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9/16/22
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Whenever Sheriff Thomas Hodgson needs an infusion of media attention, or feels his job or popularity is at risk, he gloms onto a person or issue that will satisfy his ego need, or as …
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9/16/22
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Your story in the Sept. 8, 2022 Shorelines about how “Little Compton fights to intervene in Mayflower proceedings” raises a number of issues that deserve comment. In essence the protests …
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9/16/22
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A packed house gathered at the Dedee Shadduck Gallery Friday evening to see the first public preview of “Paul Cuffe: In Search of a New Land,” a work by New York playwright Samuel Harps …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/16/22
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Police have arrested a Fall River man suspected of running over and critically injuring a man during a road rage altercation in Tiverton earlier this month.
Tiverton police, with help from the …
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9/16/22
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More than 600 friends and neighbors gathered along the Little Compton Commons Sunday afternoon, taking the rare opportunity to share in a meal together as a community. The annual Little Compton …
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By Jen Campisi
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9/14/22
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“I’m tired of people breaking up our driveway, parking on the road, and late at night there’s lights going on and off. Why can’t we …
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By Jen Campisi
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9/13/22
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Michelle Orlando is back on the Westport School Committee, five months after she lost her seat in April's elections.
A joint meeting of the Westport Select Board and school committee voted 7-0 …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/13/22
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Helen M. (Phillips) Whipple, 90, of Tiverton, formerly of Westport, passed away on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, at St. Anne's Hospital. She was the wife of the late William D. Whipple.
Mrs. Whipple …
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9/13/22
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Tiverton police need help identifying a vehicle believed to be involved in a hit-and-run accident that critically injured a pedestrian Sunday evening.
Police and fire crews were dispatched to …
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9/12/22
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Abrams makes seven saves in Wildcats loss
Field hockey team loses to Bishop Stang 3-0
Sophomore goalkeeper Hannah Abrams made seven saves as the Westport field …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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9/12/22
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To the editor:
I enjoyed reading your article mentioning how a number of businesses and recreational activities will be adversely impacted (by the Mayflower Wind proposal, Aug. 25, The Portsmouth …
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9/12/22
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