‘To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the American Experience’ By Bret Baier
A book steeped in history, “To Rescue the Constitution” traces the development …
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By Donna Bruno
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3/26/24
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Atlantic Herring numbers are down — way down. According to NOAA Fisheries, the stock is overfished. In 2022, overall commercial landings totaled 9.3 million pounds. By comparison, a decade …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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3/26/24
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Some time soon — it could be a month, maybe two — Holly will finally have a beautiful new home to call her own.
When that day comes, the 1989 Westport High School graduate and single …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/26/24
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Confused about Westport’s Town Meeting? How it works, the process and procedure, and more? On Wednesday evening, Westport middle schoolers become the teachers.
The eighth grade class will …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/25/24
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The long-planned North Westport water and sewer system is a public investment whose time has come. The Town of Westport has arrived at a unique confluence of new opportunities and old needs. It is …
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3/25/24
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is informing motorists as part of it ongoing effort to alleviate the intense congestion on the Washington Bridge since the …
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By Mike Rego
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3/25/24
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A commercial shellfisherman who capsized his center console on a remote stretch of the Westport River’s west branch last Thursday was able to make it safely to shore with the help of a nearby …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/25/24
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It will be at least another two months before a controversial plan to develop a live-in school for teens with substance abuse issues gets another hearing before the town.
For the third time …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/22/24
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Monday, March 11
A 911 caller reported an accident with injuries on American Legion Highway at 7:35 a.m.
A 911 caller reported a suspicious person at Hix Bridge Road and Route 88. But …
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3/21/24
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I am a 30-year resident of East Briggs Road in Westport, where I raised my two children, and where my husband and I plan to retire. Our home is on a parcel of five lots which, when added together, do …
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3/21/24
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On Tuesday, April 9, voters will consider approving a project to extend a sewer and water trunkline along Route 6 from Fall River to Dartmouth. For decades voters have been unconvinced of the need to …
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3/21/24
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Bringing an integrated sewer and water system to the Route 6 corridor has been discussed for years among Westport town officials concerned about the contamination of well water by cesspools and …
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3/21/24
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It is astonishing that these engineering experts don't seem to know exactly what is on the ocean floor of our waterways after the past 100 years of dumping our untreated waste there.
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3/21/24
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The ballot for next month's election is set, with several contested races and more than a few with nobody interested in running.
Apart from a $35 million debt exclusion question that will face …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/20/24
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Two books about books and the people who love them and a romp through Regency London. Enjoy!
“Blank” by Zibby Owens (2024). Pippa Jones is in her 40s and lives in Los Angeles. She is …
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By Lynda Rego
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3/20/24
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PROVIDENCE — Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg promised the federal government would do all it could to help assist and expedite the process of replacing the westbound side of the …
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By Mike Rego
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3/19/24
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It is my honor to be the guest speaker at the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association seminar Monday, March 25, at 7 p.m. at the West Warwick Elks, 60 Cyle St., West Warwick. The …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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3/19/24
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The very best in historical fiction, “ The Lioness of Boston” focuses on Isabella (“Belle”) Stewart Gardner, a …
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By Donna Bruno
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3/19/24
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Members of Westport’s agricultural community will meet next Wednesday at the Grange, 931 Main Road, to learn a bit more climate change and how it could continue to impact Westport in the coming …
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3/18/24
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This year’s Grand Marshals, long-time Little Compton teachers Diane and David MacGregor, drew some of the loudest cheers as the parade worked its way east on Main Road. Later in the day, during …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/18/24
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There were plenty of smiles to be had at Sunday’s World’s Shortest St. Paddy’s Day parade in Adamsville, but few as wide as Caroline Wilkie Wordell’s.
Occupying spot 39A …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/18/24
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2024 is the year the World’s Shortest St. Paddy’s Day parade got big.
Thousands of people crowded into Little Compton Sunday for the third annual parade, started as a joke in 2022 by …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/17/24
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State Representative Michelle McGaw (District 71, Tiverton, Little Compton and Portsmouth) had special guests when the House celebrated St. Patrick's Day Thursday: Organizers of the world's …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/16/24
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PROVIDENCE — Confirming the worst and what many anticipated, state officials made the public formally aware the closed westbound span of the Washington Bridge is structurally deficient and …
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By Mike Rego
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3/14/24
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