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Committee on Disability member Martin Costa's truck parked atop the new 400-square-foot 'GeoPave' parking area at the end of Beach Road.
Dune mats improve handicap access at Knubble
It took two years to see the job through to completion, but the highway department and the town's committee on disability recently laid down 400 square feet of stabilizing mats at the end of Beach … more
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Coastal Neighbors Network board member Mia Lahti enjoys the spring scenery.
Westporters, plan now for June garden tour
Coastal Neighbors Network, which provides in-home services for seniors in Westport and Dartmouth, will tour eight gardens in South Dartmouth’s historic Russells Mills Village Wednesday, June … more
Westport farm sells for $1.1 million
Harbor View Farm, a large farm just east of the Rhode Island border at 253 Adamsville Road, sold earlier this month for $1.1 million. There was no word this week on the identity of the new owners. … more
A row of wrapped boats still await their spring awakening at Striper Marina near the Barrington Yacht Club. Striper is one of the numerous local marinas where boaters can take part in a fee-based recycling program for the shrinkwrap waste.
From wrap to recycle
Everyone living along the New England coastline is familiar with the sight of marinas in the winter. They transform into seas of plastic white, with thousands of boats shrink-wrapped for their … more
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Volunteers and organizers prepare at the start of the cleanup.
Volunteers collect tons of garbage in Westport
Team COW (Clean Our Westport)had a very successful Spring litter cleanup day the Saturday before last. Martin Costa, Team COW's founder, reports that more than 175 volunteers showed up to pick enough … more
Westport budget override — First step is Tuesday, May 2
With Westport nearing the edge of what some town officials call a fiscal precipice, a warrant article vote at the Tuesday, May 2 Town Meeting is the first in what could be a two-step process to … more
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Brewer named chairman of Westport Select Board
Richard Brewer is the new chairman of the Westport Select Board, following a unanimous vote of his colleagues to the post Tuesday evening. Brewer joked that he is happy to be named chairman, … more
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Candidates and supporters wave on arrivals at voting last Tuesday in Westport.
Soares and Ouellette win board seats, Stinson wins clerk race
Voters sent Steven Ouellette back to the select board for his fourth three-year term last week, and also voted to send a long-time town volunteer to the town's main governing body. Ouellette, with … more
Ava Monroe looks up from working on a design project within the Graphic Communications room at East Providence High School. Graphics is one of 10 different Career and Technical Education tracks offered at the school, where about half the students are enrolled in some form of CTE programming.
Career and Technical — a new era in education
Since school choice began to proliferate a few years ago, hundreds of students have chosen to leave their hometown districts and enroll elsewhere. They often enroll close to home, choosing a neighboring district or a district a short drive away. But not always. more
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Noah Lacey attempts to tag out a Case baserunner.
Westport nine bash 18 hits, clobber Case 12-4
Westport nine bash 18 hits, clobber Case 12-4 Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.  The Westport baseball team bashed 18 hits as they clobbered Case 12-4 during a non-league home … more
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Pitcher Mackenzy Ponte winds up to pitch during the West Bridgewater game. The sophomore struck out 14, walked 8, and allowed 11 hits and 9 runs in 7 innings of work.
Wildcats edge West Bridgewater 10-9, crush Bishop Connolly 22-13
The Westport girls softball team scored 4 runs in the sixth inning to come from behind and beat West Bridgewater 10-9 in their first league game of the season at home on Thursday afternoon. Third … more
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An artist's rendering of the Diman vocational school in Fall River, which will be paid for in part by Westport.
Diman vote a victory for town officials, budget
What a difference four months make. Last Tuesday's vote to fund the town's obligation to the $293 million Diman vocational school project via excluded debt passed by a margin of five to two, a … more
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Would-be buyer reaches agreement with BBC over farm
A Dartmouth woman with long-held dreams to own her own farm is closer to getting her wish, seven months after she lost out on her bid to purchase a 31-acre Main Road property to the Buzzards Bay … more
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This vacant storefront at 60 State Road could become home to town's second dispensary.
New cannabis dispensary planned for Westport's State Road
An Uxbridge, Ma. man who hopes to open a cannabis dispensary on State Road appeared for the second time before the Westport Planning Board earlier this month, and is expected to move ahead with a … more
Westport police officer Mike Chicca assists a resident casting her ballot in Tuesday's election.
Ouellette, Soares, Stinson winners in Westport election
WESTPORT — Westport’s annual town election yesterday brought just over 1,800 voters to the polls, appointing a handful of new faces and re-electing some old. Here were the … more
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Mike Hall, Michele Hall, and Phil Ferrara pull apart turkey while volunteering to help with Neil Walker's Eagle Scout project.
Westport scout helps feed the needy
More than 150 needy and homebound families celebrated Easter this year with full bellies and packed refrigerators, thanks to the work of a Westport Scout working to earn his Eagle badge. Neil … more
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“Chuck, you’re not supposed to talk — quiet,” local resident Sharlene Patton tells Town Council member Charles Levesque after he assured her there was no agreement between the Town of Portsmouth and SouthCoast Wind in place — or even being discussed. Patton was referring to Levesque’s earlier comment that he was recusing himself from any council deliberations regarding the wind energy developer’s proposal because his family owns property off Boyds Lane, through which SouthCoast wants to run transmission cables. Levesque, meanwhile, said Patton and others should not be speaking because the item was not on the agenda.
SouthCoast Wind foes demand answers from Portsmouth council
PORTSMOUTH — For a topic that wasn’t even on the council’s business agenda, it sure drew a lot of discussion. more
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Chris Leonard, Westport's director of marine services, inspects a channel marker in the Westport River early last season.
Leonard hopeful for Westport dredging funds
He's not holding his breath or making any promises, but Chris Leonard is hopeful that a financial solution to the Westport River's shoaling issues could be just down the road. Leonard, … more
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Walker's will re-open in Little Compton this summer
The news of Walker's Roadside Stand demise has apparently been greatly exaggerated — the Little Compton institution is back in business under the leadership of Ian Walker, founder Coll Walker's … more
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Missing Tiverton girl, 16, found safe
A 16-year-old Tiverton girl reported missing late last month has been found. Police said Avah Flower, 16, was found last week, days after her mother reported her missing on Friday, March 31. … more
Macomber School teachers and best friends Jen Mederos (left) and Michelle Thomas.
Westport teacher saves best friend's life
Jen Medeiros and Michelle Thomas, teachers at the Alice Macomber primary school, have been closest of friends for more than 20 years — so close, in fact, that they call each other "work wife." … more
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Valcourt attends last Westport Select Board meeting
Brian Valcourt attended his last meeting as a member of the Westport Select Board meeting Monday evening, following his decision earlier this year to not seek another term. Valcourt, who had … more
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Phil Weinberg and Tanja Ryden of the Westport Board of Health
Westport Board of Health wins watershed award
The Westport River Watershed Alliance has presented its 2023 Environmental Award To The Town of Westport's Board of Health. The alliance chose the Board of Health for this year's award in … more
Robert Fazzina, a Tiverton resident and abutter closest to proposed site, speaks vehemently against the proposed crematorium at a meeting last month.
Planning chairman admits misstep in Tiverton crematorium review
More than 200 residents crowded the Tiverton Middle School auditorium Tuesday evening for a planning board public hearing on a controversial proposal to build a crematorium in the north end of … more
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The Ocean Race 2022-23 - 5 April 2023. 11th Hour Racing Team finish Leg 3 at 08:20:23 UTC, 37 days, 20 hours, 10 minutes, 23 seconds, 14,840 nautical miles. The crew celebrating.
Enright and 11th Hour team finish in third place for Leg 3
The 11th Hour Racing Team sails into Itajaí, Brazil, to take third place on Wednesday, April 5, after a “grueling” Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23. Charlie Enright’s team was … more
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