The Westport Finance Committee has released its analysis of the FY2024 budget to be presented at Town Meeting on May 2. The facts are not pretty.
After more than a decade of making do and …
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4/25/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: In recent weeks, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has used Twitter to amplify the fight for continued access to mifepristone, cite the need for those with power to …
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By Ian Donnis
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4/25/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: The Democratic field in Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District is starting to gel, with a series of noteworthy developments this week. Former state Rep. Aaron Regunberg, …
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By Ian Donnis
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4/18/23
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Once again the Second Amendment has its day, this time in the sanctity of an elementary school. Six innocent lives brutally taken, three of them children.
Mentally ill persons occur in all …
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4/18/23
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We want to thank the Westport Fire Department for their dedication and sacrifice in fighting the brush fire on our property Friday, April 14. They spent four hours extinguishing the fire and making …
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4/18/23
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Westport has already agreed to pay its share of the costs of Diman in an overwhelming approval at Town Meeting last year. Some are advising us to vote 'No' on the Diman debt exclusion question so …
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4/5/23
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Westport has already agreed to pay its share of the costs of Diman in an overwhelming approval at Town Meeting last year. Some are advising us to vote 'No' on the Diman debt exclusion question so …
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3/30/23
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At the Town election on April 11 there will be an important ballot question relating to the Diman Vocational Regional School new building project. The ballot question will decide if the payment of …
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3/29/23
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April is Citizen Science Month! You can join a growing community of “citizen scientists” who help to expand our body of scientific knowledge by crowdsourcing data collection. …
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By Norman Dudziak, P.E., I.M.
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3/28/23
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The sun came out from behind the clouds just in time to shine on the second annual Shortest St. Paddies Day Parade in Adamsville on Saturday afternoon.
It was a sight to behold. So many happy, …
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3/22/23
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If I told you that Woodpeckers eat worms, I bet you wouldn’t believe me, but trust me. Early in the morning, when I first come down and look out the kitchen window onto the back lawn, I will …
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3/22/23
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Five reasons it's time for an override in Westport:
1. Required costs keep increasing while revenue is limited by Proposition 2.5.
2. Westport has not taken advantage of the override …
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3/22/23
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We are writing to express our strong support for a $3 million override for the Town of Westport. As persons who deeply care about the people of Westport, we believe that the funds generated by the …
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3/22/23
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The marine science community knows this much for certain: The high-resolution geophysical (HRG) surveys used to site offshore wind turbines and transmission cabling causes harm and mortality to …
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3/22/23
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In my personal opinion, putting a 150-foot cell tower right up against wetlands is a travesty! The fact that the company had to ask the town for so many variances to even get this to go through …
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3/21/23
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Growing up I had many lively debates with my dad at the dinner table. He always told me that to be effective in communicating your position, you have to not only understand the other side, but be …
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3/7/23
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Ms. Quattrocki's latest installment in her series on the dangers of renewable wind power, "Don't short circuit our environmental laws", has upped the hysteria on the whale-death-by-wind-farms …
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3/7/23
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With respect to recent articles and commentaries regarding the Revolution Wind project off the Rhode Island coast, I have a few questions that seem pretty obvious — and yet are proving …
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3/7/23
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A majority of citizens agree with the goal to fight climate change and the urgency to act now. However, the country does not share a unified vision of how we should wage this battle. President …
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By Lisa Quattrocki Knight, M.D., Ph.D.
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3/2/23
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Having spent most of my career on various industrial applications, I know a fair amount about power generation. I also live 200 feet from and frequently kayak on the Sakonnet River and, …
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3/1/23
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Let’s take a look at the people in our country vilified by thought leaders on the far right of the Republican Party. The people they constantly vilify are Democrats, appointed and elected …
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3/1/23
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The recent pro-wind letters to the editor disparage anyone who questions offshore wind with hidden motives, deception, and disguise. Our only motive is to clarify the environmental impacts, …
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By Lisa Quattrocki Knight, M.D., Ph.D.
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2/21/23
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Officially, offshore wind developers anticipate their projects will “have no measurable influence on climate change.” Knowing this, they offer a different rationale. In the “purpose …
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By Lisa Quattrocki Knight, M.D., Ph.D. and Bill Thompson
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2/15/23
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published a draft of their strategy to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic …
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2/15/23
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A “Gish Gallop” is a debate technique where you attempt to overwhelm your opponent with an unrelenting barrage of arguments, with little regard for the truth. Using quantity over quality …
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2/8/23
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