Tiverton schools dodge sequester cuts
TIVERTON — National policy and politics hit close to home last week as the Congressionally imposed $85 billion in sequestration cuts nationwide threatened to cut federal funding for three programs in Tiverton schools. After heated debate, however, and following back-to-back meetings last Wednesday and Thursday, the Tiverton Budget Committee decided not to impose the cuts [...]
Read More →Hold the sauce; no chicken BBQ in Little Compton this year
LITTLE COMPTON — The chicken barbecue for this year is cancelled, Penny Walker, president of the Little Compton Village Improvement Society announced Monday. The Society is the group that sponsors the annual event. The barbecue was called off because of the presence of the modular classroom buildings, Ms. Walker said, and the fact that the [...]
Read More →Tiverton man gets no jail time for growing 506 pot plants
TIVERTON — A 57-year-old Tiverton man, arrested last year for growing 506 marijuana plants at two addresses he maintained in town, was handed his punishment last Thursday in federal court. Following a guilty plea by the accused to manufacturing, and conspiracy to manufacture, marijuana, U.S. District Court John McConnell sentenced Billie R. Schoefield to three years [...]
Read More →Man remains hospitalized after Tiverton motorcycle accident
TIVERTON — A 57 year old Fall River man remains in Rhode Island Hospital Tuesday following a serious head-on motorcycle accident in Tiverton last Friday night at the intersection of Shove Street and State Avenue, at the state line. Tiverton Police Captain Patrick Jones said Matthias Daigle, of Fall River, was proceeding northbound on Shove [...]
Read More →Tiverton police move to upgrade through accreditation
TIVERTON — A long-term transformation of the Tiverton Police Department is underway. It’s called accreditation, and for the town and department it’s a first-time experience. The whole complicated process will conclude about 18-24 months from now, sometime in 2014-2015, said Captain Patrick Jones. The move towards accreditation has been signaled in recent months by the [...]
Read More →Little Compton police: man charged for no show at failure-to-pay hearing
Sunday, March 31 At 9:06 p.m., Kyle N. Novo, 19, of 200 Long Highway, Little Compton, was charged under a 2nd District Court warrant with failure to appear for a failure to pay hearing.
Read More →Help create a Tiverton history app
TIVERTON — A novel initiative — to capture Tiverton and Little Compton history and make it available on a smartphone “app” — will be showcased in a workshop at Sandywoods Farm on Wednesday, April 10 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The public is invited. The initiative is being developed as a project by a local [...]
Read More →Tiverton launches clean-up week
TIVERTON — Tiverton’s “Annual Clean-Up Week” will begin Saturday, April 13 and end Saturday, April 20. It is sponsored by the Tiverton Garden Club and the Tiverton Litter Committee, working with the Tiverton Department of Public Works (DPW). Volunteers interested in participating can find sign-up sheets at Coastal Roasters and Essex Library for a specific [...]
Read More →Churches walk together in Jesus’ footsteps
TIVERTON — It was a few minutes before noon last week on Good Friday when Reverend John Higginbotham of Holy Trinity Church at 1956 Main Road asked Daniel Borden, 17, if he would like to carry the cross at the start of a processional through the streets of Tiverton. The occasion was the second [...]
Read More →Injured firefighter thanks Little Compton, Tiverton rescuers
TIVERTON — Robert Forand, a Fall River firefighter “helping a buddy” with some carpentry work on the morning of Wednesday, March 13, fell 18 feet from staging outside a Little Compton house into a basement bulkhead that was eight feet below grade. After being extricated from that confined space, he was rushed to a baseball [...]
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