Little Compton police: five mailboxes vandalized
Thursday, Feb. 28 At 10:30 a.m. a West Main Road resident called to report several pieces of her jewelry had gone missing. At 4:51 p.m., a resident of Sakonnet Point Road reported that someone had entered her house, but nothing appeared to have been taken. Sunday, March 3 Five homeowners on Long Highway called in [...]
Read More →Fire interrupts Little Compton Scouts’ campout
LITTLE COMPTON — Eleven Little Compton Scouts, on a camping trip last weekend in the far northwest corner of the state, were awakened by a roaring blaze that consumed a cabin next to theirs. After being the first to spot and report the fire, they were forced temporarily to evacuate their own cabin and watch [...]
Read More →Site Ready’s Tiverton recycling operations to leave town
TIVERTON — Controversial recycling operations at Site Ready’s property on Eagleville Road will end within 45 days from Friday, March 1. The firm has said that recycling activities will have moved elsewhere by then. That word comes not long after Tiverton filed a temporary restraining order aimed at stopping some of Site Ready’s local operations. [...]
Read More →Tiverton High lockdown, caused by single found bullet, ends safely
TIVERTON — A single bullet found on a sink in a boys’ bathroom at Tiverton High School at noon last Friday led to a lockdown of the school during the afternoon for close to four hours, and a personal search of all the students, their backpacks and their lockers. It also resulted in a search [...]
Read More →Tiverton takes Site Ready to court
TIVERTON — The Town of Tiverton filed a lawsuit Monday in Newport County Superior Court against Site Ready Company on Eagleville Road, seeking to permanently stop and penalize what it says are violations of town zoning ordinances. Site Ready’s conduct, the town claims, “constitutes a threat to public health, safety, and the general welfare of [...]
Read More →Portsmouth police charge two Tiverton residents with DUI
PORTSMOUTH — Two Tiverton residents were stopped by police in Portsmouth last week and charged with drunk driving violations. After her car was pulled over for speeding on East Main Road about 1:25 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 17, Mary Ann Crittenden, 51, of 48 Louise Drive, Tiverton, was charged by Portsmouth police with driving while [...]
Read More →Prom dresses hit runway at Tiverton High fashion show
TIVERTON — The announcement of a school shutdown the next day due to an approaching blizzard had already been made, but that didn’t stop a crowd of about 200 from attending a prom dress fashion show at Tiverton High School on Thursday, Feb. 7. The event was the real thing. For about 90 minutes, 13 [...]
Read More →DEM sets meeting with Tiverton officials about Stafford Pond
TIVERTON — The scheduling of 16 fishing tournaments on Stafford Pond this summer by the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has led to convening of a meeting between town officials, local legislators, and the two DEM representatives involved in making the decision. The meeting, which a DEM spokesman said is not public, is set for 2 [...]
Read More →Little Compton police: snow and ice plowed by truck damages car
Friday, Feb. 22 A Sakonnet Point Road resident reported at 1 p.m. that on Feb. 3, while his vehicle was parked in his driveway near the road, a snowplow truck went by and plowed snow and ice into the side of his vehicle, causing damage. Saturday, Feb. 23 At 9:54 a.m., a caller reported that some items [...]
Read More →Tiverton police: brothers charged in purse snatching incident
Sunday, Feb. 24 At 5:40 and 6:34 p.m., two brothers — Tyler G. Lima, 21, of 588 Crandall Road, Tiverton and Cory M. Lima, 25, of Fall River — were each charged on two counts of receiving stolen goods and one count of being a fugitive from justice, in connection with a purse snatching incident [...]
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