Students' efforts will help new Tiverton library
To the edior: This spring Alane Del Deo and Amy Codega ran an after-school program at Fort Barton School.
Lees gift boosts new Tiverton Library history room
TIVERTON — The Tiverton Library Foundation announces a major donation from Al Lees, which he calls "a gift to the people of Tiverton", to support the Local History Room in the new library.
‘Last Fling’ honored at book fest
More recognition for the Westport book “The Last Fling”, this from the New England Book Festival held in late 2011 in Boston.
Writer and teacher pens new book
Meet Peter Johnson: Professor of English, 'boy author,' former construction worker
Barrington resident Peter Johnson has edited magazines and collections of prose poetry, written stories for young people, and is a professor of literature and creative writing at Providence College. He is currently on sabbatical to work on his own books. His latest, “The Amazing Adventures of John Smith, Jr., AKA Houdini” is set in Rhode Island.
Honors for Westport's 'Last Fling'
John B. “Red” Cummings Jr. of Westport has been notified that his book, “The Last Fling” will receive an award ...
Local author signing books on Saturday
Jon Land ventures into nonfiction writing with ‘Betrayal’
Robert Fitzpatrick, a celebrated FBI agent who sacrificed his career to bring down the notorious Boston gangster Whitey Bulger, and Jon Land, an author and Barrington native who has penned more than two dozen fiction novels, will sign copies of their new book “Betrayal” at Barrington Books on Saturday, Jan. 7 from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Barrington resident documents decades of TV journalism
Paul Darling fills his newest book, ‘We Were Pioneers,’ with hundreds of photos
Paul Darling’s newest book is like a walk down memory lane for the longtime Barrington resident. Entitled “We Were Pioneers — Memories of Channel 12 Television and WPRO Radio,” the book includes hundreds of photos from the 1950s and 1960s, as well as interviews with well known people in the news industry.
Tiverton gag order a bad idea — ask Westport
For a group that is supposedly all about efficiency and openness, the Tiverton Town Council’s move to muzzle town department heads is a contradictory and disappointing change of course.