East Beach needs ideas, not arm flailing
To the editor: This is in response to the February 9 letter to the editor “Put East Beach Road back where it belongs.” I find it disturbing that the author represents the Westport Beach Committee yet ...
Ban butts at the beach
For the sake of fresh air, clean sand and tender toes, beach operators need to draw a line in the sand against smoking. A bill before the Rhode Island legislature would accomplish just that ...
Bit by bit, Little Compton dismantling its school
To the editor: This letter is being written from the perspective of a 51-year resident of Little Compton and the parent of five children who have passed through the school system, all of whom graduated from the high schools provided for them.
Westport selectmen trying again to take our CPC
To the editor: Someone once told me that the definition of a conservationist is, “The last person to have built their home.”
Tiverton litter onslaught goes on, year after year
To the editor: For the past 10 years, I have walked Neck Road in Tiverton from Main Road to Seapowet and back at least once a week. On average, I pick up 20 items per walk ...
Nonquit School: Well worth saving, recycling
To the editor: Although historic preservation has generally been advocated from a cultural perspective, now there are compelling reasons to save and recycle existing buildings based on science, technology, and the need to preserve our environment.
How to live more with less
Learning to "de-clutter" or "de-own"
Who are these people?
They screw up, and you pay for it
Where do gas tax funds go?
To the editor: The recent ongoing proposals to add tolls to the Mt. Hope and/or the new Sakonnet River Bridge, while increasing the Newport bridge tolls, begs the general question of where do the funds/revenue go that are collected with the gas tax, which are supposed to fund these infrastructure upkeep items.
Flag-flying crusade turns to schools
To the editor: I was certain that, at least through the written word, my flag flying crusade for correctness was done. But not the case.
Transparency on our city council
The health insurance has been available for a very long time and to pretend now that you did not know it was available and people were taking it just tells me that you are not paying attention,
Crashes likely at confusing Portsmouth junction
To the editor: Has there been a head-on collision at the traffic light at the intersection of East Main Road and the end of Turnpike Avenue? If not, it's bound to happen.
Attitude changes are free
To quote the Tupac song Changes:
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Letters to the Editor
- East Beach needs ideas, not arm flailing
- Bit by bit, Little Compton dismantling its school
- Westport selectmen trying again to take our CPC
- Tiverton litter onslaught goes on, year after year
- Nonquit School: Well worth saving, recycling 1 comment
- Where do gas tax funds go?
- Flag-flying crusade turns to schools
- Transparency on our city council
- Crashes likely at confusing Portsmouth junction
- Attitude changes are free
- Writer wrong: Saving farms helps taxpayers
- Pull up a chair and listen to neighbor's noise
- A to-do list for the new BCWA executive director
- Kids need more sleep, not later start time 1 comment
- Property tax is the real land villain