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Greening of Westport targets Lyme disease
Green ribbons highlight South Coast epidemic
From the Point to north Westport, a springtime explosion of lime green aims to call colorful attention to a Westport scourge — Lyme disease.
Hard-to-find part hinders Portsmouth turbine
PORTSMOUTH — An elusive pressure sensor is to blame or idling the Portsmouth wind turbine, Assistant Town Planner wrote to the town council this week.
Selectman put an end to Westport sidewalk project
Years in the planning, the Central Village sidewalk project came to an abrupt end Monday night.
Portsmouth council rejects school budget offer
PORTSMOUTH — A Town Council attempt to set a provisional budget last Tuesday got off to a rocky start and didn’t improve much as the evening wore on. ...
Two big weekends for paddlers upcoming in Westport
Inaugural Buzzards Bay Classic on June 2, with River Day on June 9.
Two straight for Mar Mostro, mega-mast in place
Portsmouth-built Mar Mostro crosses Miami finish line first.
Mar Mostro first to Miami
Locally built racer takes second straight around-the-world leg
Portsmouth-built Mar Mostro (Team Puma) crossed the Miami finish line first this afternoon, holding off a hard-charging Camper and taking its second straight Volvo Ocean Race leg.
Tiverton Yacht Club offers around-Aquidneck challenge
Club welcomes sailors to join them June 16 for debut of what it hopes will become a race calendar tradition.
Toddler left behind at Westport preschool
Father breaks window to free child from locked school
Discovering his three-year-old daughter left behind in a darkened school late Monday afternoon, her father said he didn’t think twice about what to do next.
Gardeners to plant flowering tree at Annex
And coming up, club presents its annual garden fair
Westport River Gardeners, whose daffodils have been in spectacular full bloom outside the fire station and library lately, turn their attention now to the Town Hall Annex on Main Road.