FEMA tours South Shore Beach, other hard-hit places
TIVERTON, LITTLE COMPTON — With power restored to all but a few Tiverton and Little Compton households by the end of last week, officials in the two communities turned to damage assessment. It wasn’t pretty. Hurricane Sandy reduced Little Compton’s South Shore Beach to cobble and rocks, and little or no sand. Just last spring, [...]
Read More →Little Compton beach officials unplug First Creek
LITTLE COMPTON — Anticipating record high tides, rain, and waves with the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy, Little Compton Beach Commission officials Sunday took a back hoe and cleared First Creek of sand and cobble, thus allowing water to flow more freely from Tuniper Pond across South Shore Beach to the ocean. The action was intended to lessen [...]
Read More →Great white shark washes ashore in Westport
WESTPORT — Still dark at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, Little Compton fisherman Garry Severa worked his way down South Shore Beach and Goosewing Beach, casting out plugs for striped bass. High tide is coming in as he walks his way down to the rocky cliff where the Little Compton beaches become Quicksand Point in Westport. Slowly, [...]
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