Waters ponding in Tiverton school parking lot to get drained
TIVERTON — Water that has ponded many inches deep in the parking lot behind Pocasset Elementary School during rainy weather should soon be gone, thanks to action last Monday night by the Town Council. After ground testing last week established that there is no ledge or rock that would interfere with plans to install an [...]
Read More →DEM threatens Tiverton with lawsuit about fishing tourneys
TIVERTON — The Town Council Monday night postponed until May 28 consideration of a proposed town ordinance that would regulate fishing tournaments taking place on Stafford Pond. Technically, the council continued until that date, a public hearing that it had began on the the measure at Monday night’s meeting. A second ordinance — one that [...]
Read More →Recusals stall Tiverton Yacht Club zoning bid
TIVERTON — Recusals by five members of the town planning board — a majority — have halted board consideration of a zoning change sought by the Tiverton Yacht Club (TYC). Because the nine-member board has determined that it can’t take action at all on the zoning amendment, it notified the town council of the impasse [...]
Read More →Tiverton officials choose Roderick and Black as new board leaders
TIVERTON — In back-to-back meetings more celebratory that business-oriented, Tiverton’s newly elected school committee and town council members were sworn in last Tuesday evening. They thenconvened for short agendas that included electing officers. Sally Black, starting her third term on the school committee, was unanimously re-elected by her colleagues to serve as chairwoman, the second [...]
Read More →Tiverton 1st wins duel with TCC
TIVERTON — Election night was a clear victory for Tiverton 1st and Democratic Town Committee-supported candidates for town council, the school committee, and the budget committee. Tiverton 1st, a new community organization this election season, and the Democrats each endorsed 15 candidates, 13 of whom won. For the same offices, Tiverton Citizens for Change (TCC) endorsed [...]
Read More →Tiverton cancels council workshop on open meetings, similar laws
TIVERTON — Town clerk Nancy Mello announced Monday morning that the Town Council Workshop — dealing with open meetings, public records, conflicts, ethics, and the public interest — scheduled for Monday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall has been canceled.
Read More →New group, Tiverton 1st, recommends candidates
TIVERTON — Tiverton 1st, a recently formed non-partisan community organization, announced last Friday the candidates that it will be supporting in the November election. The candidates for Town Council that Tiverton 1st recommends to town voters are: James J. Arruda, Renee DeJesus-Jones, Denise deMedeiros, William P. Gerlach, Brett Nicholas Pelletier, and Edward A. Roderick. Seven individuals from [...]
Read More →Tiverton council meets for record short 42 minutes
TIVERTON — For about 42 minutes Monday night the Tiverton Town Council met, discussed and voted on several matters, then adjourned, setting a record for brevity unmatched in the last several years. Councilors David Nelson and Brett Pelletier were absent. No one signed up to speak at the council’s “open public forum,” a regular agenda [...]
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