Three Tiverton department heads get new contracts
TIVERTON — The Town Council at its most recent meeting last week unanimously handed three Tiverton department heads — the chief of police, the senior center director, and the tax assessor — renewed three-year contracts of employment. All three contracts were largely based on a “model contract” approved recently by the council, which attempted to [...]
Read More →Massive development proposed for Tiverton; includes hotel, retail, restaurants
TIVERTON — What could well be the largest commercial development undertaking in Tiverton’s history will be previewed Monday, April 29, at 7 p.m. in Town Hall. That’s when the project called “Tiverton Crossings,” being proposed by the Carpionato Group will go before a special joint workshop meeting of the Tiverton Town Council and the Tiverton Planning [...]
Read More →Tiverton takes Site Ready to court
TIVERTON — The Town of Tiverton filed a lawsuit Monday in Newport County Superior Court against Site Ready Company on Eagleville Road, seeking to permanently stop and penalize what it says are violations of town zoning ordinances. Site Ready’s conduct, the town claims, “constitutes a threat to public health, safety, and the general welfare of [...]
Read More →Issues delay final sale of Tiverton’s Nonquit School
TIVERTON — Closing documents for the sale of the town ‘s six-acre Nonquit School property, pending since December 10, will remain unsigned for a while longer as a result of recent Town Council action. On Feb. 11 the council granted an extension — to 4:30 p.m. on March 14 — to Cynthia Hanssen, the would-be [...]
Read More →Tiverton’s Site Ready becomes Fall River’s dumping ground
TIVERTON — The City of Fall River is now trucking all its yard waste and all its single stream recycling materials to Site Ready, located at 322 Eagleville Road. This news comes at a time when the Tiverton Planning Board is considering a Master Plan Application from Site Ready “to increase the recycling capabilities” of [...]
Read More →Holy Trinity celebrates 300th with banquet Saturday
TIVERTON — Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Tiverton will celebrate its 300th anniversary with a banquet on Saturday, September 22, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Bishop Geralyn Wolf and her husband, Tom Bair, and Bishop-elect Nick Knisely will be among those attending. A portrait by Carolyn Hall of Holy Trinity’s founding priest, the Rev. Honyman from [...]
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