EastBayRI.com > Tiverton http://www.eastbayri.com./town/tiverton/town.html?feed=rss Top stories en-us Copyright 2009 East Bay Newspapers Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:46:05 EST Tiverton residents cite bridge woes http://www.eastbayri.com./detail/132470.html TIVERTON ? Over three dozen residents whose homes are smack in the middle of the construction zone for the new Sakonnet River Bridge packed into Town Hall last Tuesday afternoon to confront 12 members of the town bridge advisory committee with their grievances. <a href="mailto:tdalglish@eastbaynewspapers.com">By Tom Killin Dalglish</a> http://www.eastbayri.com./detail/132470.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:28:00 EST Tiverton police subdue two men in first local use of tasers http://www.eastbayri.com./detail/132468.html TIVERTON ? In separate incidents, two local men were tasered recently while being taken into custody by Tiverton police, the first time officers from this town have used taser technology. <a href="mailto:tdalglish@eastbaynewspapers.com">By Tom Killin Dalglish</a> http://www.eastbayri.com./detail/132468.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:56:00 EST Little Compton dogs kill two goats at Pottersville Road farm http://www.eastbayri.com./detail/132503.html LITTLE COMPTON ? Fran Waite of Pottersville Road went out to her barn late Friday afternoon, Nov. 6, to feed her mustangs ? her ?big babies? she calls them. But things weren?t right. <a href="mailto:tdalglish@eastbaynewspapers.com">By Tom Killin Dalglish</a> http://www.eastbayri.com./detail/132503.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:01:00 EST Little Compton's Rusting Sakonnet Lighthouse to get massive rehab http://www.eastbayri.com./detail/132222.html LITTLE COMPTON ? The venerable 66-foot tall Sakonnet Point Light Station, because of its appearance known as a ?sparkplug lighthouse,? is badly in need of repairs. <a href="mailto:tdalglish@eastbaynewspapers.com">By Tom Killin Dalglish</a> http://www.eastbayri.com./detail/132222.html Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:05:00 EST Tiverton School Committee sets workshop on merit pay http://www.eastbayri.com./detail/132504.html TIVERTON ? It took three tries, but Tiverton Citizens for Change (TCC) on November 11 succeeded in gaining approval, by a unanimous vote of the Tiverton School Committee, for a workshop on merit pay for teachers to be held Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m. at the high school <a href="mailto:tdalglish@eastbaynewspapers.com">By Tom Killin Dalglish</a> http://www.eastbayri.com./detail/132504.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:13:00 EST