I have finally, at long last, figured out how to travel...from Providence to East Providence. My lifelong habit was to cross a little red bridge and voila! There I was, decade after …
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By Mike Fink
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1/20/23
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Hunter Brodeur scored 21 points and Max Morotti netted 18 as the Westport basketball team trampled Atlantis Charter School 64-43 in an away game on Wednesday night. The Wildcats have won three in a …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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1/13/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE -— The Providence Country Day School in city recently announced the honor roll of students from the first trimester of the 2022-23 term.
High Honors
Class of 2030: Maja …
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1/12/23
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Owen Boudria and Max Morotti each scored 21 points in leading the Westport basketball team past Blue Hills 74-65 in front of a packed gym on Friday night. Four of the Wildcats starters netted double …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne. Jr.
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1/10/23
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PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will be stocking the following 10 lakes and ponds with rainbow trout, Sebago Atlantic salmon, and new this year, lake …
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1/6/23
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The Westport girls basketball team extended their undefeated streak to six games, after squashing Fairhaven 44-21, during a home game on Wednesday night. Sarah Perry continues to be an inside force …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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1/5/23
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Abby Razzino scored 17 points as the Mt. Hope girls basketball trounced Tiverton 55-28 in a Division II match up on Monday night. The Huskies have won three straight for an overall record of 5-3. …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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1/4/23
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The Westport girls basketball team knocked off Somerset Berkley 48-38 in the afternoon game at the high school on Wednesday and crushed Greater New Bedford 50-15 in an away game on Thursday. The pair …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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12/30/22
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Owen Boudria scored 18 points as Westport fell to East Bridgewater 57-52 in a hard fought battle at the high school on Wednesday evening. The loss dropped the Wildcats’ overall record to 2-2. …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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12/29/22
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To the editor:
News Item…Gov. Greg Abbott sends bus loads of migrants to V.P.’s home during record cold snap…
Would someone please attempt to explain to me why sending …
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12/29/22
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The Westport jazz band and a good amount of fans were on hand to see the girls basketball team obliterate Greater New Bedford RVT 57-19 in a home game on Wednesday night. Senior co-captain Leah …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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12/26/22
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Winter Storm Elliot did a number on Westport Friday, washing out East Beach Road and inundating Westport Point with a tide three or four feet above the normal high.
At the point, Harbormaster …
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By Ted Hayes
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12/23/22
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The Westport basketball team suffered a heartbreaking 69-66 home loss to Fairhaven while the girls traveled and crushed the Blue Devils 56-37 as both teams kicked off their seasons on Wednesday …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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12/14/22
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Last season the wildcats played Paulo Freire to the death in the Division 5 Sweet 16 in Chicopee on a frigid, stormy Wednesday night. It was a dog fight that wasn’t over until the buzzer and then Panthers went on to play in the finals and Westport took a snowy two-hour bus ride home.
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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12/6/22
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The Portsmouth Abbey volleyball team crushed Beaver Country Day 3-0 (25-13, 25-11, 25-8) in a home quarterfinals match during the New England tournament. The Ravens placed second in the Eastern …
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Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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11/18/22
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Tears fell from the eyes of Westport players after they lost to Gardner High School 2-1 in double overtime in the MIAA Division 5 state soccer tournament in the elite 8 on Sunday night. The tears …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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11/15/22
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We drove east — and south and north? — from East Providence to pay a late autumn visit to the Cape…”Cod," of course.
We took over a beach dwelling, like the literary …
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By Mike Fink
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11/14/22
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The fifth seeded Westport soccer team scored three goals in the second half to dispatch 28th seeded Granby 3-1 in the Division 5 round of 32. The Wildcats, who received a bye in the preliminary round …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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11/7/22
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The Westport volleyball team crushed Cathedral 3-0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-9) in a home playoff game on Wednesday night. The Wildcats move on to host West Bridgewater on Friday at 5 p.m., in the round of …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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11/3/22
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The Westport volleyball team walloped Bristol Plymouth 3-0 in front of a large senior night crowd at the new middle/high school on Wednesday night. The win boosted the Wildcats overall record to 11-7 …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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10/27/22
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Senior midfielder Antonio Dutra Africano headed in two goals as Westport dominated West Bridgewater 4-1 on Tuesday to clinch the Mayflower Athletic Conference crown. It’s been eight long years …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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10/25/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police investigators are seeking the input of the public in their attempt to apprehend two people alleged to have passed counterfeit currency at a local …
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10/21/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Local, state and federal officials lauded the completion of the East Shore Expressway/Wampanoag Trail resurfacing project via a press release issued Monday morning, Oct. 17.
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10/17/22
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Senior Avery Viveiros shot an 88 as Westport golfers placed seventh with a team score of 367 during the annual Mayflower Athletic Conference golf tournament at Acushnet River Valley Country Club in …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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10/17/22
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To the editor: Federal Judge Smith of Rhode Island made a decision that truck tolls, not applicable to automobiles, is unconstitutional by the Commerce Clause of the federal constitution.
That …
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10/13/22
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