Looking not all that worse for wear after decades in the ocean, one of the thousands of Teddy Bears that washed up along Little Compton shores in September 1993 decided to reveal itself to a …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/4/24
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It was so overgrown, many of the neighbors didn’t even know there was a cemetery back there — time had erased many outward signs and as it was, the small family plot was only about 1,200 …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/28/24
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PORTSMOUTH — Nearly three dozen people on both sides of the offshore wind debate offered their two cents to the R.I. Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) during a public comment …
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By Jim McGaw
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2/27/24
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The head of the Westport Beach Committee wants the US Army Corps of Engineers to come to Westport to explain its plan to dredge the federal channel into Westport Harbor, and to dump the spoils off …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/27/24
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For the first time in its short life, Westport’s new Middle High School has a blueprint to follow toward accreditation with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges .
The last …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/26/24
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The Westport girls basketball team is playoff bound after crushing Cape Cod Academy 60-30 on Tuesday and dominating Fairhaven 56-16 on Thursday to end the regular season with a record of 19-1. The …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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2/26/24
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Westport Community Schools will receive slightly more than $22 million this coming year, if a budget plan sent off to the finance committee last Monday evening by the Westport Select Board is …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/22/24
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WPRI Channel 12 was first to report a draft review on the status of the westbound section of the Washington Bridge written by an engineer hired to investigate the shuttered section paints a …
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By Mike Rego
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2/22/24
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The eastbound side of the Washington Bridge will be split into six lanes, three going in each direction, as a means of attempting to address the ongoing crisis created with the closure of the …
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By Mike Rego
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2/21/24
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Over the last five decades, vines and thickets real and metaphorical have all but claimed the old Wainer Farm on Drift Road, closing off and choking out an irreplaceable piece of Westport’s …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/20/24
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The Westport basketball team celebrated senior night then fell to Blue Hills 57-38 on their final game of the season on Friday night.
Seniors Fotis Machairas, Chris Duarte, Anthony Raposa, Nick …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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2/20/24
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They have the Board of Selectmen’s blessing. Now comes the work — selling a $35 million sewer and water project to voters with less than two months to go before the election.
Select …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/16/24
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For the second year in a row, Westport Middle High School students are collecting lightly used prom attire to benefit their classmates who may not have the means to buy new. The students started …
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2/15/24
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Monday, Feb. 5
Police investigated after a caller from Main Road reported a suspicious vehicle just after 7 a.m.
A Bond Street caller lodged animal complaints via 911 at 7:27 a.m. A similar …
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2/14/24
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Town elections are still nearly two months away, but candidates for several positions open on the Tuesday, April 9 ballot have wasted no time seeking laying the groundwork for a potential run for …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/13/24
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Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti took the brunt of the blame for the calamity created as he was peppered with questions about the status of the Washington Bridge from …
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By Mike Rego
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2/12/24
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A five-year financial plan recently released by the Town of Westport concludes that fundamental changes in the way the town does business will likely need to be made if the town is to dig itself out …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/12/24
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Korynne Holden scored her 1000th point as the Westport girls’ basketball team trampled Avon 58-22 in a league home game on Friday night.
Holden, the Wildcats’ senior point guard, …
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Story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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2/12/24
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The names of five local hockey greats who represent the RI Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024 were unveiled last weekend between periods of the Providence Bruins-Hershey Bears “Hall of …
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2/11/24
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He never scored a point. But amidst a roaring stadium filled with fans, Bob St. Pierre was honored Friday as one of the most beloved, well-known and faithful members of the Westport athletics world …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/8/24
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Are you a Town Meeting veteran? Or a recent newcomer to Westport from a state that does not conduct local government through Town Meeting? Set aside next Tuesday.
Westport High School grade …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/7/24
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PORTSMOUTH — Have an opinion on SouthCoast Wind’s proposal to run cables under the Sakonnet River and Mount Hope Bay to transfer electricity from an offshore wind facility?
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2/6/24
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Even as they stump for a $31 million project that would expand sewer and water along the Route 6 corridor, Westport officials are planning a new zoning district that they believe will also help …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/6/24
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Junior Owen Boudria scored the 1000th point of his career in the fourth quarter of the Westport Basketball team’s 62-54 loss to Fairhaven in a non-league home game on Friday night. The athletic …
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Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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2/6/24
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After two years of radio silence, an organizer of the world’s second shortest St. Patrick’s Day parade in Hot Springs, Arkansas finally conceded this week what folks here have known for …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/6/24
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