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A Tiverton woman who embezzled nearly $1 million from her New Bedford employer has pleaded guilty to the charges and ordered to pay $600,000 in restitution.
Nadine Santos, 56, pleaded guilty in …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/5/22
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Hometown boy Teddy Goodz and his friends brought big-time wrestling to Westport Saturday night, when they got down and dirty in — and sometimes outside of — a ring set up for the event in …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/17/23
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Westport's fish commissioner believes it's time for the town to get serious about reducing nitrogen in its waters, and is proposing that Westport look into by-law changes that would ban the use of …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/22/22
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Though it's usually a bad sign when abutters show up when a property owner is asking for changes to their land, a couple who plan to start breeding pigs at their 138 Adamsville Road farm in Westport …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/7/23
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A prospective buyer plans to turn a 10-acre property along Old Harbor Road into a live-in residential educational facility for teens.
The property at 435 Old Harbor Road is currently owned by …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/11/23
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Four days into the two-week ‘pause’ and the evidence was suggesting that Rhode Islanders were complying with the new rules and regulations, Gov. Gina Raimondo shared during her COVID-19 …
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By Kristen Ray
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12/3/20
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The Pearson family are used to tinkering in factories, inventing new things and then plunking them in the water. It’s kind of their thing.
Nearly 70 years ago, cousins Clinton and Everett …
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By Scott Pickering
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1/12/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Abbey’s girls’ volleyball team’s fine season came to an end on Sunday, when it was defeated 3-1 by Cushing Academy in the Class C bracket of the …
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By Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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11/21/22
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It took two years to see the job through to completion, but the highway department and the town's committee on disability recently laid down 400 square feet of stabilizing mats at the end of Beach …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/28/23
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Local tax revenues from the sale of medical and recreational marijuana may not be as big of a fiscal panacea as some had hoped. In Westport, the difference could cost the town thousands due in large …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/27/23
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The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority announced due to the impact of the closure to the westbound side of the Washington Bridge, its Customer Service Center will in Newport at the Pell …
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12/13/23
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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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The Town of Westport and East Beach Improvement Association (EBIA) have agreed to settle a suit brought against the town by the EBIA nearly two years ago, which claimed the select board, town …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/28/23
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A career police officer with a quarter century of service to the Town of Westport will be the town’s next police chief, following his appointmentby the select board Monday evening.
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By Ted Hayes
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11/13/23
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PROVIDENCE — The governor and the director of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation announced Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 13, during an update on the status of the Washington Bridge …
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By Mike Rego
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12/13/23
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The US Small Business Administration has opened a disaster relief Business Recovery Center located at the Weaver Memorial Library in East Providence as part of the state's ongoing response to the …
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By Mike Rego
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12/21/23
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Officials with an offshore wind concern who hope to develop a large wind farm off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard do not plan to run their supply lines through Westport, at least for now.
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By Ted Hayes
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4/19/24
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Rhode Island could be heading toward another lockdown if people continue to disregard the rules and regulations, Gov. Gina Raimondo warned during her COVID-19 briefing Thursday afternoon.
Just …
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By Kristen Ray
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11/12/20
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A small but rich and strategically important piece of land surrounding upper Angeline Brook could soon be saved in perpetuity, thanks to a joint effort of the Town of Westport and the Buzzards Bay …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/10/22
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Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles on the current state and future of farming along the 'Farm Coast,' the incredibly fertile, rolling countryside that skirts the ocean from …
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By Ted Hayes
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7/17/23
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The Westport soccer team is heading to the final four after stunning one-seeded Sutton 3-2 in triple overtime during a Division 5 Elite 8 game at Sutton on Saturday afternoon. The eighth-seeded …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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11/13/23
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Fifteen minutes into last Wednesday’s meeting of the Westport Housing Authority, acting board chairwoman Veronica Beaulieu announced her decision to resign effective this coming Tuesday, April …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/1/24
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A Facebook page criticized by members of a town board for allegedly spreading misinformation, and using Westport’s official crest as its profile photo without permission, has changed that photo …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/19/24
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The Westport Cultural Council recently awarded 18 grants totaling $55,000 for cultural projects throughout the Westport community. The Helen E. Ellis Charitable Trust Grant is made possible with the …
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6/10/22
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Westport has closed town beaches to swimming, following a near-shore shark spotting at Horseneck Beach Wednesday morning.
Horseneck was the first to close following the sighting Wednesday morning. …
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7/13/22
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