Providence Country Day School has named the students who have earned recognition on the 2023-2024 second trimester honor roll.
For Middle School (Classes of 2027-2030), High Honors is all grades …
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3/29/24
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Dredging in the Sakonnet should be prevented and the attendant difficulties in bringing ashore the power cables returned to Massachusetts where they belong.
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3/28/24
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Monday, March 18
A report of a suspicious person on Alan Street came in at 3:27 p.m.
A caller reported debris on Route 24 at 4:03 p.m.
A White Tail Lane resident reported trespassing …
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3/28/24
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI): These ideas are anathema to white Christian nationalists who fear losing their “rightful place” and their power and authority in America. DEI …
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3/28/24
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MIDDLETOWN — The body of Portsmouth teen Owen B. Cameron, who was last seen Saturday night after leaving his Middletown job, was discovered late this morning in that town.
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3/27/24
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One Friday evening earlier this month, Tiverton High School senior Lyla Staskiewicz looked around the school cafeteria, which had been transformed that day into a festive venue for the 2024 Rhode …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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3/27/24
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Six days after a quahogger’s boat flipped in the Westport River’s West Branch, friends of the owner managed to right it, pump it out and tow it south to Westport Point Wednesday morning.
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By Ted Hayes
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3/27/24
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Here’s a scenario one could imagine quite easily here in this little corner of the world … The owner of a small boat invites friends for a day out on the water, fishing, eating and laughing. At some point during the day, the captain slumps over in some sort of distress, possibly a heart attack.
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By Scott Pickering
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3/27/24
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PORTSMOUTH — Team Madagascar triumphed over Team Canada in the Portsmouth High School 2024 International Volleyball championship match held march 15 in the old gym.
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3/26/24
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Tiverton Town Council members harshly criticized the school committee and the superintendent of schools Monday night for what they said were ill-considered fiscal decisions, including a pattern of …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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3/26/24
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In an incredibly rare event, the New England Aquarium aerial survey team sighted a gray whale off the New England coast earlier this month. This is a species that has been extinct in the Atlantic for …
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3/26/24
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For those impatiently watching for new signs of life in the garden, the annual return of hummingbirds is one of the most eagerly anticipated springtime events. Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in …
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By Cindy and Ed Moura
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3/26/24
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‘To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the American Experience’ By Bret Baier
A book steeped in history, “To Rescue the Constitution” traces the development …
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By Donna Bruno
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3/26/24
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Atlantic Herring numbers are down — way down. According to NOAA Fisheries, the stock is overfished. In 2022, overall commercial landings totaled 9.3 million pounds. By comparison, a decade …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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3/26/24
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Who’s going to tell them?
Time for fisticuffs!
Those are a few responses posted locally on Facebook this past week, after the Irish Star newspaper published a story just after the …
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3/25/24
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Monday, March 18
A report of a suspicious person on Alan Street came in at 3:27 p.m.
A caller reported debris on Route 24 at 4:03 p.m.
A White Tail Lane resident reported trespassing …
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3/25/24
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is informing motorists as part of it ongoing effort to alleviate the intense congestion on the Washington Bridge since the …
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By Mike Rego
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3/25/24
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It will be at least another two months before a controversial plan to develop a live-in school for teens with substance abuse issues gets another hearing before the town.
For the third time …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/22/24
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Adamsville was a sea of many shades of green on Sunday, March 17 for the start of the marvelous and amazing, but very short, St.Patrick’s Day parade. There was not a grumpy face to be …
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3/21/24
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Suspended Tiverton police officer Jacob Rapoza will learn his fate late next month, following the conclusion of his trial Wednesday.
Rapoza, the former school resource officer at Tiverton High …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/21/24
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It is astonishing that these engineering experts don't seem to know exactly what is on the ocean floor of our waterways after the past 100 years of dumping our untreated waste there.
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3/21/24
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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 recently between periods of the Providence Bruins-Hershey Bears …
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3/20/24
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One week after school officials proposed closing the Fort Barton Elementary School to save money, more than 150 parents and other concerned citizens, many of them angry, crowded into the high school …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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3/20/24
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Recently ConsumerAffairs, a consumer-focused news outlet, rated Rhode Island’s roads as the worst in the country in their 2024 report. The “All That” state slipped from …
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3/20/24
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Two books about books and the people who love them and a romp through Regency London. Enjoy!
“Blank” by Zibby Owens (2024). Pippa Jones is in her 40s and lives in Los Angeles. She is …
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By Lynda Rego
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3/20/24
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