West Place Animal Sanctuary officials have started a fund-raising campaign to purchase and preserve the site of Tiverton's former Lafayette House, the historic farmhouse at 3118 Main Road that was …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/14/25
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Your colorful, clever illustration of a densely packed area filled with housing developments can never happen in Tiverton. Tiverton has no sewer and a limited water supply. It is impossible that any …
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3/13/25
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2025 Summer Camp Guide
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3/12/25
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As many as 500 people — including scores of scientists and supporters of scientific research — descended upon the Rhode Island State House this past Friday afternoon to protest ongoing …
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/12/25
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Stepping into the unknown is often terrifying. Sometimes, the outcome is worth that fear. Taking a chance on opening a brick-and-mortar bookstore at a time when Amazon can deliver almost anything to …
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By Michelle Mercure
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3/12/25
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How can we give away our ability to keep our town center in Little Compton?
The historic Odd Fellows Hall is not the place for affordable housing!
Where is space for sewerage, water and …
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3/11/25
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As Tiverton braces for the possible influx of hundreds of new housing units, residents, legislators and members of the town council and planning board want state legislators to change a state law …
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By Christian Silvia
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3/11/25
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PORTSMOUTH – Here are some recent arrests made by the Portsmouth Police Department:
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3/10/25
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A shaky truce amid an escalation in rhetoric. Rumors of spies and subterfuge. Cheap insults hurled from the west. And state-sponsored muscle flying in to peaceful Adamsville.
Growing hostilities …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/10/25
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Tariffs “will always tend to crush the spirit of enterprise and cripple the productive energies of a country.” If that sounds like a gripe from Canadian Prime Minister …
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By Ian Donnis
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3/10/25
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To the editor:
It’s a wonderful month — “Irish Heritage Month,” and like many of you I am a descendent of Irish immigrants.
My grandparents left Ireland in …
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3/9/25
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To the editor:
Mr. Trump is right about a few things.
First, the long-standing dispute between Israel and the Palestinians can be resolved by asserting that Palestinians don’t matter. …
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3/7/25
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The East Bay Eagles Co-op girls ice hockey team played some of its best hockey of the season in its quarterfinal playoff series against Northern Rhode Island Yeti but lost 1-0 in the first game of …
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3/6/25
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A Tiverton man faces felony weapons charges, including possession of a stolen firearm and carrying a firearm without a license or permit, following a traffic stop in Tiverton on Friday, Feb. 21.
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By Ted Hayes
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3/6/25
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Tiverton fourth-graders will move to the middle school next year, after the Tiverton School Committee voted 3-2 Tuesday to a school reconfiguration plan necessitated by the recent vote to shutter the Fort Barton School.
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By Christian Silvia
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3/6/25
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More than two months after the loss of the historic Lafayette House on Main Road, the Tiverton Historic Preservation Advisory Board is working with Preserve RI, an advocacy group for historic …
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By Christian Silvia
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3/6/25
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What exactly is happening in Tiverton? We seem to have people who were, sadly, voted into positions of power for We The People that have no clue, or more appropriately, don't care about what We …
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3/5/25
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Most Americans a month ago had zero awareness of the US Aid Program — what it did; who it benefitted; what it cost. But since Trump and Musk tried to cut off funding for these programs, we have …
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3/5/25
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A 50-bay golf range and indoor simulators. Pickleball courts. A huge deck. Pickleball courts, two regulation-size hockey rinks with plenty of stadium seating, and lots more.
Jim Long, owner of …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/5/25
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The year is 2025, and the United States has yet to see a female president. In the first-ever Girls Report in Rhode Island, a panel of young girls posed a crucial question to the audience — …
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By Michelle Mercure
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3/5/25
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A parent upset about the Tiverton' school district's fiscal situation has started a recall petition to remove school committee chairwoman Diane Farnworth from office, and have until Wednesday to …
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By Christian Silvia
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3/4/25
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Three Townies scored in double digits as the East Providence girls basketball team pasted Tiverton 60-46 in the Division 2 semifinals at Portsmouth High School on Thursday night. The 3rd seeded …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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3/4/25
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Cats are said to have nine lives (though not literally). This myth suggests that cats possess a special ability to survive even the most perilous of situations. Ralph Marziale seems to have a similar …
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By Michelle Mercure
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3/4/25
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PORTSMOUTH — Here are some recent arrests made by the Portsmouth Police Department:
Monday, Feb. 24
Herschel Leo Gates III, 45, of 96 Dexter St., was arrested at his home shortly …
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3/3/25
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Despite the breakneck pace of President Trump and Elon Musk as they try to remake the federal government, Attorney General Peter Neronha said, “I think you can, for the most part, put Humpty Dumpty back together again.”
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By Ian Donnis
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3/3/25
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