Students in Tiverton and Little Compton will officially be maskless Monday, after the school committees in each town declared masks optional just prior to the ending of the governor's executive order …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/4/22
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The truism holds that if you catch a fish for someone, you'll feed them for a day — but if you teach them to fish, you'll feed them for a lifetime. A priest visiting the United States from …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/25/22
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Two partners who had proposed a 2.69-acre oyster farm just north of Seapowet bridge have withdrawn their application to the Coastal Resources Management Council, but said Monday they may re-submit a …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/25/22
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One day last year, a woman in the East Bay area dialed 911 to get help for her daughter, who was in the middle of an emotional meltdown. Police officers on duty, who had responded to similar calls …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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2/23/22
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Sarah Lynch was on a power walk with a friend in the Seapowet area of Tiverton one morning when she decided to go for it. She already had two jobs — MRI and X-Ray technologist at Newport …
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By Scott Pickering
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2/16/22
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“That bridge at the end of town? That's a loaded gun."
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By Christy Nadalin
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2/16/22
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They spent their childhoods shooting movies for the pure joy of it. Now, the Kinnane brothers of Adamsville have one of the hottest movies in the world.
The Kinnanes — Charles, Daniel, …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/14/22
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Governor Dan McKee announced on Feb. 9 that the state would lift the mask mandate within school buildings on March 4, leaving the decision on whether to enforce mask wearing up to each individual district.
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2/11/22
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Last week I wrote a first-person account of my research into school lunches in Rhode Island. This week I’m back, writing on the same subject, with updates on what I’ve learned, and a …
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By Scott Pickering
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2/11/22
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The housing market in the East Bay is tighter right now than it was heading into the hypercompetitive 2021 spring housing market. Unfortunately for home buyers, more heartache, not relief, is the …
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By Joan D. Warren
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2/11/22
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Saturday afternoon, Sakonnet Point: A west wind was blowing close to 20 miles an hour, making the 24-degree air seem absolutely frigid. White caps marched across the harbor, long empty except for a …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/8/22
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The Little Compton Town Council has set aside a proposed ordinance that would create a new flag policy for the town, and councilors agreed there will be no further …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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2/3/22
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I’m breaking protocol to tell this story in the first person, because the whole project really began at home in our kitchen. First, a little background. [If you want to skip my personal …
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By Scott Pickering
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2/2/22
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With heavy snow and high winds expected to create blizzard conditions and treacherous driving on Rhode Island roads tomorrow, Gov. Dan McKee has issued an executive order setting in place two types …
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1/28/22
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A Tiverton man allegedly found in possession of more than 150 images and videos depicting child sexual abuse was arrested Tuesday.
David Burke, 63, was charged with possession of child …
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1/13/22
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Biologists from Mystic Aquarium spent much of Thursday dissecting the young female humpback whale that washed up at Church Cove and was first spotted Saturday.
Using a bulldozer to help them move …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/13/22
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Do you think that schools moving to a 5-day quarantine and a "monitor to stay" approach in regards to COVID is a smart move, or a potentially dangerous move?
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1/13/22
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TIVERTON – There’s the old saying that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Instead of lemonade, 14-year-old Tiverton resident Morgan Pontagarca is making soap to make the best out …
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By Kristen Ray
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1/13/22
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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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Back in the old days of two years ago, many parents could go years without hearing from a school nurse. Sometimes their child could pass through an entire school, K to 3, with nary a call or visit …
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By Scott Pickering
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1/6/22
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First, the good news: A Tiverton couple emerged without a scratch and didn't have to pay for their ride home early New Year's Day. The bad news? Their Uber driver got a DUI, marking the first arrest …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/4/22
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A Tiverton man died Friday morning, Dec. 31, after he lost control of his car and struck a tree on Brayton Road.
John Carlos "JC" Barretto, 18, was driving south just before 6:30 a.m. when he …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/2/22
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Dozens of Tiverton residents plunged into Sakonnet harbor to welcome in the new year at Grinnell's Beach on Saturday. The plunge was organized by the Tiverton Yacht Club to raise money for the …
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Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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1/1/22
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On Aug. 19 of this year, Rhode Island entered a new phase in the Covid-19 pandemic. Citing the increased presence and spread of the Delta variant, which triggered a mini-surge in cases from July into …
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By Scott Pickering
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12/17/21
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Christmas won't be here for another 16 days, but it came early this year for Lou Perry, his wife Marta and son Travis.
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By Ted Hayes
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12/7/21
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