There were plenty of smiles to be had at Sunday’s World’s Shortest St. Paddy’s Day parade in Adamsville, but few as wide as Caroline Wilkie Wordell’s.
Occupying spot 39A …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/18/24
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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is informing users of the East Bay Bike Path that a 1.5 mile stretch of the path in Riverside, starting from the Squantum Association …
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3/18/24
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2024 is the year the World’s Shortest St. Paddy’s Day parade got big.
Thousands of people crowded into Little Compton Sunday for the third annual parade, started as a joke in 2022 by …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/17/24
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State Representative Michelle McGaw (District 71, Tiverton, Little Compton and Portsmouth) had special guests when the House celebrated St. Patrick's Day Thursday: Organizers of the world's …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/16/24
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PROVIDENCE — Confirming the worst and what many anticipated, state officials made the public formally aware the closed westbound span of the Washington Bridge is structurally deficient and …
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By Mike Rego
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3/14/24
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Tiverton school officials say they may have to close the Fort Barton School, or lay off staff members and teachers at every grade level, if they can’t balance a proposed 2024-25 budget pushed …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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3/13/24
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The St. Mary Academy-Bay View Players theatre troupe was crowned champion at the 2024 Rhode Island Drama Festival last week for its performance of “The Night Witches,” a play about the …
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3/12/24
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It’s just a tiny piece of property — less than 4,000 square feet — but an unkempt lot and rundown shack at 5 Bluff Head Ave. could play a critical role in the town’s future at …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/12/24
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A Rhode Island Superior Court judge has sided with the Little Compton Zoning Board and building official after they were taken to court by a couple who claimed they were wrongly denied the right to …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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3/11/24
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St. Mary Academy-Bay View principal Dr. Marcela Rossi announced 170 students made the honor roll for the second quarter of the 2023-24 term. This academic distinction recognizes the dedication of …
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3/11/24
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Adamsville turns green Sunday afternoon, March 17, when the village hosts its third annual “World’s Shortest St. Paddy’s Day parade.” Afterwards, there will be corned beef and cabbage …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/8/24
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BRISTOL/PORTSMOUTH — The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) today reminded motorists that scheduled lane restrictions on the Mt. Hope Bridge begin Monday, March 11.
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3/7/24
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Monday, Feb. 26
A caller reported a suspicious person at a Stafford Road business at 1:48 a.m.
A Mill Street resident reported the violation of a restraining order at 10:48 a.m.
A …
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3/6/24
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In early December, a group of dads whose kids play sports together gathered at the Tiverton home of Stacie and Lincoln Chapman, intent on creating an elaborate holiday display inside and outside the …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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3/5/24
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PROVIDENCE — State Rep. Katherine Kazarian was the lead sponsor on legislation signed on by many of her fellow East Bay area colleagues seeking to require the Rhode Island Department of …
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By Mike Rego
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3/4/24
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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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The Tiverton girls basketball team fell to high powered Moses Brown 65-34 in the Division II quarterfinals in Providence on Tuesday night. The Tigers, who dropped to 11-11, won their initial playoff …
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Story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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2/28/24
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In a reversal of a decision made in December, members of the Little Compton Town Council last week approved in-law apartments — also known as accessory dwelling units, or ADUs — for …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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2/28/24
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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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Three times a week, 52 weeks a year, 20 or 30 senior citizens gather at the Little Compton Community Center to enjoy each other’s company and have a nice lunch prepared in-house by a talented …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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2/27/24
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With Tiverton facing what would be the largest cut in state education aid of any district in Rhode Island, town council members want to meet with the school committee, state legislators and …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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2/26/24
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Jenna Deldeo scored 16 points as the Tiverton girls basketball team beat Coventry 41-31 in a D-II home playoff game on Friday night. The Tigers, who ended the regular season with a record of 11-10, …
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Story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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2/26/24
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Little Compton greeted two new fire fighters this week. Nicole Marion and Benjamin Deneault worked their first full day Monday, Feb. 19, and were sworn in Tuesday at Town Hall.
Each will report …
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2/23/24
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PORTSMOUTH — The town hasn’t given up on the run-down Stone Bridge abutment just yet.
The Town Council on Feb. 12 voted 6-0 to approve a resolution requesting state legislation to …
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By Jim McGaw
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2/22/24
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