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5/9/24
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With grants and donations in hand, members of the Westport Recreation Department will soon install a modern, nautical-themed playground to replace the aging structure near the Town Hall Annex built …
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By Ted Hayes
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5/9/24
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A Westport man was ordered held without bail after police said he broke into a Reed Road home and assaulted a woman early Sunday morning.
Tyson C. Cleaves, 48, of 123 Reed Road, faces charges of …
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5/8/24
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Westport come up with a draft interim policy designed to help East Beach property owners as much as possible, while still maintaining the integrity of East Beach Road, when damaging storms hit the …
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By Ted Hayes
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5/8/24
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Westport junior Luke Finglas mowed down Wareham hitters in the Westport baseball team’s 5-1 victory in an away game on Thursday afternoon. The win was the Wildcats third straight as they …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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5/7/24
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A friendly rivalry that has been brewing for months ended at lunchtime Saturday when judges who sipped, slurped (and god forbid, salted) several iterations of Portuguese Soup handed a trophy, and …
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By Ted Hayes
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5/7/24
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The great news is that the striped bass are here on their spring migration north. I caught a 30” fish in Greenwich Bay Saturday in front of Buttonwoods, Warwick, with a Yo-Zuri Cystal minnow …
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5/7/24
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Following is an overview of Westport Police activity from April 29 to May 5.
Monday, April 29
Animal complaints came in from Gabriella Drive at 8:47 p.m.
Rene Valois, 75, of 1024 …
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5/6/24
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PROVIDENCE — The General Assembly backed bills sponsored by two high-ranking East Providence legislators seeking to hold the Rhode Island Department of Transportation accountable going forward …
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By Mike Rego
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5/3/24
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Residents will have a few decisions to make when they meet to decide Westport's business for the year at next week's Town Meeting, set for Tuesday, May 7, at the high school.
Apart from a …
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By Ted Hayes
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5/2/24
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Outfielder Bella Babb hit an inside the park home run in the third inning of their first game played on the new field behind the high school as Westport fell to Diman 9-4 in a non-league game on …
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Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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4/30/24
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‘After Annie’ By Anna Quindlen
I have been reading Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Anna Quindlen since 1981, when she wrote the Op-Ed page for the New York Times. Her first novel, …
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By Donna Bruno
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4/30/24
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The Better Bay Alliance held a public workshop on April 25 with Ørsted and their Revolution Wind project, which is being built this year along with a cable installation in the West Passage of …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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4/30/24
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I think that the Westport Select Board has a serious challenge before it. The board needs to publicly address the effect of the failure of the override last year. Both the board and the private …
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4/30/24
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Scarred and scoured by one of the toughest winters in recent memory, East Beach welcomed its latest yearly migration of summer residents Friday, when the town began allowing lot owners to move …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/30/24
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Monday, April 15
A 911 caller from John Reed Road lodged an animal complaint at 3:10 p.m.
A 911 caller reported a disturbance on State Road at 4:13 p.m.
Police pulled over seven …
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4/25/24
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Distinctive Homes | Spring 2024
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4/25/24
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It’s been four years since they were able to honor their sports heroes. But members of the Westport Athletic Hall of Fame made up for time lost due to Covid Sunday evening, when they inducted …
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4/24/24
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Welcome to Westport Health Notes, a monthly column from the Westport Board of Health (BOH). This month we are talking about PFAS, known as “forever”’ chemicals, their health …
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By Tanja Ryden, Board of Health
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4/23/24
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pic: route 6
Following its failure at the polls, the town board that developed the Route 6 project is planning the next step for the project.
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By Ted Hayes
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4/23/24
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“Fisheries Economics of the U.S.,” released by NOAA Fisheries, shows recreational fishing in 2022 (the most recent data available) had a dramatic increase compared to 2021. In an advisory …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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4/23/24
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Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970 as way to honor the planet and bring environmental concerns to the forefront of conversations and consciousness. It is a day aimed at awareness, but the intent …
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By Cindy and Ed Moura
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4/23/24
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