Westport will unveil a new monument to local mariners lost at sea this coming Sunday, Sept. 8, at the end of Main Road at Westport Point.
There has been a small granite monument at the …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/5/24
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PORTSMOUTH — Just when he thought he was out, they pulled him back in.
For years Paul Amadio had been a head of several college-prep boarding schools, most recently in Sedona, Ariz., but …
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By Jim McGaw
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9/4/24
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EAST PROVIDENCE — St. Mary Academy-Bay View located in the Riverside section of the city kicked off celebrations of its 150th anniversary, including the start of the 2024-25 term when it …
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9/4/24
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Ashley Brister is the farm director at the YMCA Sharing the Harvest Community Farm. She is a resident of Westport and has been farming for 17 years, having lived in everything from a platform tent to …
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By Deanna Levanti
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9/4/24
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Town administrator James Hartnett is finalizing the terms of an RFP that will be sent out soon in hopes of guiding the town as it seeks to find a use for the old high school on Main Road.
Town …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/3/24
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Police arrested two men on unrelated larceny, forgery and fraud charges over the Labor Day weekend — one who allegedly passed bad checks and another who police say drove a stolen skid steer …
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9/3/24
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Perhaps I am a bit nostalgic about the “good ’ole days” when people said what they meant and meant what they said. There was no other ambition but to say and do the right thing.
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By Arlene Violet
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9/3/24
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Two voluntary Right Whale Slow Zones were put into effect by NOAA this week as whales were detected Southeast of Nantucket, Southeast of New York, NY and redetected by the New England Aquarium …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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9/3/24
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It’s anyone’s guess when the Hix Bridge Landing exit ramp will re-open to the public, as negotiations between the town and Masons continue without a resolution so far.
“It …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/30/24
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Preparations to raze the dilapidated west side portion of the Washington Bridge structure began in recent weeks with the erection of protective netting and the start of asphalt removal from the …
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By Mike Rego
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8/29/24
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Capt. Bill Chace has loved the ocean all his life. Now he is sharing his passion with families who in many cases have never seen the water’s beauty for themselves.
Chace, a retired …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/29/24
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It will take another 16 months, minimum. But the state has scheduled and set aside funding for the installation of a roundabout at the intersection of Route 177 and Robert Street/Tickle Road.
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By Ted Hayes
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8/28/24
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This month the European-Union’s Climate Change Service, Copernicus, said that 2024 will likely end up being the warmest year on record. July 2024 had an average surface air temperature of 62.44 …
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8/27/24
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The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society is holding its House Tour 2024 on Saturday, Sept. 21, when 12 private homes, some of which have not been open for more than 25 years, will be …
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8/27/24
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“American Daughters” is the story of the friendship between Alice Roosevelt, daughter of Presidebnt Teddy Roosevelt, and Portia Washington, daughter of black leader Booker T. Washington, …
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By Donna Bruno
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8/27/24
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A Westport man faces eight assault and other charges after police said he assaulted a father and one of his sons with a baseball bat, and threw rocks at and exposed himself to them Sunday evening.
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By Ted Hayes
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8/27/24
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Westport is on the verge of approving its second marijuana dispensary — right next door to its first and only such business.
Select board members on Monday evening reviewed a plan by …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/27/24
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A Tiverton man involved in an altercation with a Westport woman at a wind power hearing panel earlier this month has pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge filed by Newport police.
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By Ted Hayes
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8/26/24
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Gone are the huge meetings and the local membership that once numbered in the hundreds. Gone are many of the farmers who once supported and depended on it, and gone too is some of …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/22/24
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numbers are in from the 2024 beach season, and revenue from regular and senior beach parking stickers is up about $30,000 over last year.
In all, Westport sold 3,884 stickers this summer, down …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/22/24
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Monday, August 12
A caller from Sycamore Lane reported a neighbor dispute at 9:25 a.m. A similar call came in from Drift Road at 5:26 p.m.
Animal complaints came in from Main Road at 10 …
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8/21/24
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Distinctive Homes | Summer 2024
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8/21/24
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