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PORTSMOUTH — Clements’ Marketplace hosted its 22nd annual Crawling Contest Monday morning, and many local babies took part in the popular diaper derby.
Participants raced the …
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10/27/17
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John S. Carter Jr., of Providence and Little Compton, died Tuesday, October 24, 2017.
He was the husband of Letitia (Morrison) Carter; father of Kathy Carter Martinez, John S. Carter lll, Pam …
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10/27/17
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The Barrington Town Council is making a second effort to ban the sale of tobacco products to people under the age of 21.
At a special meeting on Oct. 16, the council voted to repeal its …
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10/27/17
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A male from a neighboring town has been charged with the October 25 theft of batteries from the East Providence School bus fleet.In a press release issued Thursday afternoon, …
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By Mike Rego
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10/26/17
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WESTPORT — A scallop season better than any in perhaps a generation has shellfishermen filling their boats to the legal limit in short order since opening day on October 15.
“Amazing …
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By Bruce Burdett
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10/26/17
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Barrington police responded to a Meadowbrook Drive residence after receiving a 911 call for a fight in progress.
Officers spoke to a witness who said some men from a pool company were working at a …
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10/26/17
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Barrington police arrested Daniel Joseph Spearin, 40, of Newport, on a warrant issued from Rhode Island Superior Court for a probation violation.
A County Road resident contacted police at about …
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10/26/17
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PORTSMOUTH — The Aquidneck Island community is mourning the loss of Rabbi Marc S. Jagolinzer of Portsmouth, the spiritual leader of Temple Shalom in Middletown, who died at his home …
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10/26/17
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Halloween is Lorie Dabir’s favorite holiday, but it wasn’t her grandson’s. “My grandson was afraid of halloween,” she said, of 5 year-old Chezarea Dabir. Ms. Dabir holds down three jobs …
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By Richard W Dionne Jr
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10/25/17
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The 50-foot sailboat Sea Cloud rests amid the rocks near Bristol's Independence Park early Wednesday morning. The boat broke free from its mooring at the south end of the harbor mooring field overnight during …
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By Bruce Burdett
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10/25/17
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TIVERTON — The rescue by detectives of a 16-year-old Massachusetts girl in Tiverton has led to the arrest of a Dorchester, Mass., man on a charge of sex-trafficking of a …
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10/25/17
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Walk through the doors and the old Warren Manufacturing Co. property looks nothing like it did back in its industrial heyday, when generations of workers churned out cotton products and, later, sold …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/25/17
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Elizabeth Kelley Johnson, a devoted mother and grandmother, died suddenly on October 20, 2017. She was 69 years old.
Liz was born June 17, 1948, in Louisville, Kentucky. The second oldest of six …
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10/25/17
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Tuesday, Oct. 17
Police checked out a suspicious car spotted driving around Brittney Lane at 2:09 a.m. The occupants told an officer that they were house shopping.
Police got a call about a pit …
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10/25/17
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Representatives from J.H. Lynch Construction, the firm hired to repave a number of roads in town, recently shared its schedule for work with officials from Barrington public schools. Following is the …
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10/25/17
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The air was comfortable and the energy and school spirit contagious at Barrington High School’s homecoming game on Friday night at Victory Field.
The crowning of homecoming king Ethan Ames and …
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BY JOAN D. WARREN
jwarren@eastbaynewspapers.com
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10/25/17
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Elizabeth “Zib” Burns, 65, of Portsmouth, passed away on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017.
She was employed as an art teacher for Tiverton Middle School for 33 years. She also worked as a hostess …
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10/24/17
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Marilyn T. (Storch) Serbst, 80, of Poppasquash Road, Bristol, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017. She was the wife of the late William Serbst Jr.; they were married for 55 years. Born in Fall River …
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10/24/17
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PORTSMOUTH — On every Oct. 23 for more than three decades, they’ve been filling the pews in the upstairs meeting room of the Portsmouth Historical Society to honor soldiers who made …
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By Jim McGaw
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10/24/17
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The city and New Agawam LLC reached an agreement late last week over the historic club’s municipal debts, ending a months long process to settle the dispute.
New Agawam, …
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By Mike Rego
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10/24/17
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Time is running out to save Barrington’s last farm.
The Barrington Land Conservation Trust is asking all citizens, from near and far, to consider donating to this incredibly important …
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By Jodi Helman
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10/24/17
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Its playoff hopes on the line to start the final week of the regular season, the East Providence High School boys’ soccer team earned a hard fought and much needed victory over …
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By Mike Rego
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10/24/17
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Mr. Alphonse C. Salvaggio, age 91, of Bliven Avenue, Bristol, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, at the Jane Brown Unit of Rhode Island Hospital, Providence. He was the husband of Carolyn …
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10/23/17
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Deborah Lynn Sanford, 55, of Portsmouth, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 16, 2017. Deb grew up by the Sakonnet River in Tiverton, and was raised by her mother Judith (Grinnell) and the …
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10/23/17
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Muriel E. Medeiros, 87, of Little Compton, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, at Sakonnet Bay Manor, Tiverton. She was the wife of Antone M. Medeiros. They were married for 64 years.
Born in …
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10/23/17
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