Tiverton referendum results
Budget Committee budget wins by 165 votes
TIVERTON — Voters in Tiverton for four days, culminating Tuesday, May 15, participated in the town’s first-ever Financial Town Referendum, with the following — unofficial — results announced late Tuesday night at 9:12 p.m.:
NIBBLES: Food news from around our area
Great Chowder Cook-Off looking for chefs for competition.
Volunteer, for-hire charter boat inspections catching on
Inspections target commercial vessels such as charter fishing boats.
Two straight for Mar Mostro, mega-mast in place
Portsmouth-built Mar Mostro crosses Miami finish line first.
Around-the-bay paddle starts at Head of Westport
81-year-old to kayak 281 miles to celebrate Buzzards Bay Coalition’s 25th
The Buzzards Bay shoreline, from Westport to Cuttyhunk, is 281 miles long, and local historian and educator Richard Wheeler, along with the Buzzards Bay Coalition, is seeking to connect all the communities within that region.
Island groups win Merritt grants for small spaces
PORTSMOUTH — The Aquidneck Land Trust has announced the 2012 recipients of its Merritt Neighborhood Fund grants. This year, ALT's Merritt Fund has given $7,250 in grant awards to local neighborhood groups ...
Just 2% of Tiverton voters vote early in first-ever FTR
Three days of early voting ended Saturday at 4 p.m.
TIVERTON — Polls closed Saturday at 4 p.m., ending three days of early voting in the town’s first-ever Financial Town Referendum (FTR), with just 2% of the town’s estimated 12,050 registered voters casting ballots on two budget proposals and five resolves.
School chair announces resignation
PORTSMOUTH — School committee chair Cynthia Perrotti announced last week that she would resign from her post effective May 15.
Students' efforts will help new Tiverton library
To the edior: This spring Alane Del Deo and Amy Codega ran an after-school program at Fort Barton School.
Town departments plan future
PORTSMOUTH — The council held two meetings last week to discuss the next five years in town - one for capital goals and one for financial goals.
Lees gift boosts new Tiverton Library history room
TIVERTON — The Tiverton Library Foundation announces a major donation from Al Lees, which he calls "a gift to the people of Tiverton", to support the Local History Room in the new library.
NIBBLES: Food news from around our area
New locations for two farmers' markets.
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Along the Waterfront
- Two straight for Mar Mostro, mega-mast in place
- Around-the-bay paddle starts at Head of Westport
- New England Boatworks launches 72-foot racer
- Newport opens ‘home’ Maritime Center for visiting boaters
- Mar Mostro win cheered by Portsmouth boatbuilders
- Mar Mostro gets Roaring Forties reception
- The dolphin whisperer
- Granite blocks AWOL from base of Mt. Hope Bridge
- Dislodged stone said no threat to Mount Hope Bridge
- Nitrogen consuming Westport's river
Food
- NIBBLES: Food news from around our area
- Protein bars: Are they friend or foe?
- A flatbread pizza perfect for snacks or lunch
- NIBBLES: Food news from around our area
- Don’t super-size — get a fast food makeover
- Gluten-free food isn’t always the healthiest
- NIBBLES: Food news from around our area
- Baked eggs are a versatile and easy breakfast
- NIBBLES: Food news from around our area
- ’Tis the season for May breakfasts
Fishing Report
- Volunteer, for-hire charter boat inspections catching on
- Ten ways to catch striped bass
- Tips on catching tautog, which are really biting
- So you want to buy a boat?
- Anglers out in droves for opening of freshwater fishing
- Opening day of freshwater fishing is Saturday
- Expert anglers share tips on fishing for spring striped bass
- DEM stocks ponds for opening day
- Here's looking at you, squid
- Lobster raffles raise money to take kids fishing
Simple Green Living
- Around-the-bay paddle starts at Head of Westport
- Buzzards Bay group offers Eco-friendly landscaping workshop
- Electronics recycling day in Portsmouth
- Sakonnet Golf Club saluted for ‘green’ efforts
- Ways to unplug, de-clutter your digital life
- Westport River report expected to target nitrogen damage
- Aquidneck Land Trust offers neighborhood grants
- Study: Much of island’s open land is in Portsmouth
- Buzzards Bay Coalition launches new website
- Aquidneck Land Trust annual meeting is Feb. 22
