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Little Compton FTM faces 0.94% tax rate increase
Consensus budget to be presented Tuesday
LITTLE COMPTON — Town voters will have a chance at the Financial Town Meeting (FTM) next Tuesday, May 22, to approve a budget committee recommended budget for next fiscal year of $12.2 million. That’s up from $11.3 million approved at last year’s FTM.
Spring offensive launched against invasive plants
Biological incursion widespread; counter tactics involve cutting, spraying
SAKONNET AREA — It’s spring, and invasive plants everywhere are budding, preparing to launch their seasonal intrusion into the woods and fields of the Sakonnet area. They are taking over.
Tiverton budget committee budget wins by 6%
Referendum process bests average town meeting turnouts
TIVERTON — Certified final results of the town’s first-ever Financial Town Referendum (FTR) held Tuesday, May 15, show voters endorsing the elected budget committee’s town budget by a 6 percentage point margin over the alternate petitioned option, and the turnout demonstrating strong participation in the referendum process itself.
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.:
Race is on to fix South Shore Beach by Memorial Day weekend
After Irene’s damage, beach readies for opening day
LITTLE COMPTON — With the aid of heavy equipment — adult beach toys — South Shore Beach is getting spruced up and ready for the spring opening over Memorial Day weekend, May 26, 27, and 28.
Tiverton’s Fort Barton School #2 overall in state
Rank is for reading, math combined; school ties #1 in reading
TIVERTON — Fort Barton Elementary School scored a double victory statewide recently in test score rankings. The school is the second ranked elementary school overall in Rhode Island in combined math and reading scores, Principal Suzette Wordell said last Thursday. In reading proficiency alone, said Ms. Wordell, Fort Barton School tied for first place in the state, having improved school scores in that area over the last three years by 15%, up from 84% to 97%.
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.
Tiverton High musicians sweep top honors
Marching, playing jazz, and in concert, THS bands excell
TIVERTON — Tiverton High School bands played their way through tough competition and landed top honors at the Music in the Parks Festival in Williamsburg, Virginia held recently.
Tiverton HS wins 1-2-3 in bridge-building
Second year in row local students take top honors
TIVERTON — For the second year in a row, Tiverton high school students have won top honors at the statewide Model Bridge Competition at the Rhode Island Construction Career Day in East Greenwich.
School project wins big in Little Compton
Turnout low, but margin of victory is 86%
LITTLE COMPTON — By a vote of 568 to 89, Little Compton voters Tuesday gave the go-ahead to the issuance of $11.3 million in bonds to renovate Wilbur & McMahon School. It was an 86%, or better than 6:1, margin of victory.